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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, signing autographs from a train car during a stopover in Madison.
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Wood Burning Locomotive

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Description: Men posed on the front cowcatcher, or pilot, of a wood burning locomotive, with a few cars attached. Three other men pose on the locomotive.
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Loading F-20 Tractor onto Railroad Car at Tractor Works

Date: 12 13 1934
Description: Worker guiding a new Farmall 20 tractor suspended from a crane onto a snow-covered railroad car outside International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Tractor Works' Foreign Shipping Room

Date: 06 20 1935
Description: Elevated view of new McCormick-Deering T-40 TracTracTors (crawler tractors) await transfer in the foreign shipping room at International Harvester's Tracto...
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Mill Drive

Date: 10 28 1966
Description: Mill drive that was later purchased by Traylor Engineering and used by Hudson Cement. Original Falk caption reads, "See engineering files for exact descrip...
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P&H Exterior Monorail Hoist with Lumber Handling Unit

Date: 1910
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger exterior monorail hoist crane with lumber handling unit and a man in the cab. The text written on boxcars in the distant background...
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TD-18 Crawler Tractors Outside Tractor Works

Date: 1947
Description: Men loading crawler tractors (TracTracTors), including the TD-18, onto railroad flat cars outside International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Four Men Transport Cargo in a Cart

Date: 1907
Description: Four men are transporting a cart of goods from a railroad car to a loading dock. The men are most likely employees of the International Harvester Osbourne ...
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Light Duty Vehicles on Railroad Cars Headed for Texas

Date: 1970
Description: Man working at the side of a railroad car on the "Texas Special" train load of light duty vehicles at a railhead. Another man is driving a vehicle up the r...
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Men with Scouts on Railroad Cars

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Description: Three men stand on railroad tracks, looking up at another man standing on the bottom level of a railroad car, stacked double-decker style with white Scout ...
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Elevated View of Dealership

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view looking down towards the loading dock area of a dealership. There is a railroad car parked in the archway of the building on the right. There...
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Exterior of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1900
Description: View across street towards the front and left side of a dealership. On the street and sidewalk at the corner men and a boy stand near a horse-drawn wagon. ...
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The Weinschenker Family

Date: 1947
Description: The Weinschenker family posing in the doorway of a train car. Standing in front of the group is Chaim Weinschenker. Behind him, from left to right, are an ...
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Man Standing on Corn Picker

Date: 03 1907
Description: A man is standing on a Corn Picker outdoors at McCormick Works. There are railroad cars in the background.
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Line Car with Scaffolding

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Description: A man is driving a line car with scaffolding on the car. The signs on the side read: "Auto Line Patrol 10" and "T.M.E.R. & L Co." The car is set up on a pl...
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Hay Stacker at McCormick Works

Date: 04 1907
Description: Two men are standing near a hay stacker in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background is a railroad car on railroad tracks along a fence.
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Man Standing Near Boxcars

Date: 04 1907
Description: A man is standing near a covered platform of a building, with a row of boxcars alongside. Snow is on the ground.
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Hay Stacker at McCormick Works

Date: 1908
Description: Hay stacker with arm raised in air outdoors in a yard at McCormick Works. A man is standing on the right, and behind him are railroad cars on railroad trac...
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Group of Employees Using Fire Escape at McCormick Works

Date: 07 23 1912
Description: A group of employees is outdoors in front of a plant building. Other men are using the fire escape on the side of the building. A railroad car is in the ba...
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Yard at McCormick Works Showing Construction

Date: 03 05 1913
Description: Elevated view of yard, showing construction on buildings. One man is standing on the roof of the building under construction in the center. There are men a...

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