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Background imagePile Collection: Knowledge Will Break the Chains of Slavery, poster, 1920. Artist: Alexei Radakov

Knowledge Will Break the Chains of Slavery, poster, 1920. Artist: Alexei Radakov
Knowledge Will Break the Chains of Slavery, poster, 1920. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Background imagePile Collection: Soldiers' bags astray, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Soldiers' bags astray, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Soldiers' bags astray, 1919. Probably shows the lost luggage of American soldiers returning from World War I at Pier 2, Hoboken, New Jersey.

Background imagePile Collection: The Goddess in Battle (recto); The Goddess with Her Vanquished Foes (verso)... c1700

The Goddess in Battle (recto); The Goddess with Her Vanquished Foes (verso)... c1700. Creator: Unknown
The Goddess in Battle (recto); The Goddess with Her Vanquished Foes (verso); Folio from a Devimahatmya (Glory of the Goddess) (image 1 of 2), c1700

Background imagePile Collection: Pile of wood in a pasture at a farm, 1845-1925. Creator: Julius Jacobus van de Sande Bakhuyzen

Pile of wood in a pasture at a farm, 1845-1925. Creator: Julius Jacobus van de Sande Bakhuyzen
Pile of wood in a pasture at a farm, 1845-1925

Background imagePile Collection: Basket of Wild Strawberries in a Landscape, mid-late 18th century. Creator: Luis Meléndez

Basket of Wild Strawberries in a Landscape, mid-late 18th century. Creator: Luis Meléndez
Basket of Wild Strawberries in a Landscape, mid-late 18th century

Background imagePile Collection: Wilson, Woodrow, at tree planting, between 1909 and 1923. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Wilson, Woodrow, at tree planting, between 1909 and 1923. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wilson, Woodrow, at tree planting, between 1909 and 1923

Background imagePile Collection: Camp Meade, Maryland - Misc, Views, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Camp Meade, Maryland - Misc, Views, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Camp Meade, Maryland - Misc, Views, 1917
Camp Meade, Maryland - Misc, Views, 1917

Background imagePile Collection: Bibles - 5000 Gideon Bibles for D.C. Hotels, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Bibles - 5000 Gideon Bibles for D.C. Hotels, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Bibles - 5000 Gideon Bibles for D.C
Bibles - 5000 Gideon Bibles for D.C. Hotels, 1913. USA: 5000 (50 Tons) Gideon Bibles (American Standard Version) for the Guest Rooms of 75 Washington Hotels'

Background imagePile Collection: Ignorance and Mercury, n.d. Creator: School of Andrea Mantegna

Ignorance and Mercury, n.d. Creator: School of Andrea Mantegna
Ignorance and Mercury, n.d

Background imagePile Collection: Wood shooting in the air, De Smet Mill, Center City, Dak, 1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill

Wood shooting in the air, De Smet Mill, Center City, Dak, 1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Wood shooting in the air, De Smet Mill, Center City, Dak, 1888. Large pile of timber next to a building

Background imagePile Collection: View of the Yablonovy Range on the Route to Okhotsk, 1856. Creator: Ivan Dem'ianovich Bulychev

View of the Yablonovy Range on the Route to Okhotsk, 1856. Creator: Ivan Dem'ianovich Bulychev
View of the Yablonovy Range on the Route to Okhotsk, 1856. From Puteshestviye po Vostochnoy Sibiri I. Bulychova. Chast 1-ya

Background imagePile Collection: Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Coporation, stock pile of coal and... Detroit, Mich. 1942

Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Coporation, stock pile of coal and... Detroit, Mich. 1942
Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Coporation, stock pile of coal and iron ore, Detroit, Mich

Background imagePile Collection: Above the construction work, the aggregate storage pile which... Fort Loudoun Dam, Tenn. 1942

Above the construction work, the aggregate storage pile which... Fort Loudoun Dam, Tenn. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Above the construction work, the aggregate storage pile which provides crushed stone and sand, Fort Loudon [i.e. Loudoun] Dam, Tenn

Background imagePile Collection: Iron ore piles and blast furnaces, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation mill, Etna, Pa. 1941

