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Picking Beans at a Chicago Vegetable Garden

Date: 1917
Description: Three women and a man dumping the beans they've picked into wooden containers at a vegetable garden northwest of Chicago.
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Sewer Pipe Installation with Hough Payloader

Date: 1947
Description: A crew of men laying sewer pipe with a Hough payloader. Original caption states: "Hough Payloader laying sewer pipe sections weighing 200 lbs each. Equipme...
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Field of Harvested Grain

Date: 1900
Description: View across large field dotted with many piles of harvested grain. In the middle distance is a man on a what may be a horse-drawn binder, and another man i...
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Men Searching through Dumped Potatoes

Date: 1917
Description: Two men picking through bushels of potatoes that have been dumped from a freight train. The men are scouring for potatoes that are still good. Original cap...
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Horse-Powered Push Binder Headers in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View down hill towards men using a horse-powered push binder header. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Men Feeding Hay into Hay Press

Date: 01 11 1906
Description: Men are feeding hay into a hay press from large stack. A team of horses is powering the hay press.
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Two Girls Sitting in a Corn Binder

Date: 10 1906
Description: Two young barefoot girls sitting in the driver's seat of a horse-drawn corn binder in a cornfield in the vicinity of Chicago.
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Girl Posing with Dog and Dried Corn

Date: 10 1906
Description: A young girl is posing with a large dog sitting on the ground in a field. Ears of dried corn are displayed at the side of the dog. Vicinity of Chicago.
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Girl Posing with Dog and Dried Corn

Date: 10 1906
Description: A young girl is posing with a large dog sitting on the ground in a field. Ears of dried corn are displayed at the side of the dog. Vicinity of Chicago.
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Horse-Drawn Corn Picker

Date: 10 1906
Description: Rear view of a horse-drawn corn picker in a field. A man is standing in the background on the left.
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Horse-Drawn Corn Pickers

Date: 10 1906
Description: A man is operating a horse-drawn corn picker in a field. The horses are wearing fly-nets. Another man is standing in the background.
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Horse-Drawn Corn Picker

Date: 10 1906
Description: Horse-drawn corn picker parked in a cornfield. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Men Operating Thresher in Plant Yard

Date: 06 08 1911
Description: A group of men are operating a thresher in a plant yard at McCormick Works. Railroad cars and factory buildings are in the background.

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