Photo Artifacts

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	Title	Year
	Crop Devastated By Grasshoppers, 1931      Four individuals survey a field ravaged ...	1931
	Milk Churning Room, 1931      Milk churning room in the Perry Milk Products ...	1931
	Drug Store in Buffalo Center, ca. 1932      Drug store in Buffalo Center opened for ...	ca. 1932
	Farmers Strike, 1932      Iowa farmers strike for better prices. A ...	1932
	General Store in Buffalo Center, ca. 1915      Inside general store in Buffalo Center. ...	1932
	School and Outhouse, 1932      One room schoolhouse in Lincoln Township, ...	1932
	Dust Bowl Cars, 1933      Cars moving along dustblown rural road during ...	1930s
	Free Haircuts, 1934      Local barbers giving free haircuts to children ...	1930s
	Dairy Cattle Congress, ca. 1935      One hundred prize-winning entrants in the ...	1935
	Farm Foreclosure, ca. 1935      A foreclosure sale in Iowa in the early ...	1930s
	Wrecked Automobile, Forest City, 1935      Wrecked Automobile, Forest City, 1935. ...	1935
	Coal Mine in Central Iowa, 1936      A coal mine in central Iowa. Coal was used ...	1930s
	Coal Mine in Southern Iowa, 1936      A coal mine located in the south central ...	1930s
	Removing Snow From Tracks, Forest City, 1936      Men use shovels to remove snow from the ...	1936
	Train on Snow Covered Tracks, Forest City, 1936      Train travels down tracks after men have ...	1936
	Works Progress Administration Artists, Des Moines, 1936      Works Progress Administration (WPA) artists ...	1936
	Car Accident in Winnebago County, 1937      Minimal traffic laws, inexperienced drivers, ...	1937
	Immigrants Studying for Naturalization, 1937      Immigrants had to pass a citizenship test ...	1937
	Immigrants Studying for Naturalization, 1937      Immigrants must pass a citizenship test ...	1937
	Telephone Operator at Switchboard, 1937      Telephone operator at switchboard. Telephone ...	1937
	Woman Fills Bucket From Cistern      Ruth Wettach fills a bucket with water from ...	ca. 1937
	1909 Maytag Touring Car      1909 Maytag Touring Car on display at the ...	1938
	Auctioning at Farm Sale, 1938      Man auctioning off a piece of machinery ...	1938
	Cooking in 1938	1938
	Downtown Buffalo Center      Early dirt roads in downtown Buffalo Center, ...	pre-1938