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Indians Thresh Wheat

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Description: Indians thresh the first wheat at the Sac and Fox Agency in Iowa.
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Don't Buy Rath

Date: 04 17 1950
Description: Workers leaving the John Deere factory read literature from United Packinghouse of America workers on strike at a nearby plant. Although the location of th...
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IBP Labor Strife

Date: 1965
Description: Iowa Beef Packers, later IBP, revolutionized the meat industry during the 1960s by introducing numerous innovations including the hiring of low paid worker...
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IBP Labor Strife

Date: 1965
Description: Iowa Beef Packers, later IBP, revolutionized the meat industry during the 1960s by introducing numerous innovations. The use of low wage workers led to con...
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Broadway Street

Date: 1895
Description: A man walks across the unpaved street in the Broadway Street business district, with automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles along the curb. There is a hill i...
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Men on Sidewalk

Date: 1906
Description: View across Main Street. A bike rests on the curb while a group of well-dressed men gather on the sidewalk nearby. Business signs read: "The Ensign Co.," "...
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Bustling Street Scene

Date: 1905
Description: Busy street with automobiles, pedestrians and a horse-drawn cart. Streetcar tracks are in the center of the street. Business signs read: "W.A. Gill Co.," "...
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Crowd Watching Elephant Parade

Date: 1910
Description: A crowd watches a parade of people riding elephants down the street. A cable car and horse-drawn carts are nearby. Caption reads: "N.E. Cor. Square, Oskalo...
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Portrait of a Native American Chief

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Description: A portrait of Chief Push-E-To-Neke-Qua, of the Musquakie Indians. Caption reads: "Push-E-To-Neke-Qua, Chief of Musquakie Indians, Tama Co., Iowa."
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Portrait of John Wolf

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Description: A portrait of John Wolf, a Musquakie Native American, wearing jewelry, a headdress, and holding a feathered object in his hands. Caption reads: "John Wolf,...
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Portrait of Chief Keokuk

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Description: A copy of a portrait of Chief Keokuk (1767–1848), who was an orator of extreme eloquence and noted for his policy of cooperation with the U.S. government. ...
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Roundhouse Train Depot

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Description: View of west yards train depot roundhouse. Railroad workers pose with locomotive engines in the roundhouse. The train in the foreground, no. "804," is on a...
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Mississippi Riverboat Landing

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Description: View from shoreline towards a docked Mississippi riverboat. Passengers are disembarking from the ship, and a large crowd is gathered on shore, with some pe...
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Passenger Steamboats

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Description: View from shoreline of two passenger steamboats on the Mississippi river near Clinton. Several children and adults wait on shore. A tugboat is nearby in th...
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Covering the President

Date: 1956
Description: Rear view of a parade of reporters in open cars following President Eisenhower on a rural road in Iowa. The President is standing in an open car at the rig...
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Clam Shelling

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Description: Men on shoreline clam shelling.
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Stand Pipe

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Description: Two men stand at the base of a tall standpipe, also known as a water tower. Caption reads: "The Stand Pipe, Waukon, Iowa."
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Engine No. 80 Locomotive Wreck

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Description: Men pose around the remains of runaway train Engine No. 80 after it crashed and the boiler exploded on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway.
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Decorated Engine No. 294

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Description: Side view of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine no. 294, which is decorated with antlers above the headlight, a miniature cannon mounted above th...
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Three Men at Mechanic's Rock

Date: 1918
Description: View from shoreline of three men standing in the water at Mechanic's Rock on the Mississippi River.

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