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Workman Filling International Model "63" Coal and Ice Truck

Date: 1927
Description: African American workman filling an International Model "63" coal and ice truck. The truck was owned by George Jaekel & Son Coal and Ice Company based in ...
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Shoveling Snow

Date: 1925
Description: Winter scene with a man and young boy shoveling snow from a sidewalk after a heavy snowfall.
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Kilowatt Clubhouse

Date: 10 17 1928
Description: Two men are standing with shovels outside the Kilowatt Clubhouse, 5311 Tonyawatha Trail, on Lake Monona. It became the home of Fred Rasmussen.
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Kilowatt Clubhouse

Date: 10 17 1928
Description: Two men are standing in front of the Kilowatt Clubhouse, 5311 Tonyawatha Trail, Monona, on the shore of Lake Monona. It became the home of Fred Rasmussen.
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Two Men Sifting Compost for a Garden

Date: 06 1923
Description: Two men sifting compost soil through a screen.
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Working with a Compost Pile

Date: 06 1923
Description: A man cutting down a compost pile with a shovel.
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Feeding Hogs

Date: 07 1923
Description: A farmer is standing on a wagon shoveling ear corn to hogs in a nearby pen.
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Spreading Lime

Date: 10 07 1927
Description: Two men using a Farmall Regular tractor, a farm wagon, and a lime spreader to spread lime in a field.
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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 Loads Fertilizer onto Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 09 22 1926
Description: A man standing in the doorway of a farm building uses a shovel to load fertilizer onto a manure spreader pulled by a team of horses.
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Ready-Mix Concrete Mixer

Date: 03 01 1927
Description: A man stands on a piece of equipment holding a shovel to move the contents of an International truck owned by the Ready-Mixed Concrete Corp. into a wheelba...
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Prospect Avenue

Date: 1921
Description: View of Prospect Avenue. A group of men and a woman standing in front of the store, which is a two-story wooden building with shuttered windows, next to a ...
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Ali Bacha Looking South

Date: 03 11 1927
Description: Ali Bacha looking south. Three indigenous men work on an archaeological excavation in Algeria, Africa. On the left a man examines material in a wheelbarrow...
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Ensemble of the Diggings at Ali Bacha

Date: 03 23 1927
Description: Ensemble of diggings at Ali Bacha. View looking downhill towards three men working on an archaeological excavation in Algeria, Africa. On the left an indig...
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Workmen at Mechta

Date: 1927
Description: Workmen excavate at an archaeological site at Mechta. M. Bebruge is the man in the foreground. A man sitting on the ground in the background on the right i...
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Trench at Medfoun

Date: 1929
Description: Men excavating a trench in the escargotiere (snail midden) at Medfoun. Brahim is in the trench and Shabane is standing with the shovel. A screen and piles ...
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Men Shoveling Around Train

Date: 02 06 1923
Description: Winter scene with a group of men holding shovels pausing and looking toward the camera. Behind them is a railroad train in deep snow.
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Train Pushing Through Snow

Date: 1923
Description: Winter scene with a Wisconsin & Michigan train pushing through snow. Men are shoveling snow in front of it. Smoke is billowing from the front of the train.
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International Model HS-104 Dump Truck

Date: 1929
Description: Group of men working with a Bucyrus-Erie power shovel and dump truck. Hall-Scott powered dump truck with chain drive. 4 Cylinder, Overhead Cam, Hall-Scott ...
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Clearing Land

Date: 1920
Description: Four Native American men posing while clearing land for farming. One man is standing atop a stump which has been pulled from the ground. Another man is hol...

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