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Top Construction of World Trade Center

Date: 1969
Description: The top portion of construction on the World Trade Center, looking past a street lamp post and up into the network of cranes and metal.
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Construction of World Trade Center

Date: 1969
Description: Looking up at the construction of the two towers of the World Trade Center.
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McCormick Reaper Works

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Description: Lantern slide illustration of the interior of the McCormick Reaper Works(?) as it appeared in 1860. Shows men stoking a boiler, working at a work bench, a...
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Construction Equipment

Date: 1969
Description: Construction machinery at the construction site of the World Trade Center.
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Setting Up the Generator

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: James Bowen, a York landowner in the foreground, and two other men set up a large Caterpillar generator to operate the sound system for Sound Storm. The ge...
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Removing Elm Trees

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Description: Two men stand near a piece of machinery used to cut trees. An American Elm removed to prevent the spread of Dutch Elm Disease is laying in the foreground.
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Commandos L with Green Explosive Devices

Date: 1963
Description: Members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L talking in their arms factory/barrack. There are spray-painted homemade explosive devices on the table and a p...
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Aerating Potter's Lake

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is standing behind a snow fence next to a surface aerator. Water is pouring down or up the machine, breaking the surface tension of the lake. Snow is...
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Taking Oxygen Samples

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is kneeling on the ice and snow at Potter's Lake. He is running a machine that is testing the oxygen levels in the water, while recording the results...
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Steam Driven Planer

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Description: A group of men are using a steam powered tractor for belt-driving a planer for a demonstration at Steam Engine Days.
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Drilling for Water

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Description: A man is operating a drill to connect a house to a water supply.
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Well Digging

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Description: A man is operating a drill to create a well near a home under construction.
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Wagoner Plant Operations

Date: 1979
Description: Interior view of Beatty machinery on factory floor.
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Wagoner Plant Operations

Date: 1979
Description: Interior view of a man working with machinery.
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Wagoner Plant Operations

Date: 1979
Description: Two men are working with machinery.
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Wagoner Plant Operations

Date: 1979
Description: A man is working on machinery.
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Wagoner Plant Operations

Date: 1979
Description: Machinery in factory. A man is in the background on the right.
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Men Working on Factory Floor in France

Date: 1962
Description: Men working with machinery at factory.
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Man Working in Factory in France

Date: 1962
Description: A man is standing among machinery and tables with tools and parts.
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Men Working on Factory Floor in France

Date: 1962
Description: Men working with machinery in factory.

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