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War Worker

Date: 1918
Description: An unidentified woman who worked at the Four Wheel Drive factory in Clintonville assembling trucks during World War I. She is wearing a special uniform fo...
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Four Women in front of Factory

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Description: Four women workers standing in front of the Four Wheel Drive Factory.
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Woman in front of Factory

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Description: Woman worker with her back turned to the camera standing in front of the Clintonville Four Wheel Drive factory.
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Woman in front of Factory

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Description: A woman stands in front of the Four Wheel Drive Auto Company factory in Clintonville.
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Tractor Transport

Date: 1937
Description: Men load I-12 tractors onto a train at International Harvester's Neuss Works in Germany.
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Train Load of Tractors from Milwaukee Works

Date: 03 09 1927
Description: A train carrying tractors stopped on its way from Milwaukee Works (factory).
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Train Load of Sisal Leaves

Date: 1949
Description: A shipment of sisal leaves at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Caption on photograph reads: "A train load of sisal leaves coming into t...
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Loading Boxes from French Battery Company onto Railroad Cars

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Description: Two men loading boxes of batteries onto railroad cars with a conveyor belt. French Battery later became Ray-O-Vac Corporation.
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Nutrena Feeds Factory

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Description: Elevated view over a freight train of the Nutrena Feeds factory.
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Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal Fenceline

Date: 04 29 1942
Description: View down railroad tracks towards approaching trains. Men are walking across the tracks in the foreground at International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Ars...
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Crawford, McGregor & Caney Manufacturing Co.

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the Crawford, McGregor & Caney Manufacturing Co. with people, horses and wagons, trains, and other buildings visible as well. Text on the photogr...
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Cub Cadet Transport

Date: 06 1961
Description: A man uses a forklift to move boxes of Cub Cadet lawn tractors stacked on wooden pallets onto a train car. The Cub Cadets were manufactured at Internationa...
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Railroad Station

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Description: View down cobblestone street toward a girl standing on the steps of the front entrance of a railroad station. Railroad cars on the left of the station are ...
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Locomotive Engine No. 1248

Date: 07 15 1915
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive engine no. 1248, class I5, built by the company's shop in 1912. From left to right are waymaster Harvey Gi...
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International Harvester Branch House and Railroad — Philadelphia

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of a train stopped at the North Philadelphia depot, surrounded by various industrial buildings, including the International Harvester Company...
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National Zinc Separating Company Plant

Date: 1925
Description: View down railroad tracks of the National Zinc Separating Company grounds. There is a large mound of ores, railroad cars, industrial buildings and a tall b...
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Men Unloading Lumber from Train

Date: 1900
Description: Men unload pieces of lumber from the opened boxcars of a train near the McCormick Reaper Works factory.
Print

The Hemlock Bark Industry

Date: 1895
Description: Promotional card advertising the hemlock barn industry in northern Wisconsin. The card features an elevated view of a tannery.

Caption: THE HEMLOCK BARK ...

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Loading Dock and Train at Osborne Works

Date: 1907
Description: View down platform of train stopped at a loading dock at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). On the dock is a large stac...
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View of Waterfront of McCormick Works

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Description: View from shoreline towards McCormick Works buildings and railroad cars along the water.

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