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Set 1, American Weddings

Set 2, Americans at Work

Set 3, Thanksgiving

 
American Weddings

Come, Haste to the Wedding Poster
Come, haste to the wedding. H. De Marsan, Publisher, 38 & 60 Chatham Street, N. Y. [c. 1860]
Wedding guests
Wedding guests (The North American Indian; v.10)
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Americans at Work
Wood gatherer - Sioux (The North American Indian; v.03)
Indian men, women and children in Kent hop field,
ca. 1895
Interior of a Chinese Laundry
American Federation of Labor document
Washington, D.C. Interior of a Chinese laundry located under the apartment of Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman.
The American federation of labor does what all federations of labor unions do, attempts to give solidarity to the labor movement by getting the various sections of the labor army into touch with each other ... Organizing bureau of the American federation of labor. [Washington, D. C. n. d.].
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Thanksgiving

Plucking a Thanksgiving turkey
foods (Slave Narratives)
Mr. Metzendorf, Jewish poultry farmer of Ledyard, Connecticut, picking turkeys to get them ready for Thanksgiving market.
Foods
Bills and Resolutions, House of Representatives, 42th Congress, 3rd Session... A Bill To provide for the observance of a day of national thanksgiving in all the States and Territories of the United States.
Mrs. Botello and her sister, Portuguese FSA (Farm Security Administration) clients. Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
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