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| Date: | 07 23 1931 |
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| Description: | Capital Times model home under construction at 2318 Monroe Street. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Historic home on University Avenue being demolished. The home was replaced by Burger King, a fast-food, drive-in restaurant. |
| Date: | 11 02 1918 |
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| Description: | Residential building site near railroad tracks, looking west. Several houses are under construction. Benham was a "company town" created by International H... |
| Date: | 02 22 1919 |
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| Description: | Workers using a steam shovel to dig a "borrow pit" for the no. 2 mine. The shovel is loading soil onto a rail car on a narrow gauge railroad track. Benham ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Workmen working on the Herbert F. Johnson Residence, "Wingspread," designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The building was completed in 1937. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Construction of the Herbert F. Johnson Residence, "Wingspread," designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The building was completed in 1937. |
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| Description: | Elevated winter view of the company buildings and residential area, with smokestacks in the background. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline towards the opposite shoreline towards the Buettner mill on the left, and the river with a dam, on the right. In the backgroun... |
| Date: | 11 1946 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Edwards Tire Company at 505 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Buildings at a logging camp or sawmill operated by the International Harvester Company. A horse is in the right foreground. |
| Date: | 01 19 1916 |
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| Description: | Two men demonstrate the "old way" of hauling using a push cart loaded with 2,200 pounds. The men are likely factory workers at Osborne Works (also known as... |
| Date: | 01 13 1916 |
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| Description: | Factory working demonstrating the "new way" of hauling by pulling carts loaded with 16,000 pounds of parts using a shop mule. The man is most likely a work... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Rear view of an automobile leaving a 56 inch track on a dirt road. The photo and original caption were probably used to advertise farm wagons with a simila... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | A man uses an International Harvester engine to power a saw. The man is cutting lumber while a child watches from the background. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | View from a distance of the framework of a large building under construction next to a house in Corliss. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east between Second and Third streets. City Hall is visible in the left center background. Signs and billboards dot several buildin... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking northwest from Division Street and East Water Street. Rooftop of building in foreground has laundry hanging from a line. In the back... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over rooftops looking towards Lake Michigan shoreline. Seaman's Furniture and Rooms building is surrounded by other commercial buildings. The... |
| Date: | 10 02 1948 |
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| Description: | Edmund Sternberg house at 4214 Drexel Avenue in Lake Edge Park. Mr. Sternberg quit his job to build the house himself. Mrs. (Violet Pinneke) Sternberg, who... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Miller Electic Manufacturing Co. and surrounding area. |
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