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Mixing Liquids

Date: 1945
Description: Roy Bird Cook mixes liquid medications in his pharmacy's laboratory.
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Reuben Gold Thwaites Rowing the "Pilgrim"

Date: 05 09 1894
Description: Reuben Gold Thwaites rowing the skiff the "Pilgrim" on the Ohio River.
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Party Banquet for Gardner Baking Co. Families

Date: 04 11 1928
Description: Group portrait of Gardner Baking Co. families wearing paper party hats sitting at two long banquet tables. There are Purity Bread signs over the tables whi...
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International F-31 Truck Operated by Dillon Bros. Co.

Date: 1919
Description: International model "F" or "31" truck operated by Dillon Bros. Co., "machinists" of Wheeling. A man sits in the driver's seat of the truck which is parked ...
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Fishermen on the Ohio River

Date: 05 10 1894
Description: Two fishermen in a boat on the Ohio River.
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Houseboats on the Shore

Date: 05 10 1894
Description: View from river of three men in a sailboat near the shoreline. Behind them are houseboats up on blocks on the shore of the Ohio River, with other buildings...
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Man in a Boat

Date: 05 14 1894
Description: A man seated on a low boat floats down the Ohio River.
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International TD-6 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: Seldon Starcher, owner and operator of an International TD-6 Diesel TracTracTor (crawler tractor), uses his tractor both in logging and oil field work. He ...
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International TD-6 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: Seldon Starcher, owner and operator of an International TD-6 Diesel TracTracTor (crawler tractor), uses his tractor both in logging and oil field work. Sta...
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Crush Bottling Co.

Date: 09 22 1938
Description: A man standing next to a McCormick-Deering 10 can cooler with his hand on the motor at the Crush Bottling Company. A sign on the back of the cooler reads: ...
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Children with Schoolbuses

Date: 1935
Description: Two International buses owned by Monongalia County Schools parked in a street. Children and adults stand on the sidewalks surrounding the buses. A commerci...
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Boy Exiting Bus

Date: 03 05 1935
Description: A boy exits an International bus wearing a hat and carrying a book, and a young girl stands on the steps behind him. Other children look out the window fro...
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Family Garden

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Description: A family garden in a company town for the Consolidation Coal Co. Five people are displaying their produce among the garden and the nearby buildings.
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Exterior of Home with Garden

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Description: A girl sits on the steps of a small home surrounded by a lush garden. Fairmont was a company town of Consolidated Coal Company.
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Row of Homes

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Description: Several people sit on the porches of a row of homes in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company.
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Residential Street

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Description: Children and adults stand in an unpaved rural street lined with homes in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company.
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Three Women with Leaves

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Description: Three women in sun hats pose with large leaves next to a building covered with a gourd vine, in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company.
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Large Group Standing Near Home

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Description: A large group of adults and children pose near a home in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company. On the right side of the home vines are growing on a ...
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Women Sitting on Porch

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Description: A group of eight women poses on the porch of a two-story home. The yard in front of the home is filled with flowers. Taken in a company town of Consolidate...
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Couple and Child In Garden

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Description: A couple and a child stand next to their home, which is covered with ivy. A large vegetable and flower garden surrounds the home, and cornfields are in the...

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