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Casing Department at Oscar Mayer

Date: 10 17 1939
Description: Women working in casing department at the Oscar Mayer & Company meat packing plant, 910 Mayer Avenue.
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Automobile Wheel Alignment Machine

Date: 05 26 1933
Description: Two men inspecting an automobile on the RITE-Way wheel aligning and axle-straightening machine at Schultz Tire and Battery Co., 1336 Regent Street.
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Joe Bear Heart near Table of Drying Corn

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Description: Lantern slide of a Ho-Chunk man wearing a hat posing standing behind a table loaded with kernels of corn on a cloth drying by a wooden building. The man is...
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Men with rakes and wearing waders work knee-deep in water harvesting cranberries on a flooded marsh.
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Frame 11: Man and Woman Picking Cotton

Date: 1964
Description: A man and a woman pick cotton by hand.
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Frame 13: Working on the Chain Gang

Date: 1964
Description: A group of correctional inmates work in a trench, while a man with a firearm watches from above.
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Frame 19: "We Want to Vote"

Date: 1964
Description: Two men holding protest signs are walking down a sidewalk past a white police officer who is holding a bullhorn at a Greenwood Freedom Day. In the backgrou...
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Frame 21: Police Grabbing Girl by Arm - She is Not Intimidated

Date: 07 16 1964
Description: Police drag away 15-year-old Annie Lee Turner. Officers are wearing helmets and holding batons. A couple of men with cameras are walking towards the person...
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Frame 48: Demonstration at Night

Date: 08 1964
Description: A nighttime rally outside the Atlantic City Convention Hall in support of seating the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) at the 1964 Democratic Na...
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Frame 71: Outdoor Demonstration

Date: 1964
Description: A long line of protesters standing on a sidewalk hold signs calling for voting rights and civil rights. One sign reads, "We Are Not Allowed to Vote".
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Frame 78: Line Up with Signs

Date: 1964
Description: A group of young people on a sidewalk protesting with signs in support of the MFDP.
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Two Men with 560 Hough Pay Loader

Date: 1972
Description: View of two men standing next to a 560 Hough Pay Loader, one is smiling broadly. C&M Enterprises, excavation contractors, are using two Hough Pay Loaders: ...
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Man Operating 560 Hough Pay Loader

Date: 1972
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man operating a 560 Hough Pay Loader. C&M Enterprises, excavation contractors, are using two Hough Pay Loaders: a new 560 and a...
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Man Operating 560 Hough Pay Loader

Date: 1972
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man operating a 560 Hough Pay Loader to dump material into a dump truck. Houses are visible in the background. C&M Enterprises,...
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Night View of Schulz Garage

Date: 
Description: Night view of the exterior of the Schulz Garage. A DeSoto Fluid Drive automobile is seen inside the showroom through the large, plate glass windows.
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Interior of Schulz Garage

Date: 
Description: Interior view of the garage. In the foreground is a lift, and in the background on the left is the office, which is under a skylight. Garage doors are to t...
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Tractor Cotton Planter and Super A

Date: 04 18 1951
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a man driving a Super A tractor in a field. Subject: "A-177 and A-178 (forward mounted) Tractor Cotton Planter & Sup...
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Farmall H Tractor with Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of man driving a Farmall H tractor in a field. Information with photograph reads: "Farmall H tractor with HM-278 plant...
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Farmall M Tractor with 4-Row Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of men using a Farmall M Tractor in a field. Subject: "4-row planter with Farmall M Tractor." Where Taken: "SW."Informati...
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Tractor Cotton Planter and Super A

Date: 04 18 1951
Description: Front view of a man driving a Super A tractor in a field. Subject: "A-177 and A-178 (forward mounted) Cotton Tractor Planter & Super A." Where Taken: "SW."...

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