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| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | On-lookers survey a wreck on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering Farmall tractors showing a map of the United States with trains speeding in all directions from Illinois. Bears th... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Unprotected railroad crossings were a particular hazard for automobiles as this 1923 poster issued by the American Railroad Association dramatically points... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | One of the locomotives from the Hillsboro and Northeastern Railway with the engineer leaning out of his window. |
| Date: | 03 09 1927 |
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| Description: | A train carrying tractors stopped on its way from Milwaukee Works (factory). |
| Date: | 04 15 1925 |
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| Description: | Men working on relief tractors on a flatbed railroad car for delivery to "tri-state tornado" victims. |
| 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: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Bird-eye view of factory buildings at International Harvester's Akron 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: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks of a locomotive pulling into a railroad depot and yards. The depot is a two-story building. Two wagons are parked near the depot ... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View down platform of people waiting outside the train depot. A train is approaching the terminal on one set of tracks, and a number of train cars are on a... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks of the Belleville train depot. A group of people on the platform approach the train. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Railroad tank cars on railroad tracks outside the plant. There are two large round storage tanks behind the tank cars. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View of the train depot. A train is stopped at the depot. An automobile is parked on the left. A train conductor and a man stand at the outside. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station, established in 1830. The city's dwellings and establishments can be seen on a hillside from the railroa... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a train stopped at the North Philadelphia depot, surrounded by various industrial buildings, including the International Harvester Company... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of International Harvester's Richmond branch building. A train car rests on tracks that run adjacent to the building. Several automobiles are... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Several men pose while standing alongside a train at the Elroy depot. |
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