Iron ore piles and blast furnaces, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation mill, Etna, Pa. 1941. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Iron ore piles and blast furnaces, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation mill in Etna, Pennsylvania

Background imagePile Collection: The Greensboro Lumber Co. Greensboro, Ga. 1941. Creator: Jack Delano

The Greensboro Lumber Co. Greensboro, Ga. 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
The Greensboro Lumber Co. Greensboro, Ga

Background imagePile Collection: Sawmill at the Greensboro Lumber Company, Greensboro, Ga. 1941?. Creator: Jack Delano

Sawmill at the Greensboro Lumber Company, Greensboro, Ga. 1941?. Creator: Jack Delano
Sawmill at the Greensboro Lumber Company, Greensboro, Ga

Background imagePile Collection: Field of a mountain farm along the Skyline Drive in Virginia, ca. 1940. Creator: Jack Delano

Field of a mountain farm along the Skyline Drive in Virginia, ca. 1940. Creator: Jack Delano
Field of a mountain farm along the Skyline Drive in Virginia

Background imagePile Collection: Cornshocks in mountain farm along the Skyline Drive in Virginia, ca. 1940. Creator: Jack Delano

Cornshocks in mountain farm along the Skyline Drive in Virginia, ca. 1940. Creator: Jack Delano
Cornshocks in mountain farm along the Skyline Drive in Virginia

Background imagePile Collection: The Unruf family, stump pile, and their partly developed farm, Boundary County, Idaho

The Unruf family, stump pile, and their partly developed farm, Boundary County, Idaho, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
The Unruf family, stump pile, and their partly developed farm. Boundary County, Idaho

Background imagePile Collection: Stumps on Cox farm piled and ready for burning, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Stumps on Cox farm piled and ready for burning, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stumps on Cox farm piled and ready for burning. Bonner County, Idaho

Background imagePile Collection: Possibly: The Unruf family, stump pile, and their partly developed farm, Boundary County, Idaho

Possibly: The Unruf family, stump pile, and their partly developed farm, Boundary County, Idaho
[Untitled, possibly related to: The Unruf family, stump pile, and their partly developed farm. Boundary County, Idaho]

Background imagePile Collection: Stump pile, ready to burn, house, barn, and farm buildings, Unruf farm, Boundary County, Idaho

Stump pile, ready to burn, house, barn, and farm buildings, Unruf farm, Boundary County, Idaho
Stump pile, ready to burn, house, barn, and farm buildings on Unruf farm. Boundary County, Idaho

Background imagePile Collection: Ex-mill worker clears eight-acre field after bulldozer... Boundary County, Idaho, 1939

Ex-mill worker clears eight-acre field after bulldozer... Boundary County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-mill worker clears eight-acre field after bulldozer has pulled the stumps. Boundary County, Idaho

Background imagePile Collection: Possibly: Mrs. Arnold and her children before the stump pile, Michigan Hill, Washington, 1939

Possibly: Mrs. Arnold and her children before the stump pile, Michigan Hill, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Mrs. Arnold and her children before the stump pile. Western Washington, Thurston County, Michigan Hill. See general caption 36]

Background imagePile Collection: Close-up of stump pile before burning, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Western Washington, 1939

Close-up of stump pile before burning, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Western Washington, 1939
Close-up of stump pile before burning. Western Washington, Thurston County, Michigan Hill. See general caption number 36

Background imagePile Collection: Mrs. Arnold and her children before the stump pile, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington

Mrs. Arnold and her children before the stump pile, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington
Mrs. Arnold and her children before the stump pile. Western Washington, Thurston County, Michigan Hill. See general caption 36

Background imagePile Collection: A new house for descendant of old Idaho family... Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

A new house for descendant of old Idaho family... Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A new house for descendant of old Idaho family, now a member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho. Lumber was supplied by the mill

Background imagePile Collection: Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939

Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco before the barn preparatory to firing. Granville County, North Carolina

Background imagePile Collection: Possibly: Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939

Possibly: Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco before the barn preparatory to firing. Granville County, North Carolina]

Background imagePile Collection: Small portable sawmill, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Small portable sawmill, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Small portable sawmill, very typical of the sawmills which are cutting small pine and hardwood growth of the area. Note mill and boiler, sawdust pile

