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Men Laying Railroad Track

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Description: Lumber workers laying railroad tracks through the woods.
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The "Boscobel"

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Description: The screw tug, "Boscobel" built in 1881, is at a wooden dock with cordwood stacked on deck inside her forward gangway, perhaps indicating that she burned w...
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The Keokuk at the Winona, Minnesota Levee

Date: 1858
Description: Elevated view of the sidewheel packet, Keokuk, at the Winona, Minnesota levee between 1858 and 1866. A barge and railway cars are in the foreground.
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Keokuk with Railroad Tracks

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Description: The sternwheel packet, Keokuk, at landing with railroad tracks in foregroun. Between 1907 and 1926.
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Elver House

Date: 09 17 1931
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Elver House, later the Wilson Hotel, on East Wilson Street.
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Deering Works Seen from Waterfront

Date: 07 13 1905
Description: International Harvester's Deering Works as seen from railroad tracks near the waterfront. The factory was located at Fullerton and Clybourn Avenues, across...
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Deering Works Gate Scene

Date: 07 13 1905
Description: Workers milling around the factory gates at the Fullerton Avenue side of International Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was originally built by Willi...
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Chicago and Northwestern Train

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Description: Chicago and Northwestern train with the Chicago skyline in the background.
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Lake Michigan Shore Bluffs

Date: 1877
Description: View of bluffs and buildings on the shore of Lake Michigan.
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Railroad Yard Bridge

Date: 1895
Description: Men walking across a bridge over railroad tracks.
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Schlitz Grain Elevator

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Description: Grain elevator with large Schlitz sign. There are railroad cars on a railroad track in the foreground.
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Bay View Rolling Mill

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Description: Exterior of the Bay View Rolling Mill, Puddling Department, with workers posing outside the building. The men are standing near railroad tracks, and a few ...
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McCormick-Deering I-12 Tractors Hauling Cargo

Date: 06 20 1935
Description: Two African American workers use McCormick-Deering I-12 industrial tractors with attached wagons to haul cargo at a Jacksonville rail station. The men wor...
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Bay View Rolling Mills

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Description: Smelting Department of the Bay View Rolling Mills.
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Osborne Works Wood Shop and Tillage Implement Plant

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Description: Elevated view of wood shop and tillage implement plant at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Company until ...
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Whistling for a Crossing

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Description: Upper Mississippi, Minnesota. Train whistling (steam rising) for a crossing. Two men are on a train, with one standing next to the engine.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway by Upper Mississippi

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Description: Upper Mississippi, Minnesota, near Hastings. Engine and car of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway with men posing sitting on the cattle-catcher, l...
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Tractor Works

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior of International Harvester's Tractor Works. Railroad tracks are in the foreground. The factory was located at 2600 West 31st Blvd. and was in oper...
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Weber Works Lumberyard

Date: 08 29 1907
Description: Elevated view of workers with a rail cart full of stock lumber in the lumberyard at International Harvester's Weber Works in Auburn Park. The factory was o...
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Train at Turkey River Bluff

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Description: Upper Mississippi, Turkey River Bluff. View over locomotive of diverging railroad tracks. A man with an axe is walking down the tracks on the left towards ...

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