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Excavation for New York City Subway

Date: 1925
Description: View looking down at workers at work below street level, with cranes and International trucks excavating area for the future New York City subway. On the r...
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International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Chart Room

Date: 1925
Description: Three graphic artists inside the Chart Room of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department at 616 S. Michigan Avenue. The men are illustrat...
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People Viewing Lantern Slide of Cow

Date: 1925
Description: Rear view of men and women sitting in wooden chairs viewing a lantern slide projection of a cow during a presentation by a lecturer from International Harv...
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Man Working on 35mm Film Reels

Date: 1925
Description: Man working on reels of 35mm film for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department.
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W.W. I Disabled Veterans Group with International Motor Coach

Date: 1925
Description: Members of Minneapolis Chapter No. 1 of "World's War Disabled American Veterans" (World War I) posing with musical instruments in a city street in front of...
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Woman Throwing Out Wash Water

Date: 1925
Description: Woman dumping wash water from a metal wash basin on the back step of her farmhouse.
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Young Children Play in Squalid Alley

Date: 1925
Description: Three young children playing with a wagon in a squalid alley between rows of impoverished houses. Trash and rubble litter the alley.
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Woman Cleaning Kerosene Lamps

Date: 1925
Description: Woman cleaning kerosene lamps on the front porch(?) of her house.
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McCormick-Deering No. 8 Hill Drop Corn Planter

Date: 1925
Description: Drawing of a McCormick-Deering No. 8 Hill Drop corn planter. Foldout advertising brochure for the No. 8 planter.
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McCormick-Deering No. 8 Drop Hill Corn Planter

Date: 1925
Description: Advertising drawing showing top view of McCormick-Deering No. 8 Drop Hill corn planter. Foldout brochure for the No. 8.
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Filming a "Home Economics" Scene

Date: 1925
Description: Mr. Hyde and Miss Wigent filming a woman and child while the woman is filling pails with water from a hand-pump. The original caption reads: "Taking footag...
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Farmer with Walking Planter

Date: 1925
Description: Farmer in a field walking behind a P&O planter drawn by a mule. There is an automobile on a road near a house behind a fence in the background.
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Man on Ladder Repairing Farm Building

Date: 1925
Description: R.A. Hayne on a ladder repairing a barn door.
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Alley with Litter

Date: 1925
Description: Squalid, littered alley. Tire tracks run through the mud between wooden buildings.
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Ambulance Parked on Street

Date: 1925
Description: Sewickley Valley ambulance parked on a street outside a fire house or municipal building, with a fire truck parked near the garage door. The ambulance was ...
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Burgess Battery

Date: 1925
Description: Man attaching the leads of a Burgess battery to a light bulb.
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McCormick Reaper

Date: 1925
Description: Miss Vada Watson posing on an older model McCormick reaper..
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Spraying Orchard with Pesticide

Date: 1925
Description: Two men using a "Friend" sprayer to apply pesticide to orchard trees.
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Corn Harvesting

Date: 1925
Description: Farmers using a horse-drawn corn picker and wagon to harvest corn.
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Cutting Sorghum

Date: 1925
Description: A farmer is cutting sorghum using a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering Corn Binder.

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