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Driving Hogs Through Town

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Description: Bill Payne driving a herd of large hogs through town on Main Street, possibly on the way to Adam Best's Butcher's Shop. Storefronts identified, from left t...
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Chimney Sweep George Stahl

Date: 10 05 1931
Description: Portrait of George Stahl, chimney sweep, with a pipe in his mouth, and wearing a tall hat and carrying a bag and a rope around his shoulder. He is standing...
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Butcher Loading Barrels into International Delivery Truck

Date: 12 12 1928
Description: Butcher loading wooden barrels into the back of an International delivery truck parked in front of Emery Collette's butcher shop in Ontario, Canada. A grou...
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Men and Boys in front of Implement Dealer

Date: 1900
Description: A group of farmers and young children posing on a wooden platform or boardwalk in front of a farm implement dealership building, along with a horse-drawn m...
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R-205 Sleeper Cab Truck and Farmall Super M Tractor

Date: 1953
Description: View of an International R-205 Sleeper Cab Truck with closed top van semi-trailer outside a Farmall dealership. The truck is parked next to a man operating...
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International Model 63 Truck

Date: 01 23 1926
Description: Two men loading merchandise into the covered bed of an International Model 63 truck operated by the E.B. Latham & Company - "Electrical & Radio Merchandise...
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Two Construction Workers on Break

Date: 1969
Description: Two construction workers wearing hardhats stand outside a storefront while on a break.
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Delta Implement Company Employees

Date: 1929
Description: Employees of the Delta Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership, lined up outdoors for a group portrait.
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Shops in Victorian Structure

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Description: Shops contained on first floor of a Victorian structure, one of which belongs to a woman named Mary. Standing in front are her husband and two sons. Furthe...
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Water Street Bridge Reconstruction

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking south down street, with storefronts on either side. The street and bridge are undergoing reconstruction. Military vehicles are in the background.
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Water Street Bridge Reconstruction

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking Northwest. Workers are standing on the right next to the exposed drainage pipes in the damaged bridge. Sheets and quilts are covering the entranc...
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Water Street Bridge Repair

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking south. A jeep sits in the middle of the construction zone. The storefronts are covered with quilts and blankets.
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Group of People Posed Along Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of people posed in commercial area on a wooden sidewalk. Leigeois Bar, Implement Store, and Blacksmith Shop. Joseph Leigeois is shown in the fo...
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Three Men in front of Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1895
Description: Three men and a horse standing in front of a blacksmith shop which has a sign above the doorway advertising M. Karger and Brothers Clothing and Furnishing ...
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Men Pulling Carts

Date: 1897
Description: Men pushing and pulling two carts, one with a barrel, around a street corner.
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Fire Fighters with New Rescue Truck

Date: 01 06 1949
Description: Five fire fighters, Kendall Niebuhr, William J. Sullivan, John G. Randall, Chief Edward J. Page, and Gill S. Stone, pose with newly customized rescue truck...
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Men in front of Horseshoe Shop

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Description: Nine men in aprons lined up in front of a brick horseshoe shop. One of the men is sitting on a horse. The sign above the door reads: "C. Deising, Horseshoe...
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Pacific Saw Filing Truck

Date: 1936
Description: Two men sharpen knives with equipment carried by an International truck. Original caption reads: "C-5 equipped with special body, owned by John Ciffone, co...
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McKesson & Robbins Truck

Date: 1940
Description: A man lifting a box at the back of an International D-15-M (Metro) truck with 113-inch wheelbase owned by McKesson and Robbins, wholesale druggists. A sign...
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Men Working on Relief Tractor

Date: 04 01 1925
Description: Three men working on a McCormick-Deering 10-20 relief tractor. They are working in the street, and storefronts are behind them.

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