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| Date: | 09 09 1925 |
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| Description: | Willis Rickert wears overalls and a hat while turning the handle on a McCormick-Deering cream separator. He stands on a dirt road in front of a building. |
| Date: | 09 22 1959 |
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| Description: | Interviewed outside a meat packing plant near Des Moines, Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev pronounced his first American hot dog to be "wonderful, but not... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Farmers and their supporters picket at the National Farm Institute to protest farm prices and their poor economic outlook. |
| Date: | 07 13 1925 |
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| Description: | A group of men use a tractor and horse-drawn manure spreaders in a barnyard on the farm of J.C. Witmer. The tractor appears to have a "Lessman" loader. |
| Date: | 07 13 1925 |
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| Description: | A man using a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor outfitted with a Lessman loader to load a manure spreader. Another man is standing on the front of the loader... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of International Harvester's Des Moines branch building. The structure features five stories and arched ceiling-height windows surround the ... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | International K-7 tractor and trailer (semi-truck) operated by Allied Van Lines. The truck was owned by Ware Transfer & Storage of Des Moines, Iowa. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | An International D-300 van owned by the Davidsons Company parked outside the store. |
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| Description: | Advertisement for the Italian Bee Company. Dealers in Queens, Bees, Hives, Honey Extractors, &c. "Queens Imported by every Steamer." Des Moines, Iowa. From... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | View from front of woman driving a yellow Scout with white topper. There is a young boy in the passenger seat. A grill and tow hook are attached to the fro... |
| Date: | 06 18 1927 |
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| Description: | View of a fleet of delivery trucks lined up in a row. There is a bridge and buildings in the background. Signs painted on the trucks read: "Davidsons, Iowa... |
| Date: | 06 18 1927 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from front right of a man sitting in a delivery truck. Painted on the side of the truck is a sign that reads: "Davidsons, Iowas Largest ... |
| Date: | 06 18 1927 |
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| Description: | View of right side of the "Des Moines Dairy Products Co." delivery truck. In the background is the Iowa State Capitol building. |
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