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Lumber Camp Employees and Lumber

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Description: Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company Camp 15. Lumberjacks posed atop a sled load of logs, scaled at 13,562 board feet of lumber.
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Bird's-Eye View of Ishpeming

Date: 1871
Description: Bird's-eye view of Ishpeming.
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50,000 Ford Motor Company Employees

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Description: Thousands of employees appear in a composite photograph representing 50,000 employees of the Ford Motor Company. A company building reading "Ford Motor Com...
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Panoramic View, Lumber Industry

Date: 1910
Description: Panoramic view of lumber yards and sawmills. Telephone poles have been touched out in lower left of foreground.
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International G-61 Oil Truck

Date: 04 19 1921
Description: Two men sit in an International Model G-61 truck on a dirt road. The truck was operated by L.P. Torensen's Standard Oil Company, located at 1305 Maple Stre...
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Man Pouring Tivoli Beer

Date: 1935
Description: A man is sitting at a table holding a cigarette in one hand and pouring a bottle of Tivoli pilsner beer into a glass with the other. Original caption reads...
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Road Construction with TD-18 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: Men work on a new road with an International TD-18 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) and an Austin-Western grader. Original caption reads: "TD-18 T.T.T. and Au...
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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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Mobile Disaster Unit

Date: 1942
Description: Side view of an International truck used as a mobile disaster unit by the Detroit Chapter of the American Red Cross. The truck is parked in what appears to...
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C-1 Station Wagon

Date: 06 15 1936
Description: A group of women sit in an International C-1 station wagon parked in front of a building marked: "Macklin Grinding Wheels." A male driver wearing a hat is ...
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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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Two Men on Friction Drive Tractor

Date: 11 06 1922
Description: Two men with an International friction drive tractor and a road grader. According to the original caption, the tractor was "made in 1907" and was "still in...
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The Paper Mill

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Description: View from other side of bridge toward the paper mill, with a bridge and road to the left. A horse-drawn vehicle is on the bridge. Caption reads: "Paper Mil...
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"City of Charlevoix" Ship

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Description: Elevated view of the "City of Charlevoix" ship coming into harbor. The sign painted on the front of the ship reads: "Northern Michigan Line" and "City of C...
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A Mill in Grand Rapids

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Description: View from shoreline toward the Grand Rapids lumber mill with a smokestack on the opposite shoreline.
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Skidding a Log

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Description: Man driving two horses which are skidding a log out of the woods to the logging road.
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R. Stephenson & Co. Mill

Date: 07 30 1865
Description: An exterior view across water of Robert Stephenson & Company Mill, which was a steam mill.
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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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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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