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Men Unloading Wagon with Crane

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Description: Two men using a crane to unload wagon box on the waterfront.
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Curtiss Aviation School

Date: 1912
Description: Hangars of the Curtiss Aviation School and the San Diego Aero Club on North Island in San Diego Harbor. Glenn Curtiss himself is thought to be the individu...
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Battling Grasshoppers

Date: 07 1938
Description: Loading a truck with bait at the county mixing station at Balsam Lake during the grasshopper outbreak in northwestern Wisconsin.
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Making Grasshopper Bait

Date: 1938
Description: At the grasshopper bait mixing station at Fall Creek, two cement mixers were used to mix sawdust, a whey product, and sodium arsenite. So severe was the gr...
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PD-80 Diesel Power Units on Oil Drill Rig

Date: 1939
Description: Four International PD-80 Diesel power units compounded on a drill rig owned by Taubert & McKee of Fort Worth, Texas, drilling a 4,500 foot hole two miles f...
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Lee Petroleum Corporation Wells

Date: 06 21 1938
Description: A photographer in the foreground takes a picture of two oil wells powered by an International PA-50 power unit and owned by Lee Petroleum Corporation.
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Man with Wagon Dump

Date: 1915
Description: Man stands with horses as his Weber wagon is placed on wagon dump protected by the overhang of a building. Wagon dumps served to eliminate the task of unlo...
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Canadian Delivery Truck at Depot

Date: 1934
Description: Man loading Canadian Pacific Express delivery truck at a depot loading dock. In the background are industrial buildings.

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