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Assembled Titan 10-20 Tractors Ready for Paint

Date: 1918
Description: Newly assembled Titan 10-20 HP tractors waiting for painting at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester...
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Crates at Milwaukee Works

Date: 02 1907
Description: Elevated view of crates on a factory floor at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The crates may contain stationary engines. The text on the wooden ...
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Deering Works Employee

Date: 1910
Description: Man, possibly an employee of International Harvester's Deering Works, standing outside a factory building.
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International Model 63 Truck Loaded by Steam Shovel

Date: 08 16 1926
Description: Men loading an International Model 63 truck with a steam shovel, or crane. The truck is operated by the Plack Transfer Company. The truck has been rigged w...
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Hemp Tow Machine

Date: 1920
Description: A man feeding hemp into a hemp tow machine.
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Emerson-Brantingham Factory

Date: 02 25 1924
Description: The factory floor with equipment used to build parts and materials. The stations have motors attached to belts, which are attached to the ceiling with pull...
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Podolsk Factory

Date: 1900
Description: Vignetted view of a factory building in a snow-covered landscape.
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McCormick-Deering Header Binder Attachment

Date: 04 09 1906
Description: Close-up of a McCormick-Deering header binder attachment. Photo appears to be taken at the McCormick works in Chicago. Decals and/or stencils are on the ma...
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Large Log on a Railway Flat Car

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Description: An enormous log is secured on a flat rail car parked in a rail yard. Three men are making sure it is fastened properly. More logs are visible on rail cars ...
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Locomotive Trailing Logs

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Description: Train-load of logs with wood-burning Heisher geared locomotive and train crew.
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Port of Kenosha

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Description: Aerial photograph of the Port of Kenosha and factories, with snow on the ground. There are four ships along the shoreline, and multiple factories on either...
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Nekoosa Lumbering Company Stock Certificate

Date: 09 09 1861
Description: Nekoosa Lumbering Company stock certificate for eighty shares made out to Moses M. Strong. Each share costs $50.00.
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Shera Coal & Oil Co.

Date: 06 13 1925
Description: A delivery truck with a pickup bed piled with material is sitting in the open doorway of the Shera Coal & Oil Co. building. A man is sitting in the open do...
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Shera Coal & Oil Co.

Date: 06 13 1925
Description: A man is sitting in the open doorway of the driver's seat of a truck at the Shera Coal & Oil Co. Near the truck is a pile of material, and above and behind...
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Shera Coal & Oil Co.

Date: 06 13 1925
Description: View looking down at a man standing under a hopper near the side of a truck for the Shera Coal & Oil Co. A man is sitting in the driver's seat of the truck...
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Anderson-Johnson Oil Co. Delivery Truck

Date: 06 17 1925
Description: Right side view of an Anderson-Johnson Oil Co. delivery truck parked in front of the company building. Painted on the tank of the truck is a sign that read...
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Apparatus for Filling Trucks at Quarry

Date: 07 25 1925
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man driving a truck at a quarry underneath an apparatus for filling the truck beds.
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Trucks Used in Road Construction

Date: 07 25 1925
Description: View from side of road looking down at a man using a dump truck for road construction. The truck is dumping material in front of a large machine. Men are w...
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Man Driving Dump Truck

Date: 07 14 1925
Description: A man is sitting in a dump truck parked outdoors near an industrial building, perhaps at a quarry. The truck has a bench seat, and no cab enclosure.
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Oil Delivery Trucks at Oil Tanks

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: Elevated view of three delivery trucks parked at oil tanks. A sign on the largest tank reads, in part: "Cities Servic_." A man is filling up one of the tan...

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