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Daisy Bates at Woolworth's Boycott

Date: 1962
Description: Daisy Bates and others at Woolworth's boycott.
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Man inside Texas International Truck Dealership

Date: 1941
Description: Man with a cigar in his mouth standing in front of a showroom window holding a framed poster for "the new International trucks." Two cars and a truck are i...
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Dixon Implement Company

Date: 10 10 1923
Description: Storefront of the Dixon Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership, with three men standing in the doorway. Two parked trucks frame the store...
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Two Construction Workers on Break

Date: 1969
Description: Two construction workers wearing hardhats stand outside a storefront while on a break.
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Tom Hayden

Date: 10 1964
Description: Tom Hayden standing in front of building with a small African-American child. Poster on window for "The Trenton Project" and two posters advocating that p...
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Jefferson Thomas of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 08 17 1959
Description: Jefferson Thomas of the Little Rock Nine is harassed by Central High School students as he waits for transportation after the first day of school.
Drawing

Wisconsin Turns Its Back on the Soup Kitchen

Date: 02 1932
Description: Engraving by Charles Silver to mark the passage of Wisconsin's Unemployment Compensation Law, the first in the nation.
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Group of Motorcycle Enthusiasts

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Description: A group of men and women motorcyclists standing in a semi-circle on the street, with bikes behind them.
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MP Making an Arrest

Date: 1974
Description: Marine Frank Huff, with upraised fist, being arrested by an MP near the Iwakuni Marine Base in Japan. Huff, a member of the GI movement of the early 1970s...
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Two Men Looking at International Harvester Sign

Date: 1936
Description: Two well-dressed men stand outside and look at a neon International triple diamond truck logo displayed in a window. Possibly a photograph from an instruct...
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Father Groppi Leads Demonstration

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Description: Father James Groppi, seen wearing sunglasses in the middle of a crowd, leads a demonstration against discrimination.
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Crowd Promoting Land Clearing

Date: 1923
Description: A street gathering of people interested in using war-salvaged explosives for a land clearance program.
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Mary and Edward Brandel on the Beach

Date: 1930
Description: Mary Brandel and Edward (E.W.) Brandel wearing bathing suits relax on a beach during a vacation. Chairs and umbrellas are behind them, and in the backgroun...
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Ho-Chunk Man Walking with European American Man

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Description: View down wooden sidewalk towards a Ho-Chunk man smoking a cigar and wearing a duck bone breast plate and fur pants on the left, and a European American ma...
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Tom Amlie Staff and Supporters

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Description: Tom Amlie with supporters and staff taken outside of headquarters. Ed Brown was a "fixer" sent by the party heads in Washington, D.C. Some of the unknown p...
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South African Deering Office

Date: 10 22 1925
Description: Six male staff members standing on the sidewalk in front of a Deering dealership in South Africa. The "Deering" brand was sold by International Harvester C...
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Union Worker Supports Civil Rights

Date: 1960
Description: Members of a Des Moines United Packinghouse Workers of America local picket outside a Woolworth's store to demonstrate their opposition to segregation of W...
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Labor Violence in Iowa

Date: 05 21 1948
Description: National Guardsmen stand guard outside the headquarters of Local 46 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America after the shooting of a striker at the Ra...
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No. 2296 of the War Views Series

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Description: Stereograph of Union infantry standing in front of a slave dealer's shop.
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Snagging Sturgeon from Bridge

Date: 1870
Description: A large group of men are snagging sturgeon from a bridge over the Wolf River. A sturgeon is hanging from a line. More men are sitting on a bridge support, ...

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