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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Bridge and rail yard near an International Harvester branch house in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. The branch house building is in the distance. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | A panoramic view of the Chicago Great Western train traveling across the countryside carrying assorted International Harvester wagons. The majority of the ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Central train running through country along the shoreline, possibly Buffalo Lake. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Central train passing over the White River bridge. The first railroad car is imprinted with "U.S. Mail." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A canon is in the foreground to the left. There are a number of pedestrians in the park and on the path by the lake. In the background on the left is a tra... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of railroad yards with trains sitting on many of the tracks, with other tracks sitting empty. Steam is rising from trains in the background, ... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Allis-Chalmers plant showing several trains on the tracks next to a large industrial building. The steam engine tender in front of the loc... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting both New York City as "the wonder city of the world," and train travel. Featuring the artist Adolph Treidler, the poster d... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Washington, D.C. as "the city that every American should know," and to get there by way of train travel. The poster depict... |
| Date: | 04 29 1942 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | An original colored lithograph advertising the Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyèr railway in Switzerland. The poster features the artist Anton Reckzi... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Colorful locomotive pulling several cars full of children at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Although referred to as the "Kiddie Train," the caption ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of the construction of the concrete curbs of pit silo, including a wooden form. On the left is a young girl looking out from behind a fence. In the fa... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Cattle graze in a feed lot at an International Harvester demonstration farm. Snow lies on the ground and a farmhouse, barn, and other buildings appear in t... |
| Date: | 07 22 1923 |
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| Description: | A woman and child feed a flock of chickens from a bucket while standing outside a shed. A young boy sits near the farmhouse, and a train on railroad tracks... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View of a stump as it's being blown up with explosives in a field on a farm. In the background is a train. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View from field of cattle, barn, and silo at an International Harvester demonstration farm. Original caption reads: "IHC silo 20 feet below ground level an... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of five children walking in a field behind what appears to be tenement housing. Wooden fire escapes are attached to the rear of the buildings... |
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