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Workers Hauling Sisal Leaves

Date: 1910
Description: Workers hauling sisal leaves with rail carts and burros to a decortication mill in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The mill was likely part of Internation...
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Harvesting Grain

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards farm workers posing while harvesting grain. Two McCormick grain binders are being drawn by mules in the distance.
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African American Farm Laborer at Stovall's Plantation

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Young man sitting in a planter drawn by two mules on the plantation of Mrs. William H. Stovall.
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Farmer with Walking Planter

Date: 1925
Description: Farmer in a field walking behind a P&O planter drawn by a mule. There is an automobile on a road near a house behind a fence in the background.
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1972 International Camper Pickups

Date: 1972
Description: Front cover of advertising brochure for the 1972 line of International camper pickup trucks featuring the slogan: "When your camp goes with you." The cover...
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Mule Drawn Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Corn binder hitched to two mules in field in Algeria. In the distance are low hills. One bearded man, wearing what appears to be a full-length hooded jella...
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Cotton Market

Date: 02 09 1915
Description: A group of wagons filled with cotton bales in the street at market.
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Man Driving Wagon with Team of Mules

Date: 02 19 1915
Description: A man is driving a team of mules pulling a wagon down a commercial street.
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Hauling Alfalfa

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Description: W.L. Trammel drives a mule-drawn wagon full of alfalfa.
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Deering Reaper

Date: 1914
Description: A farmer driving four mules pulling a Deering reaper.
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Push Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A farmer uses a team of six mules to power a push binder through a field. The farmer is shaded by an umbrella. The advertisement on the umbrella reads: "Ha...
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Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1917
Description: A farmer is using a large team of mules and horses to pull a harvester-thresher (combine) through a field.
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Grain Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A man leads two mules pulling a McCormick grain binder.
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Boy and Mule with Experimental Implement

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: A bare-footed boy sitting on the seat of an experiment farm implement holds the reins of a mule pulling him through a field.
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Horse-Drawn Wagon

Date: 1920
Description: Two men, two boys, and a small dog sitting in a Weber wagon drawn by a mule.
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Weber Wagon and Two Mules

Date: 1920
Description: A man climbs onto a Weber wagon led by two mules parked in an area behind several buildings. Autombobiles are in the background. The text on the wagon read...
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Residential Street Maintenance

Date: 1920
Description: Men use mule-led wagons while working on a residential road. Bricks are piled high on either side of the street.
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Weighing Cotton

Date: 1920
Description: Men weigh(?) bales of cotton on a wooden platform, while other men load or unload bales onto a wagon drawn by mules.
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Residential Street Maintenance

Date: 1920
Description: Men using mule-drawn wagons as they prepare to pave a street with bricks. A pile of shovels is lying in the dirt in the foreground.
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Man on Wagon Pulled by Mules

Date: 1920
Description: A man driving a Weber wagon with two mules sitting in front of a building in front of the Komp Machine Works.

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