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Eugenics Demonstration on Wall Street

Date: 10 27 1915
Description: Four impoverished men hired by "The Medical Review of Reviews" carry signs with the eugenics slogans, "I am a burden to myself and the State. Should I be a...
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American Inventors

Date: 1900
Description: Cigar box label with portraits of inventors Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Richard March Hoe. Around the edges are illustratio...
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Testing Spring Teeth at Osborne Works

Date: 03 18 1913
Description: Factory workers testing newly manufactured harrow spring teeth at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Compan...
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International Harvester Employee in Wood Shop

Date: 02 06 1911
Description: Older worker standing in front of carts loaded with wood in an International Harvester factory (most likely Osborne Works).
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One-Armed International Harvester Factory Worker

Date: 10 12 1910
Description: One-armed factory worker in a suit and bowler hat posing against a brick wall. The man likely worked at International Harvester's Osborne Works.
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Theodore Roosevelt

Date: 1909
Description: Studio portrait of Teddy Roosevelt around the end of his term as president of the United States.
Poster

Daniel DeLeon

Date: 1900
Description: Socialist Labor Party poster promoting Daniel DeLeon, as Governor of the State of New York.
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Man Under Awning

Date: 1969
Description: A man stands in the shade of an awning. He is wearing a hat, and an apron that reads, in part: "...RLD ...RNAL."
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Radical Editor

Date: 10 23 1978
Description: Jack A. Smith, managing editor of the "Guardian," a weekly radical newspaper. Smith's admiration for Chinese communism is suggested by the decorations on h...
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Men with Wagon Outside Abbey Hotel

Date: 1915
Description: Man seated atop a horse-drawn wagon in the snow outside the "Abbey Hotel." Another man stands on the left near the wagon.
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Two Men Sitting Underneath a Parts Display

Date: 1910
Description: Two factory workers dressed in dark work clothes, light aprons, and dark hats sit on a crate below a numbered display of parts, most likely at Internationa...
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Construction Work at Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: Several men are standing and sitting around a construction site at International Harvester's Osborne Works. Lumber is stacked in the yard, and in the backg...
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Four Workers Seated Below Parts Display

Date: 1910
Description: Factory workers sit on a wooden bench with a large wheel or gear resting on their legs below a display of implement parts, most likely at International Har...
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Laborer in Warehouse

Date: 1910
Description: A factory worker wearing work clothes and an apron stands with his arm on his hip at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works)....
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Construction Work at the Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: Four men are lifting a large piece of beam during the construction of a factory building, most likely at International Harvester's Osborne Works. There is ...
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Four Men Transport Cargo in a Cart

Date: 1907
Description: Four men are transporting a cart of goods from a railroad car to a loading dock. The men are most likely employees of the International Harvester Osbourne ...
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Man with Machinery at Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: A factory worker is standing next to a large piece of machinery at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). Around him are ca...
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Old Man at Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: An elderly factory worker is standing in a dusty room holding a large pole at International Harvester's Osborne Works. He is dressed in dark work pants, a ...
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Factory Worker in Front of a Pile of Wood

Date: 1910
Description: An elderly factory worker is standing in front of large stacked pile of wood at International Harvester's Osborne Works. There are two handwritten notes on...
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Factory Worker at Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: A man wearing work clothes, a hat, and a long apron is standing and posing in front of a work station at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later kno...

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