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![[The wines of the Rhine in Agricultural Hall at the centennial, Philadelphia 1876]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzYvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXdpbmVzLW9mLXRoZS1yaGluZS1pbi1hZ3JpY3VsdHVyYWwtaGFsbC1hdC10aGUtY2VudGVubmlhbC1waGlsYWRlbHBoaWEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/228/jpg "[The wines of the Rhine in Agricultural Hall at the centennial, Philadelphia 1876]")
![[HOUSTON, DAVID FRANKLIN. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, 1913-1920]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvaG91c3Rvbi1kYXZpZC1mcmFua2xpbi1zZWNyZXRhcnktb2YtYWdyaWN1bHR1cmUtMTkxMy0xOTIwLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[HOUSTON, DAVID FRANKLIN. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, 1913-1920]")
![[Rural Life in the 1870s], Library of Congress narratives collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzgvMDEvMDEvcnVyYWwtbGlmZS1pbi10aGUtMTg3MHMtNC02NDAuZ2lm/40/50/webp "[Rural Life in the 1870s], Library of Congress narratives collection")
![[President Grant declaring the exhibition open at the centennial at Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, 1876]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzYvMDEvMDEvcHJlc2lkZW50LWdyYW50LWRlY2xhcmluZy10aGUtZXhoaWJpdGlvbi1vcGVuLWF0LXRoZS1jZW50ZW5uaWFsLWF0LW1lbW9yaWFsLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "[President Grant declaring the exhibition open at the centennial at Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, 1876]")
![[Rural Life in the 1870s], Library of Congress narratives collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzgvMDEvMDEvcnVyYWwtbGlmZS1pbi10aGUtMTg3MHMtNS02NDAuZ2lm/40/50/webp "[Rural Life in the 1870s], Library of Congress narratives collection")
![[Rural Life in the 1870s], Library of Congress narratives collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzgvMDEvMDEvcnVyYWwtbGlmZS1pbi10aGUtMTg3MHMtOS02NDAuZ2lm/40/50/webp "[Rural Life in the 1870s], Library of Congress narratives collection")
![[Diploma of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, awarded to [blank] at the annual exhibition held at Powelton, Philada. Sept. 1860] / Schmolze 1860 ; J. Queen.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjEvZGlwbG9tYS1vZi10aGUtcGhpbGFkZWxwaGlhLXNvY2lldHktZm9yLXByb21vdGluZy1hZ3JpY3VsdHVyZS1hd2FyZGVkLXRvLWJsYW5rLTFiNjBjNi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Diploma of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, awarded to [blank] at the annual exhibition held at Powelton, Philada. Sept. 1860] / Schmolze 1860 ; J. Queen.")
