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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a man with two mules on the left pulling a boat up the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. A large wooden building is on the right bank in the behi...
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Pack Train Leaving

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a pack train leaving town. Caption reads: "Pack Train Leaving Kooskia Ida."
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Twenty Mule Team Hauling Borax

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Description: Between 1883 and 1889, the twenty mule teams, such as this one, hauled more than 20 million pounds of borax out of Death Valley. The borax load was hauled ...
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Mariscal Mine

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Description: Workers stand near an automobile and pack of mules in Mariscal Mine. The mine produced 1,400 flasks of mercury, 1/4 of the US production, between 1900 and ...
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The John Ross House, Ringold, GA

Date: 1866
Description: Farmhouse with a large chimney and front porch. A group of people are sitting on the porch. The house was used as a hospital several times during the battl...
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Pack Train

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Description: A man leads a pack train of mules laden with packages down a trail near Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada. Caption reads: "Packtrain, Dawson, Y.T."
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Freighting in Okanogan County

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Description: A couple sits atop a covered wagon pulled by mules. In the background is a steep hill. Another man squats near the wagon with his arms around a dog.
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Stagecoach and Wagon Train

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Description: View from field of a stagecoach and a wagon train meeting on a trail in British Columbia, Canada.
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Man Using Mule-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view down hill towards man sitting on a mule-drawn binder in a field. In the background is a valley.
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Large Mule Team Pulling a Harvester Thresher

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Description: View of a large mule team pulling a harvester thresher up a steep hill. Three men are standing on the thresher, and another man is sitting high up on a cha...
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Mule-Drawn McCormick Binder

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Description: View across field towards a man on a horse-drawn Binder. Three other men are standing nearby, and another man is standing near a horse-drawn carriage with ...

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