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| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Man using a Mogul 10-20(?) tractor with attached plow to plow garden lots in an urban residential neighborhood at Jackson Blvd. and 54th Street. "This outf... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Two women and a young girl gathering vegetables in the Deering Works vegetable garden. Original caption reads: "This garden furnished a bountiful supply of... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Men line up outside on the sidewalk in front of the International Harvester's Weber Works building. The factory produced wagons. Two men are looking down f... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | The office staff of International Harvester's Weber Works are posing beneath an American flag in front of the exterior office door. Weber Works produced wa... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Man operating an International dump truck near the Standard Glass Company on La Salle Street, possibly in Chicago. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A man unloads an International dump truck full of gravel in La Salle Street near the Standard Glass Company, possibly in Chicago. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A man sits in an International truck outside of a large three-story house in Chicago. The truck bears the text "The Fair." |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | The first International Armour and Company Packing truck outside of the comapny offices. Two American flags are mounted at the front of the truck. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Rear view of an automobile resting alongside a snow-filled Michigan Avenue during the winter. Other automobiles are parked near commercial buildings in the... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of vendors gathered in the South Water Street Market. Horse-drawn carriages and automobiles park in rows between commercial buildings on eit... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd at flag raising ceremony at Western Avenue. A group of people are standing on a stage or platform decorated with flags, and a large ... |
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