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Farm Laborers with Reaper

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Description: A crew of farm laborers taking a break from harvesting wheat while a young woman is offering food and drinks. They are posing in front of a reaper with the...
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Dining Room at Lumber Camp

Date: 1885
Description: Dining room, probably at D. Sullivan's lumber camp.
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Barman — Pete

Date: 1932
Description: Pete bartending at the Roxy Grill.
Drawing

Barman — Andre

Date: 1932
Description: Andre bartending at John & Jean's.
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Hog Butchering

Date: 1921
Description: Man butchering a hog, which is hanging on a meat hook.
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The Grill Room

Date: 05 08 1964
Description: A waitress sets restaurant tables in anticipation of evening business.
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Women Sewing Canvas Folds at McCormick Works

Date: 07 22 1936
Description: Female workers sewing canvas side folds on binder aprons at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in ...
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McCormick Works Employees at Lunch

Date: 1905
Description: Factory workers eating lunch outside International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company before 19...
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Unitarian Church's Work Day

Date: 1950
Description: People gather around a table of food for the First Unitarian Society's "Work Day". The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and some of the construc...
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Farm Wife Brings Lunch to Her Husband in the Field

Date: 1970
Description: Ingrid Bengtson bringing lunch to the field to help her husband, Norman, get the planting done faster. They are having lunch on top of the McCormick Intern...
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Farmer's Birthday

Date: 07 07 1983
Description: John Fitzsimmons and Barton Voegeli take a break from discing the fields to eat the birthday cake that Voegeli's wife made to celebrate the occasion.
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At Grandfather's House

Date: 1955
Description: A young boy helps his grandfather unload a cart of split logs.
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Oscar Mayer Co. Cafeteria

Date: 10 15 1943
Description: Oscar Mayer Company cafeteria, showing workers standing in a food line.
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Cardinal Hotel Bar with Bartender

Date: 03 01 1937
Description: Cardinal Hotel Bar with a male bartender shaking a cocktail shaker.
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Klinke Hatchery

Date: 05 29 1935
Description: Interior of Klinke Hatchery, 1918 Winnebago Street, with employee pouring water into tray of chicken cages, and bags of Vig-o-ray starting mash in view.
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Cook's Choice

Date: 03 19 1964
Description: A chef wearing a toque removes a roast from the oven.
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Milking the Cows

Date: 1929
Description: A woman runs the milking operation at the G.L. Hamon dairy farm.
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Cafeteria Line at Farmall Works

Date: 1952
Description: Woman serving meals to factory workers in the cafeteria at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Lunch Break

Date: 1915
Description: Field workers take a lunch break outdoors. The man holding the food is Frank Haack and the woman taking a bite is his sister-in-law, Anna Bollenbeck.
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Betsey Busied by Bossy's Butter

Date: 1905
Description: Woman churning butter.

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