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First to Fly — Almost Flying

Date: 1901
Description: Wilbur Wright (standing, second from the right) with Edward C. Huffaker, Octave Chanute, and George Spratt in the workshed. Chanute was a special visitor f...
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Potosi Brewery Employees

Date: 1900
Description: Brewery employees, many of them from the Schumacher family, posing with barrels outside the brewery.
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Early P&H 5-Ton Traveling Crane

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger crane design with cab-operated dial controls. The stencil on the crane says "Pawling and Harnischfeger ...
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Early Standard P&H Bridge Crane

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Description: Interior view of an early Pawling & Harnischfeger standard crane in a machine shop with a type "N" bridge and a type "A" trolley. There is an operator in t...
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An Early P&H Hoist Crane in Brewery

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Description: Interior view of Pawling & Harnischfeger hoist cranes in a Schlitz brewery where men are working with beer barrels.
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P&H Traveling Electric Monorail Hoist

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Description: Pawling and Harnischfeger traveling electric monorail hoist carrying a piece of equipment at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. There's an operator in th...
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P&H 3-Ton Transfer Crane with Two Monorail Hoists

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton transfer crane with two 3-ton monorail hoists. The hoist on the left has an electromagnetic unit, and the one on the right ha...
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P&H Mobile Dragline

Date: 04 29 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered mobile dragline with a horizontal trench digger in the background. A large group of men are standing and posing on...
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P&H Type "GN" Low Overhead Crane in Tanning Operation

Date: 1920
Description: View across room of tanks and a Pawling & Harnischfeger type "GN" low overhead crane in a tanning operation. Men are standing on the left towards the back ...
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J.H. Yewdale Printing Company

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Description: Elevated view of male printers, hand-setting type in the workroom at J.H. Yewdale Printing Company.
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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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Polisher at Work

Date: 1910
Description: A workman poses beside a belt-driven polisher inside a shed at the Montello granite quarry. Two other men relax in the background near an open door where n...
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Group Portrait of Men Posing under Pagoda-Style Roof

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Description: Findorff staff posing outdoors with a building under construction. The pavilion has a pagoda-style roof. There is a large building next to the group on the...
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Group Portrait of Staff of Starck Manufacturing Company

Date: 1895
Description: Indoor group portrait of male employees at the Starck Manufacturing Company. Caption reads: "In 1893, Mr. John H. Findorff became a member of the Starck Mf...
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Three Men Posing Outdoors

Date: 1906
Description: Three men are posing in front of construction materials. The man on the left is holding a hand drill, the man in the center is holding a long saw, and the ...

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