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Packinghouse Workers Strike Kitchen

Date: 03 22 1948
Description: Strike kitchen of Local 50, United Packinghouse Workers of America (Plankinton Packing Company). Left to right: Al Herold (chef), Ernie Bernie, Jimmy Glov...
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Delivery Driver Posing with Horse-Drawn Cart

Date: 10 01 1912
Description: African American wagon driver standing with a horse-drawn wagon parked on a city street. The man is likely an employee of International Harvester, possibly...
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Aunt Jemima with Philco Appliances

Date: 02 27 1954
Description: A woman dressed as Aunt Jemima is making pancakes on a pull-out griddle at a stove which is part of a merchandise display at Evans Radio and TV Store, 4233...
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New Orleans Market

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Description: A woman and two young children are shown in a farm market.
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John Hill and Hill's Grocery

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Description: John W. Hill, owner of Hill's Grocery at 649 East Dayton Street, poses in front of his business, which he bought with his wife Amanda on November 23, 1915.
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Interior of Barbershop

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Description: Barber shop with customers and shaving mug rack. African American man is probably Frank Lyons.
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"Romance of the Reaper" Film Still

Date: 1929
Description: Scene from the film "Romance of the Reaper" showing the building of the first practical reaper on the McCormick farm in Virginia. Actors playing the parts ...
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Cafeteria at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: Long tables and chairs in a dining hall, probably at the McCormick Works. The tables are covered in table cloths and several cooks stand in the background....
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Portrait of "La Vieille"

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Description: Portrait of a woman wearing a long dress and an apron. Text on photograph reads: "La Vieille."
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Three Men in a Shoeshine Shop

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Description: Two African American men working in a shoeshine shop. The younger man is shining the shoes of a white customer who is sitting in one of the chairs on the e...
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Woman with Spinning Wheel

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Description: View of a woman standing near a tree in the yard with a large spinning wheel.
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Car Wash

Date: 1930
Description: View of a man wearing an apron washing an automobile up on a lift.
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Workers Arranging Trays of Food

Date: 1970
Description: Two male food service employees preparing trays of food laid out on a table for a Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 in-flight meal. A woman is standing...
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Students in Kitchen Classroom, Roosevelt Junior High

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Description: Elevated view of students in a home economics kitchen classroom at Roosevelt Junior High.
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Family Style Christmas Dinner

Date: 12 22 1960
Description: Group portrait of several people sitting or standing around a table with a meal displayed on it. All the women, and one man, are folding their hands as if ...
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Janet Sauk and Paul Arms

Date: 1967
Description: Janet Sauk holding Paul Arms in the home of Lewis Arms at 847 Williamson Street.
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Manual Training Images

Date: 1904
Description: A page from the book "What Hampton Graduates Are Doing" which includes two photographs. At the top center is an oval-framed portrait of Richard T. Coles. T...

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