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Long Beach Street Scene

Date: 1936
Description: Businesses and cars parked along a dusty city street with oil derricks in the background. At right is the Stephens & Company, distributors of power units i...
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Woman Draws Water from Well

Date: 1920
Description: Farm woman operating a McCormick-Deering portable gasoline engine. The engine is driving a pump to draw water from a well into a homemade trough. Another w...
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Truax Hospital Heating Building

Date: 01 22 1943
Description: View of pumping units in the hospital heating building at Truax Army Air Field.
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Motorized Water Pump

Date: 1923
Description: View of what appears to be a water pump powered by an International Harvester stationary engine on the farm of Albert Guenther.
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Centrifugal Pump

Date: 09 15 1966
Description: 240P double piloted coupling. This coupling helps compile the centrifugal pump that was purchased by Foster Wheeler Corporation and later used by Commonwea...
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Dredge Pump Drive

Date: 06 12 1970
Description: This dredge pump drive was purchased by Ellicott. Falk caption reads, "Special (submersible) dredge pump drive. Quad input single output, ratio 1.8214:1. 1...
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MEC&MC Type "AN" Crane

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company type "AN" crane at the Western Avenue Pumping Station with men working on various levels of the structure....
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T.C. Power Motor Car Company Truck

Date: 10 07 1925
Description: An International truck used by the T.C. Power Motor Company parked along the side of the road near the sidewalk outside the company office. There is a gaso...
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Stationary Engine and Water Pump

Date: 1915
Description: A stationary engine (possibly a Mogul) in a small wooden shed is used to power a belt-driven water pump positioned nearby. A small wood sign reads 'private...
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Pump House for Irrigation

Date: 1900
Description: Men are standing next to a wooden structure, probably a pump house for an irrigation system. Water is streaming from the structure into a channel while the...
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IH Stationary Engine and Water Pump in Garden

Date: 10 1906
Description: An International Harvester stationary engine appears to be powering a water pump, perhaps for irrigation. In the background is a pond.
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Group of People in Front of Frame House

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Description: Three people are standing in front of a frame house which is at the foot of a small tree-covered hill. On the left a man is standing with a team of two hor...
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People in Front of Frame House

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Description: Group portrait of people posing in the yard in front of a frame house, with a porch and a hand-pump. There are three women sitting on the left, and a small...
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Family in Front of House

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Description: View of group of people posing in a yard. A man is sitting surrounded by a woman, young girl and boy, and an older boy. The young girl is holding a hat and...
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Men Operating Farm Machinery

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Description: Elevated view of men and boys operating a steam tractor used for belt-driven threshing machinery. Farm buildings are on the right, and one has a thatched r...
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Fire Wagon with Tanks and Pump

Date: 1910
Description: A horse-drawn wagon, possibly a fire wagon, with engine and tank parked on a street. The wagon is equipped with a large tank with hoses attached to it, and...
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International LCD-405 Truck

Date: 08 1952
Description: A man backing an International LCD-405 semi-truck, with sleeper cab, to a quonset-style building. The truck is owned by the Miller Trucking Company of St. ...
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Horses Drinking Water from Trough

Date: 09 14 1925
Description: A man is standing between two horses who are drinking water from a trough filled by a pump. There is a body of water in the background.
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Exterior View of Beyer Implement Co.

Date: 05 13 1929
Description: View across dirt road towards a dealership for International Harvester. There is a truck, Farmall tractor and a manure spreader on display in front of gara...
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Water Supply and Plumbing at Mexican Labor Settlement

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Two outhouses and another building are in a field, with a water pump in the left foreground. Caption reads: "This Press picture shows the water supply and ...

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