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Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Photograph

Child Laborers Bringing Fibre Down From Mountains

Date: 1910
Description: Procession of child laborers carrying bundles of twine fibre (fiber) down from the mountains in the Philippines. The fibre was likely used by International...
Photograph

Kids Drawing

Date: 05 02 1964
Description: Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Tschirren Family Having Lunch in the Field

Date: 1958
Description: Men, women, and children of the Tschirren family having lunch on a wagon in their field. The Tschirrens had a farm in Niedermuhlern, Switzerland.
Photograph

Mountain Home

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Description: Group portrait of a man, a woman and seven children standing in front of a log cabin. The caption reads: "A Typical Mountain Home in Kentucky."
Photograph

High Street and the Public Walk

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Description: A view of High Street and the Public Walk. In the right foreground is a girl sitting on a group of large rocks while a dog stands in front of the rocks. In...
Photograph

Building The New Bridge

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Description: Slightly elevated view of several people overlooking a bridge under construction. Caption reads: "Building The New Bridge, Berwick, PA."
Photograph

Catskill Aqueduct Workers

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Description: A view of a camp of the Catskill Aqueduct workers including three men, three women, and one child. Caption reads: "Camp of Catskill Aqueduct Workers, Pleas...
Photograph

Christmas Card with Scene of Fort Ruins

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Description: A Christmas Card with two views. The on on the left is featuring an image of a girl sledding while wearing winter gear, and on the right is a photograph of...
Photograph

Canoeing at Camp Lenoloc

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Description: Girls canoe near a dock at Camp Lenoloc as additional girls watch from the shoreline. Trees and other foliage line the water and mountains are in the backg...
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Lake Scene

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Description: Lake scene with children in a rowboat near the Rock Ridge Mountains and Lake. Caption reads: "Rockridge Mountains and Lake, Denville, N.J."
Photograph

Robert Kennedy in Hong Kong

Date: 1962
Description: Robert Kennedy, then attorney general, surrounded by young people during a visit to Hong Kong. Kennedy was traveling in Southeast Asia, and the tall white-...
Photograph

Young Vendor at Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: Airstrip at Luang Prabang airport, Laos. A young food vendor stands with a large circular tray on his head which casts shade for him. A silver plane sits o...
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Young Vendor at Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: A young vendor stands with a large plate of food on his head and a satchel around his neck at the runway of the Luang Prabang Airport, Laos. There is a sil...
Photograph

Row of Cottages

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Description: A group of children stand along a fence near a row of cottages at the outskirts of town. In the far background is a mountain range.
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Provo Railroad Station

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Description: Exterior of Provo Railroad Station. Baggage trucks can be seen near the tracks as a train arrives at the station.
Photograph

"A Votre Sante"

Date: 1930
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men, women and children having a meal outdoors on the ground. They are gathered around a box being used as a table. Cu...
Photograph

Girl at a Well

Date: 1927
Description: A Kabyle girl holding a pail at the well, with another pail sitting on the ground at her feet. The well has a stone wall around it with a rope and pulley s...
Map or Atlas

Aethiopia Superior vel Interior; vulgo Abissinorum five Presbiteriioannis Imperium

Date: 1696
Description: Engraved and hand-colored map of Ethiopia, from Blaeu's General Atlas. Map title is framed by a man and a woman, both wearing head turbans, who are standin...
Book or Pamphlet

D.S. Morgan & Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1882
Description: Back cover of catalog with an illustration of two men using horse-drawn agricultural machinery in fields, while a group of Native American Indians look on....

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