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Gardner Bakery

Date: 04 02 1928
Description: Gardner Baking Company, showing men taking Purity Bread from ovens, 849 E. Washington Avenue.
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Congregation of Arlington Prairie Lutheran Church

Date: 1877
Description: The congregation of the Arlington Prairie Lutheran Church assembled at the side of the church and dressed for the cold. The church is a brick structure wi...
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Early P&H 5-Ton Traveling Crane

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger crane design with cab-operated dial controls. The stencil on the crane says "Pawling and Harnischfeger ...
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Man with Mine Car

Date: 1939
Description: A miner fastening a chain to a mining car in order to be pulled from the shaft by a drum hoist. The drum hoist was powered by an International U-7 power un...
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Oyster Shucking

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Description: Men shucking oysters while standing in stalls in a building. Caption reads: "Oyster Schucking, Norfolk, VA."
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The Railroad Section Gang

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Description: Five men known as the Railroad Section Gang pose together on a handcar on railroad tracks. They traveled on handcars and repaired tracks. Standing second f...
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Pan American World Airways Boeing 747

Date: 1970
Description: A Pan American World Airways Boeing 747, with what may be a ground crew walking towards it. A passenger boarding bridge is suspended in the air on the righ...
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Gisholt Foundry

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Description: View of two workers pouring molten metal on the floor of the Gisholt plant. There are two massive chain hoists, suspended from a bridge crane, that are hol...
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The Two Dons

Date: 12 12 1918
Description: Title reads: "The Two Dons" for Donald Holt and Donald DeWitt. Donald Holt is standing on the left. He and another boy are carrying the box filled with woo...

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