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| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A man in work clothes is operating a horse-drawn mower in a patch of grass along a waterfront, while another man wearing a hat and tie is looking on. Ships... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from rear of a man using a horse-drawn mower along a shoreline at League Island. A man is standing near him on the right. In the background on the lef... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View towards men posing on shipping dock. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of men on a dock with binder. There are town buildings in the background. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View down dock towards men unloading a binder on the gangway of a ship docked on the left. A woman is standing on the deck of the ship. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Group of men with ox-drawn caravan at docks.. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view from shoreline towards the McCormick Works on the opposite shoreline. There is a boat in the river near a tugboat. There is a light ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across water towards ship, the "Northman Fairport," at a dock at McCormick Works. Factory buildings are in the background. In the foreground is a wall... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View looking down at ship at dock. A man stands at the edge of the dock just under the painted name of the ship, "Northwestern." Stacks of wheels are near ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across canal towards McCormick works. There are piles of parts along the shipping dock. A large church building is in the far distance. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over canal of docks and ships at the dock. In the background are railroad cars on a railroad track, factory buildings, and smokestacks. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View along dock towards a boat with two decks (float?) anchored in harbor at McCormick Works. Painted on the back of the boat is a sign that reads: "McCorm... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Aerial view looking over railroad cars on railroad tracks towards an encampment. Signs on a building at the encampment read: "War Exposition," and "Three M... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Aerial view looking over railroad cars on railroad tracks towards an encampment. Sign on a building at the encampment reads: "War Exposition." A large crow... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Aerial view looking over railroad cars on railroad tracks towards an encampment. Signs on a building at the encampment read: "War Exposition," and "Three M... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Aerial view looking over railroad cars on railroad tracks towards an encampment. Signs on a building at the encampment read: "War Exposition," and "Three M... |
| Date: | 09 04 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of ship in docks. There is a line of railroad cars on the right. |
| Date: | 08 16 1926 |
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| Description: | A man is driving an industrial tractor to pull a large trailer along a shipping dock. There is a ship alongside the dock in the background. |
| Date: | 04 30 1927 |
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| Description: | "Beaverton" steamship at a dock at McCormick Works. |
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