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Rockdale Creamery

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys with wagonloads of milk at the Rockdale Creamery.
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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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Temporary Hoisting Apparatus

Date: 11 18 1909
Description: Miners building a temporary hoisting apparatus after the November 13, 1909, disaster at Cherry mine in Illinois where 400 men were entombed.
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Interior of Repair Shop

Date: 1900
Description: Two men in a repair shop, probably the repair shop of Leslie Werner. Leslie Werner is identified as the man wearing the hat on the left.
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Malleable Castings Room

Date: 1906
Description: Men at work in the malleable castings room of the St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill.
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Fairchild Grain Elevator

Date: 12 28 1906
Description: Landscape photograph of the Fairchild grain elevator on a winter's day. There are workers steering two horse-drawn carts in the foreground.
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Fairchild Grain Elevator

Date: 12 28 1906
Description: Fairchild grain elevator on a winter's day. A man and a leashed dog stand in the foreground.
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P&H 40-Ton Type "AN" Bridge Crane with Two Hooks

Date: 1906
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 40-ton bridge crane with a 10-ton 2 block type "A" trolley and two hooks. The crane is located at the West Allis Works. The crane i...
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P&H 3-Ton Grab Bucket on Monorail Hoist

Date: 07 19 1907
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger monorail hoist with a 3-ton grab bucket in the engine room of the Wisconsin Steel Co., which was a subsidiary of the International ...
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Men Baling Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: Group of men baling cotton in a warehouse.
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Men Baling Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: Men baling cotton in a warehouse.
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Men Hauling Bales of Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: Men transporting large bales of cotton in a warehouse or loading dock.
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E.F. Waggoner McCormick Agency Building

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of dealership building of E.F. Waggoner, general agent for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Text on the side of the building reads: ...
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Processing Facility

Date: 1902
Description: Men standing around a brick processing facility that may be near a body of water. A burn-barrel is in the foreground.
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C.B. and Q. R.R. Stone Crusher

Date: 1900
Description: The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stone crusher. There is a large group of workmen posing along the work site.
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Ester Point, Turkey River

Date: 1905
Description: View down railroad tracks, showing the switching station, water tank, and buildings. Two men stand on the railroad tracks. Ester Point is near Cassville, W...
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Farmers Waiting to Ship Harvest

Date: 09 1902
Description: Elevated view of farmers with horse-drawn wagons waiting to ship their harvest goods, probably potatoes, at an unidentified town. There are railroad tracks...
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Railroad Depot

Date: 1900
Description: View across railroad tracks towards passengers, a large group of men and one young girl, waiting on the platform at the train station for the train to arri...
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Group of Men with Horse-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of men in a field with horse-drawn binders and a horse-drawn carriage. There is an industrial building in the background with a row of windows.

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