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Railroad Repair Work

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Description: Group of men repairing railroad track near Racine.
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Filmite Oil Corporation Building and Employee

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: Madison branch of the Filmite Oil Corporation building (a Trachte metal building), located at 828 East Main Street. Also pictured is W.K. Wilson, warehous...
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Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad

Date: 1940
Description: Located in West Milwaukee. Trains, cars, tracks, and railroad buildings. The view is taken from the top of a building.
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Snow Removal using McCormick-Deering 10-20 Tractor

Date: 12 21 1925
Description: Rear view of a man plowing a snow-covered city street with a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor. There is a railing on the right.
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Illinois Central Railroad Weedburner

Date: 08 18 1949
Description: A weedburner of the Illinois Central Railway in action burns ragweed along railroad tracks. The weedburner is a self-propelled unit equipped with an oil-bu...
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Saginaw Oil Company Truck

Date: 05 10 1926
Description: An International truck used by the Saginaw Oil Company parked in front of a Texaco filling station.
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Queen City Candy Company Truck

Date: 1925
Description: An International truck used by the Queen City Candy Company parked in front of an International motor trucks sales and service office. Two men inside the o...
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Road Grader

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Description: A grader manufactured by The Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. sits in a lot. Trucks and equipment are parked in the background near industrial buildings an...
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M-5H-6 International Truck Service

Date: 1944
Description: Two men performing service work on an International M-5H-6 six-wheel-drive truck with a cargo body parked on a grease rack outdoors. The truck is marked, "...
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Missouri Pacific Railroad

Date: 1936
Description: An International Model C-35 is parked near a building. To the right men are working on a locomotive for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The front of another...
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Motor Truck Outside Repair Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Two men wearing bowler hats are sitting in an International Model M truck parked outside Laun Machine Co. A sign for the company is painted on the brick w...
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down a road towards commercial strip of town. On the right is a gas station and repair shop, on the left side are a restaurant/bakery, and a Chevrolet...
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The Railroad Section Gang

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Description: Five men known as the Railroad Section Gang pose together on a handcar on railroad tracks. They traveled on handcars and repaired tracks. Standing second f...
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Elevated View of Railroad Depot

Date: 08 1902
Description: Elevated view of the railroad depot taken from the wooden shake roof of a building. On the right are railroad tracks, depot buildings, grain storage and a ...
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Repair Shop at Dealership

Date: 06 29 1925
Description: View through open doorway towards the interior of a repair shop. In the doorway is a rolling cart with brooms, a shovel, and a large, covered metal contain...
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Repair Shop at Dealership

Date: 06 28 1925
Description: View through open doorway towards the interior of a repair shop. There is a large, wheeled wood cart with an open lid in the doorway of a repair shop. Insi...
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Man Repairing Engine

Date: 10 10 1927
Description: A man is standing outdoors holding a part from an engine that is behind him. In the background is a brick building.
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Man Repairing Farmall Tractor Engine

Date: 10 10 1927
Description: A man is holding a tool against a Farmall tractor engine while standing outdoors in front of a brick building at a dealership.
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Man Repairing Farmall Tractor Engine

Date: 10 10 1927
Description: A man is holding a tool against a Farmall tractor engine while standing outdoors in front of a brick building at a dealership.
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Man Working on Farmall Tractor

Date: 10 10 1927
Description: A man is standing outdoors behind a Farmall tractor making adjustments with a wrench. Behind him is a brick building.

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