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Husking Corn

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Description: Families sit amid piles of corn and remove the husks in the Meskovesd district near Budapest, Hungary.
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Outdoor Portrait of Frank Browneagle and Wife

Date: 1906
Description: Frank Browneagle (HeWaKaKayReKah) and his wife, Annie Snake (KhaWinKeeSinchHayWinKah) stand in front of their two homes. The domed wigwam (ciiporoke) on th...
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Frisk Cloud Sitting on a Steer

Date: 1905
Description: Frisk Cloud (MauhHeTaChaEKah) is riding at cow at a powwow. Watching Frisk, left to right, are two unidentified men, Albert Thunder (CheNunkEToKaRaKah), Ge...
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Members of Blue Wing Band with Steer

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man is posing sitting on a steer, and two Ho-Chunk men are posing standing to the left. They are members of the Blue Wing Band with a steer for ...
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Removing Fiber from Manila Plant

Date: 1910
Description: A man pulls fiber from the leaves of a manila plant in the Philippine Islands. Other men look on over his shoulder, and a dwelling or other structure is in...
Poster

P&O Plow Poster

Date: 1920
Description: Poster for use in the Philippines advertising the McCormick-Deering P&O plow. The poster features an illustration of a plow beneath a tree in the foregroun...
Postcard

Little Norway

Date: 1948
Description: Colorized postcard of a scene at Little Norway. A man sits on a wagon chassis. He is wearing an ethnic costume. Various buildings are visible surrounded by...
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Panamanian Women Grinding Corn

Date: 12 1942
Description: Indigenous Panamanian women grinding corn at Yawissa, near the Chucunaque River in Panama. Two women wearing wrapped fabric around their waists are grindin...
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Costa Rican Family

Date: 1902
Description: A Costa Rican family standing outside their home or farm building along a fence. A pig stands in the foreground with a board tied around its neck sniffing ...
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Ho Chunk Powwow

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Description: View across field towards a group of people gathered in a clearing. There is a shelter in the background, and tents are in the far background.
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Fachwerk House

Date: 1889
Description: Several men and children are standing in an arched doorway at the rear of a small courtyard. On the left, steps lead to the door of a Fachwerk (timb...

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