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View of Crane in Manufacturing Area

Date: 04 13 1915
Description: View from right of machinery mounted on a brick wall up at the ceiling beams, which is powering a wheel on an axle which is spinning a belt that is attache...
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View of Crane in Manufacturing Area

Date: 04 13 1915
Description: View from left of machinery mounted on brick wall at the ceiling beams, which is powering a wheel on an axle which is spinning a belt that is attached to s...
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View of Crane in Manufacturing Area

Date: 04 13 1915
Description: View from left of machinery mounted on brick wall at the ceiling beams, which is powering a wheel on an axle which is spinning a belt that is attached to s...
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View of Waterfront

Date: 08 06 1914
Description: View from shoreline of waterfront with docks and cranes, and factory buildings behind.
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Manufacturing Area

Date: 01 05 1911
Description: Elevated view of manufacturing area. A crane is suspended over the factory floor.
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Manufacturing Area at McCormick Works

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Description: View looking up towards the ceiling inside a factory building. Bricks are stacked on the floor near the base of a ladder propped against a steel beam. Ther...
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Shipping Pier at McCormick Works

Date: 02 05 1912
Description: View across icy water towards men posing on a ship at a shipping pier at McCormick Works. Factory buildings are in the background.
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Ship, and Dredge, in Harbor

Date: 12 05 1911
Description: Ship, with dredge, in a harbor. On the opposite shoreline are stacks of lumber. On the right is a bridge.
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Franklin Portable Crane

Date: 08 15 1910
Description: Franklin Portable Crane indoors at McCormick Works. The crane has been assembled and is sitting upright on the factory floor.
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Franklin Portable Crane

Date: 08 12 1910
Description: Franklin Portable Crane indoors at McCormick Works. The crane is disassembled and is laying on its die.
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Elevated View of Manufacturing Area

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of factory floor at McCormick Works. Parts and machinery are stacked and piled on the floor. A crane is suspended on tracks above the floor.
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Scout II at Job Site

Date: 1971
Description: Scout II at job site.
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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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Scene in the Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: View looking across the quarry, which has trees and plants growing up the sides on the left, and smaller rocks and other debris are toward the bottom. Ladd...
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Large Derrick in Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: View from below looking up a rockface toward a derrick at the top of a quarry. Men are standing along the top nearby. Caption on back reads: "Quarry view w...
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McCormick Building in France

Date: 1962
Description: View toward a building with a large sign that reads: "McCormick International." The IH logo is above. A crane is at the corner of the building on the right...
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Statue of Hiawatha Removal

Date: 08 11 2020
Description: A man is standing on top of a trailer loading a large statue of a Native American man attached to a crane.
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Tractor Truck

Date: 1960
Description: A truck is being loaded from a steam shovel, and a man is standing on the gravel hill behind the truck. Sign on truck reads: "Palumbo." Caption reads: "Int...
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Yacht Basin on Lake Michigan

Date: 1958
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Yacht Basin on Lake Michigan. Sheboygan, Wisconsin." View from shore towards a long "L" shaped concrete dock with many boats moored...
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Railroad Tracks

Date: 1975
Description: Elevated view of railroad tracks reflecting the light of the sun at either sunrise or sunset. Silhouettes of cranes, power lines and buildings are in the d...

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