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Slewing Drive

Date: 07 24 1971
Description: Slewing drive that was purchased by the Dravo Corporation. Original Falk caption reads, "Slewing Drive-2 parts-(1) 19 feet 5 inches O.D. x 6 1/2 inch wide ...
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Chattanooga Packinghouse Worker Strike

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Description: Strike of Chattanooga Packinghouse Workers. A number of workers, one holding a picket sign, are sitting on a railroad track.
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Loading Platform at McCormick Works

Date: 1936
Description: Factory workers on the loading platform in the Repair Parts Department at McCormick Works.
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Southern Wisconsin Produce Company

Date: 1937
Description: View of the Southern Wisconsin Produce building and its side loading dock, busy with orders. In addition, there are railroad tracks directly in front of th...
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Taxi Drivers

Date: 1925
Description: Taxi cabs and their drivers are awaiting customers near the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad depot on East Wilson Street. In the center of...
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Pepin Pickling Company Truck

Date: 1917
Description: A man driving an International truck for Pepin Pickling Company. The truck is loaded with boxes of sliced dill and mixed sweet pickles, and traveling down ...
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Caravan at Railroad Crossing

Date: 1917
Description: A caravan of International trucks en route to Chicago from International Harvester's Akron Works factory in Ohio, stops at a railroad crossing to allow a t...
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E.P. Allis & Co. Reliance Works

Date: 1875
Description: Elevated view of factory with lake and ships in the background. Trains, people, horses, and carriages, with a multitude of smokestacks in foreground. The f...
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International Model "63" Morea Bros. Ice Truck

Date: 06 11 1924
Description: International Model "63" truck operated by Morea Bros. of Bronx, New York. There is a man in the driver's seat, and the truck is on a cobblestone street wi...
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UW Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps

Date: 06 21 1948
Description: Group portrait of 16 members of the University of Wisconsin Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps in front of two railroad cars. They left for San Francisc...
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Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad Shops

Date: 1940
Description: West Milwaukee. Elevated view of tracks, trains, and buildings. A train roundhouse is located in the background.
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Freedom Train

Date: 06 24 1948
Description: Elevated view of the Freedom Train, on the tracks behind the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad station, 644 West Washington Avenue. The Freed...
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International Harvester Factory(?) Site

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of men standing around a lumber yard among buildings at an International Harvester factory(?) site, most likely in Illinois. A Chicago, Burli...
Postcard

Exterior of Railway Passenger Station

Date: 1910
Description: Chicago & Northwestern Railway Passenger Station, which was at the end of Wisconsin Avenue. The station has a clock tower and an arched entrance. On the b...
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul West Madison Station

Date: 1918
Description: West Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, 644 West Washington Avenue. There are pedestrians and parked automobiles near the station.
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Hammonds Camp

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Description: Two separate views. Left image: E.S. Hammond's Camp at Gillette. Spur(?). Several buildings are behind railroad tracks. Right image: Louis Boudry, the coo...
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Parade in Factory Yard

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Description: Elevated view of a parade crossing through a factory yard, where the workers are watching. Some are sitting on the roof of the building in the background. ...
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Crowd Rally

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Description: Elevated view of large crowd gathered in a railroad yard. Men are gathered around a podium in the middle of the crowd.
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Train Wreck

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Description: Elevated view of train cars that have fallen off the railroad tracks, with men working nearby.
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Special Train

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Description: The Milwaukee Merchants & Manufacturers Special Train. A steam engine with several cars stretching to the horizon is sitting on the tracks in front of a pl...

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