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Group of Workers Posing on Flat Cars Loaded with Lumber

Date: 09 21 1914
Description: Group portrait of men posing while standing and sitting on two small flat cars linked to each other. One of the cars is loaded with lumber. Another set of ...
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Factory Worker at Osborne Works

Date: 09 1908
Description: Factory worker sawing a large piece of lumber at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as "Auburn Works"). The belt-driven machinery is alon...
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International Harvester Factory(?) Site

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of men standing around a lumber yard among buildings at an International Harvester factory(?) site, most likely in Illinois. A Chicago, Burli...
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Husker and Shredder in Farm Yard

Date: 1902
Description: Group of men working with a tractor-powered husker and shredder in a farm yard. Men are standing on wagons, and there is a pile of boards in the yard. Part...
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Construction Work at Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: Several men are standing and sitting around a construction site at International Harvester's Osborne Works. Lumber is stacked in the yard, and in the backg...
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Construction Work at the Osborne Works

Date: 1915
Description: Several men are standing around a construction site at International Harvester's Osborne Works. There are wheelbarrows filled with building materials and s...
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Factory Worker in Front of a Pile of Wood

Date: 1910
Description: An elderly factory worker is standing in front of large stacked pile of wood at International Harvester's Osborne Works. There are two handwritten notes on...
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Factory Workers at Osbourne Works

Date: 1909
Description: A man dressed in a vest, tie and a long apron stands near a vise at a work station at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works)...
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Men Posing on Dock Unloading Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View of men on a dock with binder. There are town buildings in the background.
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Man Operating Lifting Jack for Hay Press

Date: 11 08 1910
Description: Man outdoors operating lifting jack for a hay press. There is a large pile of wood in the background and a fence.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 06 23 1911
Description: View across field towards a man using a horse-drawn manure spreader. In the background is a fence and beyond are tall stacks of wood or pallets, and buildi...
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Sante Fe Building Construction at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of construction on the Santa Fe building at McCormick Works.
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Railroad Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 1920
Description: Railroad yard at McCormick Works. A man is looking out the window of the locomotive on the right, and there are stacks of lumber on the small, open railroa...
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Stacks of Lumber at a Factory

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view from roof of railroad tracks and stacks of lumber in a yard near a factory. Two men are working in the yard in the background on the right. T...
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Tractor Powering Sawmill

Date: 1920
Description: Men using a sawmill powered by a tractor. There is a silo in the background on the right.
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Lumber Delivery Trucks

Date: 05 20 1925
Description: Left side view of truck, with a man posing in the open window of the passenger side door. Another man is standing at the back of the truck bed behind the s...
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Truck at Lumberyard

Date: 03 26 1926
Description: View of a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck parked near a building at a lumberyard. There are houses in a neighborhood in the background.
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Lumber Delivery Truck

Date: 07 03 1926
Description: Two men in a lumber yard with a truck. One of the men is sitting in the driver's seat. The other man is standing in the truck bed, surrounded by stacks of ...
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Logging Operation at Sawmill

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: Men are working at a sawmill at the C.W. O'Halloran Co. There is a tractor in the background that is being used to belt-drive machinery.
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Logging Operation at Sawmill

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: Men are working under an open-sided roofed building among trees at the C.W. O'Halloran Co. A tractor is being used to belt-drive machinery.

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