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Group of Women Learning Woodworking

Date: 1918
Description: Group of women, probably teachers, using tools to assemble various wooden products including nail boxes, benches and cabinetry(?). Three large posters are ...
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Educational Chart Warning of the "School of Evil"

Date: 1915
Description: Educational chart promoting "morality, decency, sanitation and cleanliness" as opposed to "foul thoughts, vile couplets, and immoral habits" found in the "...
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Advertising Club

Date: 05 16 1952
Description: Two men standing by examples of ads, including ones for Ray-o-Vac batteries and Strauss Printing, at an Advertising Club meeting/conference.
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Biology Laboratory at College Misericordia

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Description: View of a biology laboratory at College Misericordia, established by the Sisters of Mercy on August 15, 1924. There are two rows of tables with lamps, and ...
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Girls Making Lunch

Date: 1919
Description: Two girls mixing food in a bowl while preparing lunch at Sedan Prairie School. A poster reading: "Buy Liberty Bonds" is on the blackboard behind them, and ...
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Students Preparing Lunch in Classroom

Date: 1919
Description: Students sit at desks inside Sedan Prairie School while others stand in the back of the classroom to prepare lunch. The poster hanging on the back wall rea...
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One Room Schoolhouse in Matteson

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view of the front of a one-room schoolhouse. There is a Red Cross poster hanging in the school entryway, and a smaller outbuilding behind the scho...
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Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory

Date: 1909
Description: Men with horses and wagons gathered outside the Faville Grove Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory. A poster advertising the State Fair is pasted to the wa...
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Putnam Catholic Academy

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a science room at Putnam Catholic Academy, looking out over the desks toward the back of the classroom. In the back is a large gl...
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Seton Hill College

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Description: A view of the biology laboratory at Seton Hill College. Long work tables have work stations set with microscopes and cabinets in the back of the room cont...
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Agricultural Extension Lecture

Date: 1932
Description: Adults sitting in chairs in a classroom to hear an agricultural extension lecture given by a man standing behind a table or podium at the front of the room...
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Presentation at Pleasant View School

Date: 1917
Description: A group of men and women gathered inside Pleasant View Rural School to listen to an agricultural extension presentation given by Professor Holden.
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Model A-2 International Truck Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Advertising poster for the nternational A-2 speed truck. The text on the poster reads: "Model A-2 International 1 1/2 Ton Speed Truck. Now Reduced to $615....
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Bar Interior

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Description: A bar counter and stools stand inside a barroom and several posters adorn the walls. In the foreground, two cushioned benches are placed on either side of...
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Men in Front of Post Office and Bank

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Description: Panoramic view from street of sixteen men standing on the sidewalk in front of the Jackson County Bank and the Post Office. On the sidewalk in front of the...
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Knot-Tying Lesson

Date: 1919
Description: A group of men and women sit in chairs inside what appears to be a classroom or gymnasium while practicing knot-tying. They follow an instructor's example...
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Teachers at Extension Short Course

Date: 1919
Description: View from back of classroom of a group of teachers sitting at desks in a classroom while observing an instructor demonstrate knot tying. Several posters ha...
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Agricultural Window Display

Date: 1915
Description: Burlap bags, a cream separator, a stationary engine and posters are used in a window display at a store.
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Agricultural Lecture

Date: 1919
Description: View from back of room of man standing at the front of a classroom to deliver an agricultural lecture to a group of seated men and women. There are bundles...
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Lesson on Eradication of Cattle Tick

Date: 1915
Description: A group of men, women, and children sitting on wooden benches inside Cottage Hill School as they watch Professor P.G. Holden give a presentation on the era...

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