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Demolition of Mapleside

Date: 1970
Description: Historic home on University Avenue being demolished. The home was replaced by Burger King, a fast-food, drive-in restaurant.
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Crane Laying Rails for Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Workers and a steam railroad crane laying rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine.
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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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State Office Building Construction

Date: 07 02 1930
Description: State Office Building, Wilson Street, construction showing concrete mixer, workers, and a Castle & Doyle truck dumping.
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P&H Monorail Hoist with Lumber Handling Unit

Date: 1910
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger monorail hoist crane with lumber handling unit outdoors. A man is in the cab, which is stamped "Pawling & Harnischfeger, Milwaukee,...
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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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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist in Lumber Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist in a lumber mill with a man in the cab. Text stamped on cab reads "Capacity 6,000 Lbs., No. 2573." In the lowe...
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P&H Monorail Hoist Handling Lumber

Date: 1910
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger monorail hoist crane handling lumber with a man in the cab operating the crane. In the lower right corner, the photograph is signed...
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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist in Lumberyard

Date: 1910
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist with lumber handling unit in the Pacific Lumber Co. lumberyard. There's a man in the cab and the text stamped ...
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Four P&H Lattice Girder Cranes

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Description: Four Pawling & Harnischfeger lattice girder cranes used in shipbuilding. There are men on the bridge of the nearest crane, and the banner on the crane read...
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MEC&MC Half Ton Floor Operated Auxiliary Hoist

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company floor operated half ton auxiliary hoist. The hoist assembly is marked "1,000 Lbs," and is above a set of d...
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Seabees with Cherry Picker

Date: 1945
Description: Seabees use an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a crane ("cherry picker") to load cargo on a Western Pacific island. The text on the crane ...
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Building Pennsylvania Highways

Date: 1931
Description: Page from an advertising brochure for International trucks. Two International trucks owned by the Ritter Bros. are parked on a highway construction site wh...
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Hill Farms State Office Building

Date: 1962
Description: The Hill Farms State Office Building at Segoe Road under construction, seen from down the road, with a luxuriant growth of weeds in the foreground.
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Scout Terra Loading Up

Date: 1976
Description: Scout Terra being loaded up with rubble.
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Model 65 Payhauler

Date: 1960
Description: A man stands in the foreground on the left with arm raised while a Bucyrus-Erie power shovel dumps a load into a Model 65 Payhauler. Off road rock truck. T...
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Rock Festival

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: People in front of outdoor stage at the Sound Storm rock festival. U-haul trucks and a crane are in the background.
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McCormick-Deering Hoist

Date: 07 12 1928
Description: View across street towards a man using a hoist to mount street lights a near an intersection in a city. Men are standing on the sidewalk watching the insta...
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Findorff Construction Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Construction site of the Wisconsin Power and Light Co. Office Building & Bus Station. The address of the bus station was 122 West Washington Avenue, but th...
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Grab a Line

Date: 01 1963
Description: A man on a ship is tossing a coiled rope to two men below on the wharf. Ice encrusts the ship. Several other men are standing on the deck. Another ship and...

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