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International DR-500 Cement Truck

Date: 1940
Description: International DR-500 cement truck with 94-inch wheel base owned and operated by Ireland and Lester Ready Mixed Concrete.
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Loading a 20mm Cannon

Date: 1945
Description: Original caption reads: "A loaded magazine is mounted on a 20mm cannon in one of the test stands at Hazel Park Firing Range." Frederick Viator is the gunne...
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10-20 Industrial Tractor with Boxes

Date: 08 25 1927
Description: An employee of the R.D. Baker Company uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor to load batch boxes with sand, cement, and gravel from large overhe...
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MEC&MC Transfer Bridge with Magnetic Hoist

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company transfer bridge with a magnetic hoist at the Enterprise Foundry Company. There's a sign on the cab that re...
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MEC&MC Gantry Crane with Auxiliary Hoist

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company gantry crane unloading railroad cars at the Fisher Body Co. There is a sign that reads "The Milwaukee Cran...
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Saginaw Oil Company Truck

Date: 05 10 1926
Description: An International truck used by the Saginaw Oil Company parked in front of a Texaco filling station.
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International Harvester Dealership in Benton Harbor Michigan

Date: 1944
Description: William Gardner working at a grinder, and Otto Varbrough(?) working at a pin fitting machine in the tool room of an International Harvester dealership. A l...
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Three Men Working in Service Shop

Date: 1944
Description: Three men working in a service shop of an International Harvester dealership. The men are standing at work tables with vises along a row of large windows.
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Coal Chute

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Description: View of a coal chute with railroad tracks. On the right is a water tower.
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Shipping Chicks

Date: 06 1925
Description: Two men unload containers of chicks from the back of a horse-drawn wagon as part of a parcel post delivery. The sign on a brick building in the background ...
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Ramsay & Jones Mill

Date: 1887
Description: The Ramsay & Jones Mill with logs in the water in the foreground.
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Truck Hauling Cinders

Date: 1925
Description: An International Model 103 truck with a wood W-12 body and F-6 hoist owned by H. Schwartz, contractor, accepts a load of cinders from a chute.
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Risdon Creamery Company Truck

Date: 1925
Description: A Model 94 International truck and trailer owned by the Risdon Creamery Company parked alongside a brick building.
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Ashland Mine

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Description: Exterior view of the Ashland Mine. Railroad tracks and piles of lumber are in the foreground, and chimneys spew smoke from buildings in the background.
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Loading Boat for Chicago

Date: 09 1925
Description: Large cargo ship operated by the Benton Transit Company. On the dock near an open shed are many bushels of fruit, including melons and tomatoes (according ...
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View of Mackinac Island

Date: 07 1923
Description: View of Mackinac Island from a wooden pier. There are large houses, some with turrets, facing the water.
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Furnace Complex

Date: 02 11 1925
Description: View of the large abandoned furnace complex, left, company store, far right, and blacksmith shop behind the company store, on the site of the Jackson Iron ...
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View of Fayette

Date: 02 1925
Description: An unidentified man looks across Snail Shell Harbor at the remains of the Jackson Iron Company works. The large furnace complex is visible through the tree...
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Furnace Complex

Date: 02 1925
Description: Elevated view of the abandoned Jackson Iron Company furnace complex at Fayette, on the shore of Snail Shell Harbor. Lake Michigan is in the background.
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Dolomite Cliffs

Date: 02 1925
Description: Dolomite cliffs along Snail Shell Harbor are seen in the background between the ruined buildings of the company store, left, and the machine shop on the gr...

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