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Lumberyard

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Description: Elevated view of lumberyard. Men are standing in the yard, and buildings and smokestacks are in the background.
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Table Saw at McCormick Works

Date: 05 16 1914
Description: Table saw in a manufacturing area. Cut lumber is stacked behind the saw. Thick sawdust covers the floor.
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Finishing Machine at McCormick Works

Date: 09 16 1909
Description: Finishing machine in a factory building. Stacks of lumber are in the background.
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Manufacturing Machine at McCormick Works

Date: 02 26 1909
Description: Manufacturing machine indoors on factory floor. Lumber is stacked in the background.
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Sawmill at McCormick Works

Date: 05 1907
Description: Sawmill indoors at McCormick Works.
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Man Hitching Flatcars Loaded with Lumber

Date: 01 15 1906
Description: View towards a man hitching flatcars loaded with lumber. Railroad cars are in the background.
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Lumberyard at McCormick Works

Date: 02 16 1908
Description: Lumberyard outdoors at McCormick Works. Snow is on the ground.
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Stacks of Lumber

Date: 04 1907
Description: Stacks of lumber at McCormick Works.
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Group of African Men Building Bridge

Date: 01 30 1929
Description: View of a group of men and youth building a bridge over a river.
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Ships in Docks at McCormick Works

Date: 03 11 1909
Description: View across water towards ships in docks at McCormick Works. Lumber is in tall stacks along the wharf.
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Plant Under Construction

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Description: Men are standing in the snow near a plant under construction.
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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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Daniel Shaw Lumber Company

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a large building complex along a river, with a raft of logs in the water in front of it. A man is standing at the end of the raft...
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Two Woodcutters

Date: 1907
Description: Two young men are posing under a tree in front of neatly piled stacks of fuelwood, and a tall pile of fuelwood on the right. The man on the left is sitting...
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Wall Spalding Saw Mill

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Description: View of a saw mill and silo. Several logs are floating on the river in the foreground. A bridge is on the right. Another building is in the distance. Capti...
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Wall Spalding Planing Mill

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Description: View across water towards a large building above a waterfall. Ice is coating the sides of the river. A bridge is in the foreground on the left. Railroad ca...
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Looking West Towards Hurley, WI From Ironwood, MI

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of Hurley, WI and nearby industrial sites (Scott & Howe Lumber Co. Mill, Ashland Mine). Inventory reads: "Looking west and a little south ove...
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Factory Buildings in France

Date: 01 1963
Description: Elevated view of factory buildings in France. In the foreground are stacks of stacks of lumber or pipes. Men are working in the yard.
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Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 05 09 1938
Description: View of side of slave cabin with a small window. Steps are on the end of the building on the left. An exterior stone chimney is on the end of the cabin on ...
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Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 05 09 1938
Description: View towards side of slave log cabin with a door in the center and a small horizontal window to the left. The roof is peaked and shingles are in place. The...

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