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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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Man Riding Whitney 6-12 Experimental Tractor

Date: 1916
Description: Man riding a Whitney 6-12 light-weight gasoline tractor. Placard reads "r.p.m. 1300, plowing speed 1.75-2.5 m.p.h." The tractor was sold in small numbers b...
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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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Big Four Tractor Pulls Buffalo-Pitts Tractor Out of Hole

Date: 1911
Description: Men use a "Big Four" gas tractor to pull a Buffalo-Pitts tractor out of a hole at the Winnipeg tractor contest in Canada. The "Big Four" tractor was built ...
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Case 20-40 Tractor at Winnipeg Tractor Contest

Date: 1911
Description: Men pose with a J.I. Case 20-40 tractor at the Winnipeg tractor contest in Canada.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 1906
Description: Only the salvaged planking behind the "Forward" statue created by Jean Pond Miner indicates that anything more is going on in this picture than a peaceful ...
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Green Bay & Western Railroad Roundhouse

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the Green Bay & Western Railroad roundhouse.
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Faribands, Morse & Co. Building

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Description: Faribands, Morse & Co. Building, with power lines in the background.
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La Crosse Rubber Mills

Date: 1936
Description: The La Crosse Rubber mills.
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The Empire Mill

Date: 1890
Description: View across water towards the Empire Mill. Alongside the building are railroad cars at a loading dock. The signs on the mill read: "Globe", "Globe's Empire...
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Empire Mill

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view of the Empire Mill.
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A.H. Kayser Lumber Yard Advertisement

Date: 1901
Description: An advertisement for the A.H. Kayser lumberyard at 204 East Washington Avenue.
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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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Bismarck Branch Office

Date: 1910
Description: International Harvester branch office building with tractors and wheels on display in the foreground.
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Man Inspects an Experimental Motor Cultivator

Date: 1915
Description: A man in a suit looks over an experimental motor cultivator while other men look on.
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La Pointe Light

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Description: La Pointe Light on Long Island (Apostle Islands), Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior.
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Harvester Club Picnic

Date: 07 22 1922
Description: A young boy holding a baseball bat at a Harvester Club picnic.
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Workers in Golfing Attire at Harvester Picnic

Date: 1929
Description: A group of male golfers are sitting and standing while posing for a portrait at an International Harvester employee picnic.
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Parked Caravan of Trucks

Date: 1917
Description: A caravan of trucks are parked along both sides of a road en route from International Harvester's Akron Works factory in Ohio to Chicago. A sign on one of ...

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