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International TD-9 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1955
Description: TD-9 International Superior crawler tractor loading South African crop onto a wagon with the attached side loader. A man is driving the tractor, and a chil...
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Residential Construction with Teams of Horses

Date: 08 18 1926
Description: Construction workers and early construction machinery being driven by horses in a residential neighborhood.
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Crushing Rock for Road Resurfacing

Date: 1910
Description: A crew of men crushing rock for Senator James H. Stout's improved highway.
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Milwaukee Works Construction

Date: 05 18 1911
Description: A man uses a horse-drawn wagon to transport building materials on a construction site at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. Men are clearin...
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Machine Shop Building Site at Milwaukee Works

Date: 05 05 1911
Description: Elevated view of construction crew clearing land for a six-story machine shop at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory.
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Work Horses and Wagons at Construction Site

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of several teams of work horses pulling Old Dominion wagons loaded with dirt at a rural construction site. There is a steam shovel working at...
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Men and Women at the Site for New Silo

Date: 1915
Description: Men and women at the construction site for new pit silo. One man is squatting at the edge of the pit near the derrick, while two women are standing behind ...
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Men at Pit Silo Construction Site

Date: 1915
Description: Men loading dirt into a wagon while digging for a new pit silo using a derrick. Two women are standing in the background.
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Construction Work

Date: 06 15 1926
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor and a Monarch loader to do construction work, possibly irrigation, in a field. Pieces of pipe lie on the groun...
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Group in front of Sawmill

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Description: Large group of men, women, and children posed standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a sawmill either under construction, or an open saw mill.
Book or Pamphlet

Caterpillar Tractor Brochure

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising Caterpillar tractors. The page includes a photograph of men using the tractor to work in a field.
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Eau Claire Public Library Construction

Date: 1903
Description: View across unpaved road toward construction workers loading a stone slab onto a horse-drawn wagon during the construction of the Eau Claire Public Library...
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Industrial Tractors at Road Construction Site

Date: 08 08 1927
Description: View towards a long line of men sitting on industrial tractors, each pulling a wagon, at a road construction site.
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Industrial Tractors

Date: 08 08 1927
Description: View towards a man sitting on an industrial tractor, which is pulling a wagon. On the right another man is standing and operating a Russell Elevating Grade...
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Industrial Tractors at Road Construction Site

Date: 08 08 1927
Description: View across tire tracks in the dirt towards a group of men driving industrial tractor pulling wagons at a road construction site.
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Industrial Tractors at Road Construction Site

Date: 08 08 1927
Description: View towards a long line of men sitting on industrial tractors at a road construction site. Behind the tractors a man is standing and operating a Russell E...
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Industrial Tractors at Road Construction Site

Date: 08 08 1927
Description: View towards a long line of industrial tractors at a road construction site. The tractors are hitched to wagons.
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Construction Site

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Description: Construction site showing men excavating the foundation and basement of a building. Teams of horses are hitched to wagons. The men are using various implem...
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Wagon at Construction Site

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Description: A wagon is being raised or lowered at a construction site. The wagon has chains looped around the axle of each wheel as a man below signals directions. He ...
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Construction Site

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Description: A construction site with a view of the excavated foundation and the street level. At the street level are buildings, people, and horse-drawn wagons. One ma...

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