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Crane Operator at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: A worker lifting a stationary gas engine frame with an overhead crane at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee ...
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Construction near City Hall

Date: 1911
Description: East Water Street at Wisconsin Avenue. City Hall is in the background. At the left is the Waldheim and Company Department Store of 407-411 East Water Stree...
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Crane Hoisting Gravel into Concrete Mixer

Date: 05 31 1912
Description: Workers maneuvering a load of gravel into a concrete mixer at the plant on the east bank of the river. The east abutment is in the foreground, left.
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Preparing St. Paul Works for Gun Manufacture

Date: 09 19 1941
Description: Factory workers use a crane mounted on a truck to unload a transformer on the loading dock of International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Original caption re...
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Truck Engine Works

Date: 1938
Description: Factory workers tending to engines at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. Other men are operating overhead cranes labeled "Cleveland Crane-Close ...
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Loading Red Diamond Engine

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers loading a Red Diamond engine with an overhead pulley and crane system at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works.
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P&H Advertising Room

Date: 08 15 1913
Description: Men at desks in the Pawling & Harnischfeger advertising department. Large windows on left look out towards another building, and men on equipment can be se...
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Photographer on Platform

Date: 1961
Description: View from below of a male photographer standing on a platform with a camera while preparing to take photographs on International Harvester's Hickory Hill f...
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Man Photographing from Platform on Tractor

Date: 1961
Description: A man stands on a platform attached to an International tractor while taking photographs of a hay baler in a field at Hickory Hill. The farm was located 75...
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Man Photographing from Platform on Tractor

Date: 1961
Description: A photographer stands on a platform with his camera while taking photographs of a McCormick hay baler in use at Hickory Hill. The farm was located 75 miles...
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Photographing Hay Baler

Date: 1961
Description: A male photographer stands on a platform with his camera while taking photographs of a McCormick hay baler in use at Hickory Hill. The farm was located 75 ...
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Engine Testing Room at Fort Wayne Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers and truck engines in the Engine Testing Room at International Harvester's Ft. Wayne Works. There is a man operating a Cleveland Crane in th...
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Six-Wheeler on W.P.A. Project

Date: 1939
Description: View across street towards men working on a Works Progress Administration project. Three men are standing and holding a board with a chain attached to it n...
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McCormick-Deering Hoist

Date: 07 12 1928
Description: View across street towards a man using a hoist to mount street lights a near an intersection in a city. Men are standing on the sidewalk watching the insta...
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Ground-Breaking for Insurance Company Building

Date: 11 23 1960
Description: Ground-breaking ceremony for the Wisconsin Life Insurance Company's new office building at Segoe road and University avenue. The company president, Gordon ...
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Man Holding Engine Part on Crane

Date: 01 20 1914
Description: View of a man on factory floor holding onto an engine part that is suspended on a crane. Other engine parts are on the floor in casting forms.

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