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McCormick Works Railroad Yard

Date: 09 09 1912
Description: Elevated view of a man standing near railroad cars which appear to be loaded with coal and ore inside IHC's McCormick Works railroad yard. Other men are wo...
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Railroad Car Load of Culverts

Date: 07 20 1932
Description: Group of men sitting on top of railroad flatbed car loaded with culverts. Sign above them reads: "Capital City Culvert Company," 1335 Gilson Street.
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Ellefson Lumber Company

Date: 05 16 1929
Description: View of the Ellefson Lumber Company warehouse on Sutherland Court behind 2016 Winnebago Street.
Postcard

Construction of Lubertzy Works

Date: 1910
Description: Construction workers on a building site at International Harvester's Lubertzy Works in Russia.
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Railroad Bridge under Construction

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Description: A Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway bridge under construction.
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Railroad Shops Under Construction

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Description: Shops under construction for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha railroad lines. Men are working with a horse-drawn wagon in the right foreground...
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City of Quincy Truck

Date: 10 31 1938
Description: A man smoking a cigarette shovels what appears to be gravel onto the back of an International D-30 truck marked "City of Quincy" from a train car.
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Milwaukee Works Machine Shop

Date: 1911
Description: Construction crews erecting a six-story machine shop at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. Men are working on the ground and on an exposed ...
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Ground Clearing at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of a cleared section of land for a six-story machine shop at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. Other industrial buildings an...
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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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Milwaukee Works Construction Site

Date: 04 20 1911
Description: Men clearing ground at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory for the addition of a six-story machine shop.
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 08 29 1930
Description: View from top of new bridge of construction grounds at the bridge site. There are cars carrying building materials on the railroad tracks by the Bridgeport...
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Cohn & Robertson Granite Mfg. Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Cohn & Robertson Granite Manufacturing Company of Granite Heights and Wausau, Wisconsin, with a view of workers loading a C.M.&St.P. rail...
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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks of York Iron Works. Probably the construction of the blast furnace.
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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks of York Iron Works. Probably the construction of the blast furnace.
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York Iron Works

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Description: York Iron Works, with a group of men posed standing in front of the construction of the blast furnace.
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Construction of a Building Foundation

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Description: Four men in the foreground are posing standing with shovels in a large hole in the ground. In the background behind a wall, men are working near cars along...
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Twine Mill Under Construction

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of twine mill under construction. Men are standing on and near many sets of railroad tracks. There is a large smokestack on the right.
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Twine Mill Under Construction

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a twine mill under construction. Railroad tracks are in the foreground below. A partially built smokestack is in the center. A number of c...
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Northeast Panorama of Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of McCormick Works, with construction of wheel shop. In the foreground are the roofs of buildings, and what may be a ship on the lower left. ...

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