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Coal Delivery Truck

Date: 11 09 1928
Description: A man is dumping a load of coal from a coal delivery truck. A man is standing in the background on the right. The name painted on the side of the truck rea...
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Delivery Truck

Date: 09 03 1927
Description: Two delivery trucks with stake bodies are parked together outdoors. The truck on the right has signs painted on the side that read: "White Plains Sash & Do...
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TD-18A Crawler Tractor — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man driving a TD-18 crawler tractor. Subject: "TD-18A — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Joh...
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Man with Construction Truck

Date: 03 10 1928
Description: A man is standing at the front of a construction truck with his thumbs hooked in the beltloops of his pants. There are large rocks in the bed of the truck....
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Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 11 18 1912
Description: Elevated view of yard showing railroad tracks and plant construction. Large piles of sand, and or gravel, are below in the foreground.
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Construction Delivery Truck

Date: 09 23 1927
Description: View of back of delivery truck underneath a wooden structure with a hopper to fill the back of the truck bed. A man is standing on top of the structure.
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Construction Delivery Truck

Date: 09 23 1927
Description: Delivery trucks at a construction site. On the right is a tall, wood building for loading material into the back of the trucks.
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TD-18A Crawler Tractor — Road Maintenance

Date: 1950
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man driving a TD-18 crawler tractor. Subject: "TD-18 — Road Maintenance." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photo...
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TD-18 with Superior Pipeline Boom

Date: 1950
Description: Rear view of men working to install gas pipelines. Subject: "Pipelines — TD-24 and TD-18A." Where Taken: "MtS." Information with photograph reads: "TD-18...
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Delivery Truck

Date: 07 05 1927
Description: View of right side of delivery truck, with a painted sign along the truck bed that reads: "Leone A.C. Co. Inc, Builders & General Contractors. A man is is ...
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Dump Truck

Date: 05 06 1927
Description: "White" dump truck with raised bed. The sign painted on the side of the driver's side door reads: "J. P. Cullen & Son, Contractors."
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Kitchen Installation

Date: 08 31 1954
Description: Kitchen sink and cabinets installation by Monona Manufacturing and Supply Company, 4709 Monona Drive.
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Steam Locomotive Used at Fauerbach Brewery

Date: 06 20 1933
Description: Group portrait of eleven workers installing Plibrico Jointless Firebrick in front of a steam locomotive parked beside Fauerbach Brewery and used to provide...
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Red Dot Foods, Inc., Construction Site

Date: 11 14 1945
Description: Elevated view of Red Dot Foods, Inc., construction project, new addition, 1441 East Washington Avenue. Shows Job Office, J.H. Findorff & Son Builders, and ...
Poster

Exigimos Solucion a Nuestras Demandas!!!

Date: 01 1988
Description: Poster calling for "a solution to our demands" on behalf of construction workers in El Salvador. The poster warns "or we will not lay any more bricks" and ...
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Gothic-Roofed Barn under Construction

Date: 1933
Description: Exterior view of foundation and elaborate frame of a Gothic roofed barn, partially built.
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Morning After the Fire

Date: 05 13 1909
Description: View across field towards buildings smoking after the fire. Men are standing on and around stacks of lumber. Caption reads: "The Morning After the Fire."
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New Findorff Mill

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Description: Elevated group portrait of men posing in front of the J.H. Findorff, Contractor, Planing Mill & Lumber Yard building. A smaller brick building on the far r...
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Findorff Mill Fire

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of the damage from the fire. Burned logs are in the foreground, and pieces of burned and broken machinery is among the broken foundation. Men...
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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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