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Workers on Railroad Platform

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Description: Exterior view of work men posing sitting on a wagon on the platform at the railroad station.
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Men Working in a Field

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Description: Ten men are working in a field. They are bending over and digging with shovels.
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York Iron Works

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Description: Indoor view down a long room in an industrial building, with several men posing standing, some with shovels. A man is standing in the right foreground. Ide...
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Quarry Laborers

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Description: Group portrait of men posing standing near and on a rock face with shovels and pickaxes. Behind them are shrubs and trees on a hill, with a power line at t...
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Man Digging on Main Street

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Description: View across lawn towards a man working with a small spade on the left, and men and women in the distance across a city street. Location identified as Main ...
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Reconstruction of Town Creek

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a construction site, with men working by a railway track with sand haulers, and a brick viaduct. Location identified as the fill and reconstru...
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Reconstruction after the 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a construction site, with people walking on a dirt road, and others working at the site. Location identified as the reconstruction following t...
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Train Derailment

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards a large group of people standing near the wreck of a train. Railroad cars have fallen over to the left of the tracks. Two...
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Derailed Locomotive

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Description: A group of men, some with shovels, are working near the front of a locomotive that has derailed. There is a pile of sacks in the background on the right. A...
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Derailed Locomotive

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Description: View towards men standing on railroad tracks and near the wreckage of a train.
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Man with Rifle and Dog

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man holding a rifle standing next to a dog. Behind them is a campsite with a table and tent.
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Vandrieul

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Description: Outdoor view of a group of a large group of people gathered along a trench. Snow is on the ground, and buildings are in the background. Several of the men ...
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Vandrieul

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a large group of men standing in the snow, many of them holding shovels. A ditch has been dug in the center. Houses are in the ba...
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Survey Crew

Date: 1935
Description: One man is sighting a transit level, and another man is holding a round metal post as a crew of six people "sets a corner" in a Jackson County forest. Ther...

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