Background imagePile Collection: Possibly: Interior of farmers two-room log home, FSA borrower, Boundary County, Idaho, 1939

Possibly: Interior of farmers two-room log home, FSA borrower, Boundary County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Interior of farmers two-room log home. FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower. They have their alfalfa seed stored in corner waiting for a better price

Background imagePile Collection: Lion with Palms (Rug), Ohio, 1890 / 1900. Creator: Unknown

Lion with Palms (Rug), Ohio, 1890 / 1900. Creator: Unknown
Lion with Palms (Rug), Ohio, 1890/1900. After a pattern designed by Ebenezer Ross

Background imagePile Collection: The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand, 1875. Creator: Alfred Sisley

The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand, 1875. Creator: Alfred Sisley
The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand, 1875

Background imagePile Collection: Plate 22: Venus ordering Psyche to sort a heap of grain, from the Fable of Psyche

Plate 22: Venus ordering Psyche to sort a heap of grain, from the Fable of Psyche, 1530-60

Background imagePile Collection: Plate 10: The Ancient Gallery: a large covered gallery, light entering from the bac

Plate 10: The Ancient Gallery: a large covered gallery, light entering from the background, six figures standing atop piles of rocks in the foreground, from Les soirees de Rome, ca. 1763-64

Background imagePile Collection: La Galerie Antique, ca. 1763-65. Creator: Hubert Robert

La Galerie Antique, ca. 1763-65. Creator: Hubert Robert
La Galerie Antique, ca. 1763-65

Background imagePile Collection: Two shepherds, a donkey and other animals in a landscape, ca. 1638-1640

Two shepherds, a donkey and other animals in a landscape, ca. 1638-1640

Background imagePile Collection: The Dust-Heaps, Somers Town, in 1836, (c1876). Creator: Unknown

The Dust-Heaps, Somers Town, in 1836, (c1876). Creator: Unknown
The Dust-Heaps, Somers Town, in 1836, (c1876). Somers Town became a dense shanty town, surrounded on several sides by brickfields and dust heaps

Background imagePile Collection: Emergency Water Supply Pump Platform, Westminster Bridge, London, WWII, 1944

Emergency Water Supply Pump Platform, Westminster Bridge, London, WWII, 1944
Exterior of Emergency Water Supply Pump Platform, Westminster Bridge, London, WWII, 1944. Small building on piles in the River Thames, built to supply water in an emergency

Background imagePile Collection: General Sir Frederick Pile, Commander-in-Chief, Anti-Aircraft Command, 1943

General Sir Frederick Pile, Commander-in-Chief, Anti-Aircraft Command, 1943. From Roof Over Britain. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

Background imagePile Collection: Early 1950s Bedford M Tipper delivering aggregates to a building site, South Yorkshire, July 1954

Early 1950s Bedford M Tipper delivering aggregates to a building site, South Yorkshire, July 1954. The site was the National Coal Boards (NCB)

Background imagePile Collection: Cannon balls, North Cyprus

Cannon balls, North Cyprus

Background imagePile Collection: Bone Pile, Cuban Cemetery, c1910

Bone Pile, Cuban Cemetery, c1910. [Harris Bros, Co. Havana, Cuba]

Background imagePile Collection: Native house built on piles, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co

Native house built on piles, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Native house built on piles, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Background imagePile Collection: Sponge market, Key West harbour, Florida, USA, c1900(?). Artist: Keystone View Company

Sponge market, Key West harbour, Florida, USA, c1900(?). Artist: Keystone View Company
Sponge market, Key West harbour, Florida, USA, c1900(?). Stereoscopic card. Detail

Background imagePile Collection: Stacking salt in the great salt fields of Solinen, Black Sea, Russia, 1898

Stacking salt in the great salt fields of Solinen, Black Sea, Russia, 1898. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Stacking salt in the great salt fields of Solinen, Black Sea, Russia, 1898. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Background imagePile Collection: Working with bristles in a warehouse, London, 1938

Working with bristles in a warehouse, London, 1938. Bristles for June auction

Background imagePile Collection: Coconut production, 20th century

Coconut production, 20th century. Checking boxes of coconut bristles from India in a warehouse



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