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Merrymobile

Date: 04 24 1959
Description: Man driving Merrymobile ice cream vending truck. Press release caption reads: "Merrymobile - colorful ice cream vending vehicle - built by Merrymobile Co.,...
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International C-40 Fire Truck

Date: 04 25 1935
Description: International Model C-40 fire truck with floodlights. The truck was owned by the Memphis, Tennessee fire department. A man stands on top of the truck and g...
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Strikers' Message

Date: 1959
Description: Paul Spencer, a member of United Packinghouse Workers Local 270 in Memphis, reminds citizens of his locals' strike against Wilson & Co.
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Swift Strikers

Date: 1959
Description: Striking members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 270 stand near the Swift & Co., plant in membership in an attempt to prevent Wilson products being lo...
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Cotton Picking Machine

Date: 05 17 1916
Description: Men gathered outdoors around a cotton picking machine exhibited at the National Implement and Vehicle Association Meeting.
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Truck Driver W.A. Orell

Date: 10 01 1935
Description: Truck driver W.A. Orell standing next to his International truck. Original caption reads: "W.A. Orell - Safety driver." A painted sign on the door reads: "...
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Truck Driver Rudgil C. Smith

Date: 10 01 1935
Description: Truck driver Rudgil C. Smith standing next to his International truck. The name "Bruce" is printed on the passenger side door. Original caption reads: "Rud...
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Christopher R. Blackall

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. Christopher Ruby Blackall, 33rd Wisconsin Infantry, standing in his uniform with his hat on a pedestal.
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First National ACORN Convention

Date: 12 1978
Description: A crowd of people with signs march to the Democratic Party mid-term convention during the first national ACORN convention.
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Two Men Talking in Front of Building

Date: 1973
Description: Two men are standing and talking in a plaza in front of a building which has a large sign with the words: "Memphis Tennessee Shelby County" around the seal...
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Men Pushing Trash Cans Towards Garbage Truck

Date: 1973
Description: View from lawn in a residential neighborhood of three men pushing trash cans on hand carts towards a garbage truck. Behind the garbage truck is an Internat...
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Man Emptying Trash Barrel into Garbage Truck

Date: 1973
Description: An African-American man is dumping a barrel of trash into an International Harvester Scout with a dump body driven by another African-American man. They ar...
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President's Dinner at Gayoso Hotel Menu

Date: 10 14 1887
Description: One-page menu for the visit of President Grover Cleveland to Memphis, with a man in a powdered wig wearing a waistcoat with wide, decorated cuffs, ruffled...
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Water Pump Demonstration

Date: 11 10 1927
Description: A group of men at a water pump demonstration on the shoreline of a body of water. There is a truck on the left side.

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