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Lumber Camp

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Description: Elevated view of lumber camp with loggers posing in front of a train loaded with logs.
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Railroad Construction Crew

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Railroad construction crew working on a Chicago & Northwestern Railroad crossing, looking west up the 400 and 500 blocks of East Wilson Street.
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Railroad Construction Crew

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Construction crew working on a Chicago & Northwestern Railroad crossing, looking northwest along the 100 block of South Blair Street.
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Steam Engine in front of Factory

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Description: Men pose on and around a large steam engine locomotive and mineral cars(?) in front of a factory with tall smokestacks. The side of the engine reads: "Calu...
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Steam Locomotive Pulling Crane at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Steam locomotive moving an overhead crane used to lay rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine. One man is standing on the right, and another man i...
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Workers Load Tractors onto Railroad Cars at IHC Tractor Works

Date: 1930
Description: Workers using an overhead crane to load new McCormick-Deering tractors (including the 10-20 and possibly the I-20) onto railroad cars outside International...
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Workmen on Railroad Viaduct

Date: 07 27 1931
Description: Group portrait of workmen in front of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad viaduct (Olin Avenue - US Highway 12) that is under construction.
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Rail Shipment at Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: Several men are loading boxes and pallets from International Harvester's Tractor Works onto a train.
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Unloading Cargo for "World of Mirth" Show

Date: 1948
Description: Men unload rail cars for the "World of Mirth Shows," an American traveling carnival with rides and a sideshow. International ID-6 diesel wheel tractors ass...
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10-20 Tractor in Railroad Yard

Date: 04 18 1926
Description: A worker uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor to pull a platform along tracks in a railroad yard outside a factory or other type of industrial building.
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P&H Double Extension Gantry Crane

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Description: Double extension gantry crane with a grab-bucket at the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. The crane is stamped with the text "Pawling & Harnischfeger Builders, Mil...
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P&H Gasoline Crane Mounted on Flatbed Railroad Car

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered crane mounted on a 5-ton standard flatbed railroad car with a grab bucket. A man is standing on the ground on rail...
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MEC&MC Gantry Crane Constructing the L.I.R.R.

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company gantry crane involved with the construction of the Long Island Railroad. There is a sign on the crane that...
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MEC&MC Gantry Crane with Auxiliary Hoist

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company gantry crane unloading railroad cars at the Fisher Body Co. There is a sign that reads "The Milwaukee Cran...
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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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Loading Boxes from French Battery Company onto Railroad Cars

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Description: Two men loading boxes of batteries onto railroad cars with a conveyor belt. French Battery later became Ray-O-Vac Corporation.
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Crane Lifting Logs at Logging Camp

Date: 1904
Description: At Hein's logging camp, a crane mounted on a railroad train lifts logs onto a flatbed railway car. Other logs are stacked on the snowy ground. A number of ...
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The Railroad Section Gang

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Description: Five men known as the Railroad Section Gang pose together on a handcar on railroad tracks. They traveled on handcars and repaired tracks. Standing second f...
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Construction of Railroad

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Description: Group of men at the construction of a railroad branch line among piles of stones. Railroad ties placed on the ground are visible on the platform in the bac...
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Men Loading Implement on IH Tractor

Date: 10 01 1928
Description: One man is standing on an IH industrial tractor driver's seat while three other men are loading what appears to be a farm implement onto a trailer. The "In...

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