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Railroad Tracks
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View down three sets of railroad tracks. On the right is a tall, wooden fence, and in the background are buildings. A sign on one of the buildings reads, in part: "Wholes[ale] & Reta[il]." A group of three men are standing in the distance on the left.
September 6, 1917
International Harvester Company
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Railroad Tracks
September 6, 1917
View down two sets of railroad tracks towards men standing near a switch mechanism. There is wooden fence and building on the left. Further down is a railroad car near buildings.
Railroad Tracks
September 6, 1917
View down side of railroad tracks, wit a fence along the left. A railroad car is further down the tracks near buildings.
Railroad Yard at McCormick Works
August 23, 1917
View down railroad tracks. There are railroad cars on the left on another set of tracks. Men are standing further down the tracks, and a man standing near a tall fence on the right is pointing down...
Railroad Yard at McCormick Works
August 23, 1917
View across multiple sets of railroad tracks towards a factory building. A man is standing on the railroad tracks in the background on the right in front of a tall fence with barbed wire on top.
Milwaukee Binder at McCormick Works
September 8, 1917
Close-up of a Milwaukee Binder outdoors in the factory yard. In the background men are working along the railroad tracks at the base of the elevated railroad platform.
Men Unloading Lumber from Ship
July 30, 1917
View across railroad tracks towards a ship, with the name: "Charles Horn, J.O. Nessen Lumber Co." on the side. There are buildings and railroad cars on the opposite shoreline. A large group of men ...
