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Milk Strike

Date: 01 10 1934
Description: Milk strikers and a pile of empty milk cans next to railroad tracks. Bill Nemeth (left) is pouring out milk in an attempt to create a shortage that would r...
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Tractors Outside International Harvester Dealership

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Description: Color photograph of Farmall tractors, International utility tractors, and combines lined up outside Otter Sales and Service, an International Harvester dea...
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Immaculate Conception Church

Date: 1935
Description: View of the south and west elevations of Immaculate Conception Church.
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Luther Hall

Date: 1920
Description: View of Luther Hall, built in about 1850 or 1860.
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Luther Hall

Date: 1935
Description: View of Luther Hall.
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Meinhardt Bank

Date: 1935
Description: Front view of Meinhardt Bank from the street.
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Meinhardt Bank

Date: 1938
Description: View from intersection towards the Meinhardt Bank on the corner. Established in 1847.
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Panoramic View of Burlington

Date: 1910
Description: Panoramic photographic view of Burlington, taken with a local Al-vista panoramic camera.
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Burlington Farm Machinery Co.

Date: 05 05 1926
Description: International trucks line the sidewalk in front of the Burlington Farm Machinery Company, an International Harvester dealership.
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Outing in an Automobile

Date: 1905
Description: Four individuals sit in four-seat runabout parked in a wooded area.
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Burlington Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Filling station built in 1927, at 148 West Chestnut Street, by Jack Hansen.
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Loading Pole Supports on Truck

Date: 01 13 1936
Description: Three men loading pole supports into the back of an International truck owned by the Puget Sound Power and Light Company. In the foreground are railroad tr...
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Horse-Drawn Carriage near Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Looking east across Pine Street at the F. A. Schwaller Music Store / Schwaller's Real Estate Office, flanked by Theodore Riel's dry goods and grocery store...
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Downtown Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Looking east across Pine Street at Jacob Black's dry goods store, with a display of hand fans in front window; Schwaller's Real Estate company is above Bla...
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Commerical Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Looking east across Pine street at the storefronts of J. Wien's clothing, dry goods, and grocery store, Black's Dry Goods store, Schwaller's Real Estate Of...
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Mercer Transfer Company

Date: 1930
Description: A group of men stand outside the Burlington Farm Machinery Company storefront where an International H-5 truck owned by the Mercer Transfer Company is park...
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Mercer Transfer & Storage Company Truck

Date: 1930
Description: An International H-5 truck with a 190" wheelbase and a refrigerated body parked in front of the Burlington Farm Machinery Company, an International Harvest...
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Luncheon for Returning Soldiers

Date: 1918
Description: Scene in a small city park showing a group of local women serving luncheon to soldiers recently returned from service in the first World War. Very possibly...
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Farmall Tractor and Wagon on J.F. Deems Farm

Date: 08 21 1924
Description: View of men working in a field with a Farmall tractor and wagon. A man stands by a stack of hay bales in the left foreground. Caption: "J.F. Deems Farm, Ro...
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Barn on Deems Farm

Date: 07 14 1924
Description: Man driving a Farmall tractor pulling a wagon piled high with hay near the open door of a large barn on Deems Farm. The barn has a cupola with a lightning ...

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