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Wisconsin Central Pile Driver Car

Date: 1907
Description: Wisconsin Central locomotive No #50 and pile driver No #2 working near Owen. Men stand on and around the tracks.
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International Harvester "Christmas Box" Contents

Date: 1917
Description: Contents of an International Harvester "Christmas Box", including Fig Newtons, a Hershey's Chocolate Bar, Medicinal Carbolic Soap, Colgate's Handy Grip Sha...
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International Trucks Inside Warehouse

Date: 1914
Description: Approximately ten different models of motor trucks stored inside of a warehouse, possibly at a factory or branch house.
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Women Lifting Mogul Jr. Engine

Date: 1916
Description: A young woman outside industrial building or factory holds a Mogul Jr. 1 HP engine mounted on a skid with two wheels. A man stands nearby on the left. On t...
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Titan Tractor and Road Grader

Date: 1912
Description: Two men doing road work with a Titan tractor hitched to a road grader.
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Men Standing in Weber Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: Group of men standing in a horse-drawn Weber wagon outside a storage warehouse. The wagon bears the text: "sold by Rutherford & Shean, Aurora, Neb."
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McFarland Lake Camp

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view looking over trees towards the lumber camp on McFarland Lake, which was owned by the Pigeon River Lumber Company.
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Soldiers Repairing Roads

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian soldiers are using the stones of a destroyed factory to repair and improve a roadbed. The walls of the destroyed factory are in the background.
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Loading Bricks for Use in Roadbuilding

Date: 1915
Description: Bricks from a destroyed factory building are being collected for use in the improvement of poor roadways in Serbia during World War I.
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Ration Stamps for Wounded Soldiers

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Description: German soldiers receiving a distribution of ration stamps at the "Kaisereck" convalescence home for wounded soldiers on Hartenbergstrasse 16 (Berlin). Her ...
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Aerial View of Construction

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Description: Aerial view of the construction of a bridge over the Warte River near Sieradz in Russian Poland.
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Town Crier of Schirmeck

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. The town crier of Schirmeck in the Alsace announcing out new regulations to German troops.
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Bavarians Grilling Sausages

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Grilling sausages over an open fire.
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Sawing Firewood

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Description: Getting ready for winter.
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Sawing Firewood

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Description: Austrian soldiers getting ready for winter.
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Transporting Wood in the Streets of Constantinople

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Description: Soldier leading a donkey transporting wood in Constantinople.
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Austrian Officers in a Bunker on the Lavarone Plateau

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Description: The plateau of Lavarone was located along the pre-war boundary between Austria-Hungary and Italy.
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Troops Resupplying Lumber

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Description: Troops carrying lumber, in a fog, to our high altitude fighting positions on the glacier.
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Transporting Lumber in the High Alps

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Description: Transporting building lumber to our high altitude fighting positions on the Italian-Tirolian front.

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