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| Date: | 02 21 1874 |
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| Description: | African American boatmen run a rapids in a small river boat. |
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| Description: | Men shucking oysters while standing in stalls in a building. Caption reads: "Oyster Schucking, Norfolk, VA." |
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| Description: | Women sorting peanuts in the Gwaltney and Bunkley Peanut Factory. Caption reads: "Sorting Peanuts, Gwaltney & Bunkley Peanut Factory, Smithfield, WVA." |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the exterior of the factory, with men loading full sacks onto wagons pulled by horses. Caption reads: "A Busy Day, Gwaltney & Bunkley Pean... |
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| Description: | A number of men with horse-drawn carts loaded with produce gather along a road with a house visible in the background. Caption reads: "Busy Day in Cabbage ... |
| Date: | 09 25 1931 |
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| Description: | Luncheon menu and program from a McCormick Celebration at Washington and Lee University, with an etching of a three-quarter view of Cyrus McCormick's first... |
| Date: | 05 19 1909 |
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| Description: | Front cover and menu listing for a luncheon for President William Taft, with a wreath superimposed over two crossed flags: a 24-star Union flag and a Confe... |
| Date: | 08 1937 |
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| Description: | View of the front of the McCormick Mill at Walnut Grove, with a wooden walkway up to the open door or window on the right. An exterior chimney is to the le... |
| Date: | 08 1937 |
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| Description: | Interior view of building, looking towards side wall, which has a hole open to the outdoors just below the ceiling. Debris is on the floor, and the back co... |
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| Description: | View towards the mill. There is an exterior chimney to the left of the door, and a wooden walkway leads up to the closed door on the right. A fence leads t... |
| Date: | 09 15 1937 |
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| Description: | View looking up towards the back of the log mill building, which is built into the side of a hill. There are three small window openings. Two wheelbarrows ... |
| Date: | 09 1937 |
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| Description: | View of side of the McCormick Mill, built into the side of a hill on the right. There are small windows, one on the lower level, and another on the upper l... |
| Date: | 09 1937 |
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| Description: | View of side of the log McCormick Mill, built into the side of a hill on the left. On the ground level is a doorway near the corner on the left, and a smal... |
| Date: | 09 1937 |
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| Description: | View looking up towards the back of the log mill building, which is built into the side of a hill. There are three small horizontal openings in the log wal... |
| Date: | 11 1937 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on back: "Excavation in pit at end of mill building showing portion of old water wheel after back boards had been removed." |
| Date: | 10 1937 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on back: "Excavation in water wheel pit back of old mill building. Note three logs used as support for stone pillar to hold outer end of water ... |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on back: "Spillway Gate in upper end of mill race." |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | View from road toward two men are working on the mill building. There is a barn and silo in the background on the right. Handwritten on back: "Mill buildin... |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on back: "Lower end of tail race." The Blacksmith Shop is on the far left, and the reconstruction of the mill is just behind it. In the center ... |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | A man is working near the mill. Handwritten on back: "South side of mill showing pit for water wheel." |
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