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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 02 24 1950
Description: The First Unitarian Society Meeting House during construction, as viewed from University Bay Drive, with the roof trusses of the auditorium in place. The b...
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Soo Line Train Wreck

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Description: Soo Line Train wreck with large crane pulling up damaged train engine. Snow is on the ground.
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Pacific Logging Congress Grounds

Date: 11 1947
Description: International Harvester equipment, including a TD-18 TracTracTor (crawler tractor), on display at the Pacific Logging Congress. Also on display are two lar...
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MEC&MC Monorail Hoist with Lumber Handling

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company monorail hoist with lumber handling unit on a monorail track with an operator in the cab at Long Bell Lumb...
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MEC&MC Cant Handling Crane

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company cant handing crane at Long Bell Lumber Co. with an operator in the cab. This was reportedly one of sixteen...
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MEC&MC Lumber Crane in Lumber Storage Area

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company lumber crane in a lumber storage area at the Long Bell Lumber Company. The sign on the crane reads "The Mi...
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MEC&MC Lumber Crane

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company lumber crane at the Long Bell Lumber Company. The cab is stamped "Milwaukee Electric Crane & Mfg. Co., 5 T...
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Loading Pole Supports on Truck

Date: 01 13 1936
Description: Three men loading pole supports into the back of an International truck owned by the Puget Sound Power and Light Company. In the foreground are railroad tr...
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International C-1 Fire Fuel Company Truck

Date: 1935
Description: International C-1 truck with a pickup body owned by the Fire Fuel Company is parked while a man shovels cargo from a wooden bin onto the truck bed. There a...
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International Trucks & Tractors Storefront

Date: 1944
Description: View from road of the storefront of Truck & Tractor, Inc., an International Harvester dealership. An Olympic Transportation Co. truck is parked near the en...
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International Harvester Seattle Branch House Interior

Date: 1949
Description: Interior view of International Harvester's Seattle branch house. In the foreground are shelves displaying products, and in the background is a service coun...
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Teams of Horses

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Description: Many teams of horses placing machinery on Palmer Mountain, climbing to 4,291 feet above sea level. Caption reads: "Placing Machinery on Palmer Mountain, Lo...
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A Log Raft on the Columbia River

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Description: View of a log raft secured to a dock or barge on the right. Men are standing on the raft chaining the logs together in one compact load. A man is walking n...
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Kalb Glibbert Lumber Co.

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Description: View toward the lumber mill. The mill complex is on the far shoreline, with two smokestacks. The building on the left side has a track the extends from th...
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Siler Lumber Co.

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Description: Elevated view across water toward the lumber mill. On the left is a boat, moving away from the loading dock. Smoke and steam emanate from various building ...
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The Assorting Table

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Description: View of lumber transported from the mill and across the assorting table, where it is then moved and sorted into different groups. Men stand on the lumber o...
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Copper Smelter

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Description: Northport Mining and Smelting Company was incorporated in June 1898, becoming Northport Smelting and Refining Company in July 1901. The plant complex is s...
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Lower Falls

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Description: View of the Lower Falls on the Spokane River. A building on the left has a sign that reads: "Washington Water Power Company."
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KR-11 Truck with Semi-Trailer

Date: 1944
Description: International KR-11 truck operated by Harms-Randolph Freight Lines at a fleet loading station. Original caption reads: "One of three KR-11 International tr...
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E.F. Waggoner McCormick Agency Building

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of dealership building of E.F. Waggoner, general agent for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Text on the side of the building reads: ...

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