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Earth Globe

Date: 12 27 1927
Description: An earth globe on a stand, featuring North America.
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Field of Cultivated Earth

Date: 06 12 1914
Description: Field of cultivated earth. Caption reads: "Field of young oats before and after culti-packing. Note how all lumps are crushed out without injury to the gro...
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Plowed Strip of Field

Date: 1921
Description: View to horizon of a plowed strip of earth in a farm field.
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Cultivator for Corn Planting

Date: 03 04 1929
Description: Illustration of a cultivator, with arrows indicating center of furrows in earth.
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Men Working with Earth Moving Equipment

Date: 1948
Description: Elevated view of men working with crawler-tractors and sheepsfoot rollers to move earth. Trucks, dump trucks and automobiles are in the background.
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Man Using Tractor to Move Earth

Date: 06 1926
Description: View across ditch towards a man using a tractor to move earth. In the far distance are farm buildings among trees, and a windmill.
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Man Using Kerosene McCormick-Deering Tractor as Earth Mover

Date: 06 1926
Description: Right side view of a man using a McCormick-Deering tractor to move earth. An unpaved road, and houses among trees are in the background.
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Man Using Kerosene McCormick-Deering Tractor as Earth Mover

Date: 06 1926
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man using a 10-20 McCormick-Deering tractor to move earth in a field. There is a windmill and farm buildings in the ...
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Men Using Kerosene McCormick-Deering Tractor as Earth Mover

Date: 06 1926
Description: Elevated view of men using a tractor in a pit to move earth. People are standing at the edge of the area watching the men working. Houses are in the backgr...
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TD-24 — Dams & Levees

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of tamping rolls to put hard core in earth dam. Subject: "TD-24 — Dams & Levees." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Harlan County ...
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Earthmovers

Date: 09 22 1927
Description: View towards a man operating an earthmover that is sitting on the top of a pile of dirt moving earth. Water is in the background. Buildings are along the s...
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International Construction Equipment on Job Site

Date: 1964
Description: International D500 Paydozer and 295 Payscraper moving earth on a job site. The machines were manufactured by Hough, the construction equipment subsidiary o...
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Industrial Tractor for Street Construction

Date: 10 07 1927
Description: A man is operating an industrial tractor, which has a shovel on the front for moving earth. Tall buildings are in the background.
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Industrial Tractor for Street Construction

Date: 10 07 1927
Description: A man is using an industrial tractor, which has a shovel on the front for moving earth. Tall buildings are in the background.
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McCormick Works Earth Moving Machinery

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: A man is sitting in the cab of a "McCormick Works International Harvester No.1" crawler-based crane with an earth moving attachment. The crane is loading a...
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TD-20C Crawler Dozer and H-90E Pay Loader

Date: 1971
Description: Men moving earth with a TD-20C Crawler Dozer and a H-90E Pay Loader. The payloader is dumping dirt into a dump truck.
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Man Operating TD25c Dozer

Date: 01 20 1972
Description: Man operating TD25c Dozer to move earth. Caption reads: "Williams Paving Company has contract to reconstruct and relocate 2.686 miles of route US 60 in New...
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International TD-14A Crawler Tractor Bulldozer

Date: 1952
Description: Man moving earth in South Africa with an International TD-14A crawler tractor equipped with a Bucyrus-Erie bulldozer. A man with oxen and a "primitive" ex...
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Pay Loader with Pay Hauler

Date: 1972
Description: Man operating Pay Loader to dump earth into a Pay Hauler. Vecellio and Grogan, Inc., working on highway project cutting four and one-half miles of Intersta...
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Two Men at Silo Construction Site

Date: 1915
Description: One man is using a hand crank to pull a bucket of earth from the bottom of a pit silo. Another man stands behind him.

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