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Farmall Tractors in Texas Centennial Parade

Date: 06 06 1936
Description: Farmall F-12 tractors pulling parade floats at the Texas Centennial.
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Jeffries Family

Date: 1929
Description: The C.M. Jeffries family poses for a portrait outside a small building.
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Crombie & Company Truck

Date: 1950
Description: An International L-180 truck owned by Crombie & Company fruit and vegetable dealers parked beside a warehouse in front of a door marked, "3." A woman is st...
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Union Contract Demands

Date: 08 1949
Description: Four Texas workers with a picket sign that uses their wartime service and sacrifices to negotiate for a union contract.
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Harvesting Onions

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Description: A view of men and women in a field during the harvest of onions. Caption reads: "April Bermuda Onion Harvest, Mission, Texas."
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Strawberry Fields

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Description: A view of men, women and children harvesting in strawberry fields. Caption reads: "A Smith County Strawberry Farm, Near the City of Tyler, Texas."
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Group of Women Workers

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Description: A group of women work at a loom outdoors. Caption reads: "Drawn Workers, Brownsville, Texas."
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Pythian Orphans' Home

Date: 1911
Description: A posed group portrait of the Pythian Orphans' Home faculty. The group poses in front of a brick wall with a window, and a staircase on the left. Caption r...
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Pythian Orphans' Home

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Description: A group of women wearing tasseled commencement hats stand in front of and sit in a horse-drawn wagon, on their way to church. The Pythian Orphans' Home is ...
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Pythian Orphans' Home

Date: 1911
Description: A posed portrait of women tennis players posed behind the net, holding their rackets. Pythian Orphans' Home can be seen in the background. Caption reads: "...
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Paul Quinn College

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of African American students posing in front of a large brick building. Two turrets flank the arched main entrance, with wings jutti...
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Grogan Mineral Wells Hotel

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Description: People look out from the porch of Grogan Mineral Wells Hotel as others stand near horse-drawn carriages on the front lawn. A sign bearing the name "Grogan ...
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Men in Rowboats on Katy Lake

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Description: People swim in front of a large observation deck on Katy Lake. Flags fly from the deck's roof and a sign reading "Kelly Tires" hangs from its exterior. A b...
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Flores Avenue

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Description: View of Flores Avenue, a commercial section of downtown. The city hall, built in 1884, stands on the left near Laredo National Bank, founded in 1892. On ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1918
Description: View of storefronts lining a town street. A brick building housing City Drug Store and Tom W. Crutcher & Co. General Insurance bears a date of 1918.
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street, looking north. Groups of people congregate near storefronts. The stone building at right was constructed in 1891.
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Harvesting Tomatoes in Rio Grande Valley

Date: 1970
Description: Migrant farm workers harvesting tomatoes in the Rio Grande Valley.

Obreros Unidos (United Workers) grew in Wisconsin during the 1960s and had deep roots ...

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Mother and Siblings at Texas Wedding

Date: 1970
Description: From left to right, a sister, mother and brother attending a wedding celebration in Mercedes, Texas. The woman on the left is wearing an empire waist sleev...
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Tomato Harvester in South Texas

Date: 1970
Description: A woman holding a bucket and wearing a covering over her head, a checkered long sleeve shirt, pants, and gloves. She is standing behind crates of Roma toma...
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Transporting Migrant Workers

Date: 1970
Description: Chicano migrant farm workers being transported to a field on a cold Texas winter morning on the back of a truck.

This photograph is a part of Wisconsin-n...

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