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Eleanor Woodruff and a White Bull Terrier

Date: 1922
Description: Broadway actress Eleanor Woodruff, wearing a dress with flared sleeves, a feathered hat, and pearls, posed with a white bull terrier. Original caption: ...
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Eleanor Woodruff and a Bulldog Puppy

Date: 1916
Description: Vitagraph silent film star Eleanor Woodruff and a bulldog puppy in a White Studio portrait retouched for newspaper use.
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Clara Kimball Young and an Irish Terrier Puppy

Date: 1919
Description: Clara Kimball Young and an Irish terrier puppy on the ground in front of a sign saying "Beware of the dog. Keep Out". Original caption: "Clara Kimball ...
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Clara Kimball Young and a Chow

Date: 1919
Description: Clara Kimball Young and a chow sitting in the sun on the stoop in front of a stucco house. Original caption: "Clara Kimball Young and her prize Chow do...
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Clara Kimball Young, an Automobile, and a Chow Dog

Date: 1918
Description: The silent film actress Clara Kimball Young, dressed for a drive in a military-styled coat with patch pockets and a dark straw hat, stands beside a car wit...
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Clara Kimball Young Holding a Black Cat

Date: 1915
Description: Heavily retouched seated portrait of the silent film star Clara Kimball Young with a black cat on her lap. Original caption: "Clara Kimball Young who w...
Photograph

Clara Kimball Young and a Monkey

Date: 1918
Description: In this snapshot silent film actress Clara Kimball Young holds a white-faced capuchin monkey wearing clothes and a cap. A girl and man are in the backgroun...
Painting

Spring Planting

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Description: A farmer is planting corn using the planter wire method.
Painting

The Blacksmith Shop

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Description: A town scene featuring the blacksmith shop and horses.
Painting

The Cheese Factory

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Description: Horse-drawn wagons, also known as milk buggies, dropping off cans of milk at the country cheese factory during summer.
Painting

Haying Time

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Description: A farm boy is riding the "hay-fork horse" as the farmer is loading hay into the barn during haying time in July.
Painting

Milking Time

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Description: A farm family takes part in milking time. The mother carries a milk can and a stripping bucket while the boy pushes milk cans on a cart toward the barn. Th...
Painting

Belgian Power

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Description: A team of three Belgian horses pulling a Deering binder through a field during the oat harvest. A farmer is driving the team, and other workers are in the ...
Painting

Threshing

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Description: A threshing scene during harvest time. In the background, the separater tender stands on the thresher overseeing the whole operation. He has a weighing dev...
Painting

Steam Power

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Description: A harvest scene in which an old-fashioned steam-powered tractor is hooked up to a threshing machine. There is a pile of coal next to the tractor and a tank...
Painting

The County Fair

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Description: Painting of a county fair, depicting a grandstand, harnass racing, a ferris wheel and merry-go-round typical of the event. The fair gave farmers an opportu...
Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
Painting

Rural Free Delivery

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Description: A woman waiting by her mailbox receives a Sears Roebuck catalog delivered by her mail carrier who drives a horse-drawn wagon. The farmhouse and barn are vi...
Painting

A Farm Auction

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Description: An auctioneer, a clerk, and a helper stand on a stage on a farm conducting an auction as potential bidders surround them. Farming equipment and other items...
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The Country Store

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Description: View of a country store in autumn. A man driving a horse-drawn wagon hauls full milkcans in the foreground and, to the right, several families are hauling ...

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