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Irish Milk Boy

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Description: A young boy drives a donkey-powered cart with a large milk can as cargo in Fermoy, Ireland.
Print

International 8-16 Nostalgia Print

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Description: Color illustration of an International 8-16 tractor pulling a wagon full of stones for men building a stone fence. The print was part of a series of nostal...
Photograph

Manager's Home on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: A man mows the front lawn of a manager's home on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. The house belonged to "Mr. Heath."
Photograph

Sing Sing Prison

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Description: A interior view of a cell block. Cells line the left side, with five levels visible. Long rectangular windows line the wall to the right. Two men, presuma...
Photograph

McCormick Company Office Building

Date: 1900
Description: Entrance of an office building of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company at 212 Market Street. The street around the building is full of rubble and appea...
Photograph

Construction Crew and Observers

Date: 1911
Description: Construction crew and observers standing on a scaffold. Trees, a wooden tripod with a block and tackle and the roof of a house are visible in the backgroun...
Photograph

Planting Trees at Gibraltar Orchards

Date: 05 1911
Description: Stone walls line a tilled field where workers carry shovels and bundles of small trees to plant an orchard.
Drawing

Process of Excavation, Lockport

Date: 1825
Description: Engraved view of several wooden cranes extracting large stones from a cut during the construction of the Erie Canal. The rig in the foreground is horse-dri...
Photograph

Nature's Own Health Foods

Date: 1930
Description: A man dressed in a white uniform, hat and apron with a dark necktie poses on the steps to Nature's Own Health Foods at 501 West Olin Avenue. He is displayi...
Photograph

Camp at El Kantara

Date: 1930
Description: The camp at El Kantara, Algeria. In the foreground, members of the expedition are sleeping on pallets, under blankets. Just beyond the sleepers are two tru...
Postcard

Workmen Build a Stone Wall

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Description: Photographic postcard of three workmen building a stone wall next to a shed.
Photograph

Barn Raising

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Description: Barn raising, showing the stone foundation and timbers stacked in a pile in the foreground. A smaller building is on the left behind the tower support for ...
Book or Pamphlet

Aultman, Miller & Co. Calendar Page 1

Date: 1892
Description: First page of calendar for January and February, 1892. Features an illustration of a woman sitting on a stone wall watching a man using a Buckeye mower in ...
Photograph

Signal Point Stone Wall Under Construction

Date: 1936
Description: Four men are building the wall at Signal Point Lookout in Wyalusing State Park. They are part of Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project #8656-8. Th...
Book or Pamphlet

P&O Charrues Canton

Date: 1919
Description: Catalog cover featuring an illustration of a man on a plow using a team of horses to work in a field. A large building is in the background.
Photograph

Laying Stone Foundation

Date: 1931
Description: Group of men laying the stone foundation for the new barn on the Krueger farm. A pile of large stones is in front of the new stone foundation.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower near War Monuments

Date: 1900
Description: View over stone wall towards a man using a horse-drawn mower among various monuments and military cannons. The monument on the left is for "Rickett's Batte...
Photograph

Man on Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Right side view of a man sitting on a horse-drawn mower in a field. In the background is a stone wall, and behind it are trees and buildings.
Photograph

Man on Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Man on horse-drawn McCormick mower in field. In the background is a stone wall. Behind the wall are trees and buildings.
Photograph

Group of Men Posing in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men posing in field around a man sitting on a horse-drawn McCormick binder. In the background are farm buildings, and in the far distance a valley...

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