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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, signing autographs from a train car during a stopover in Madison.
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Mogul Tractors Loaded onto Railroad Cars

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of Mogul tractors loaded onto railroad cars outside International Harvester's Tractor Works. A variety of parts, engines, implements, and tra...
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Wood Burning Locomotive

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Description: Men posed on the front cowcatcher, or pilot, of a wood burning locomotive, with a few cars attached. Three other men pose on the locomotive.
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Loading F-20 Tractor onto Railroad Car at Tractor Works

Date: 12 13 1934
Description: Worker guiding a new Farmall 20 tractor suspended from a crane onto a snow-covered railroad car outside International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Mogul 15-30 Tractor Loaded on Railroad Car

Date: 1913
Description: Mogul 15-30 HP kerosene tractor loaded on a railroad car for delivery, most likely outside International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Tractor Works' Foreign Shipping Room

Date: 06 20 1935
Description: Elevated view of new McCormick-Deering T-40 TracTracTors (crawler tractors) await transfer in the foreign shipping room at International Harvester's Tracto...
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Railroad Tracks at Oscar Mayer Plant

Date: 06 22 1943
Description: Railroad tracks at Oscar Mayer plant. There is a railroad car on another set of tracks on the left.
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State Office Building, Wilson Street, Construction

Date: 02 03 1931
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction.
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International K-7 Cab-Over-Engine Truck

Date: 1941
Description: International K-7 semi-truck with a sleeper cab in front of a Union Pacific train.
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Madison Gas & Electric Company Power Plant

Date: 08 05 1953
Description: Madison Gas & Electric Company Steam Turbine Station and Substation, 115 South Blount Street, view from South Livingston Street.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Gasoline rail car manufactured by the Winther Motor and Truck Company, situated on railroad tracks.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Front view of gasoline rail car manufactured by the Winther Motor and Truck Company, situated on railroad tracks.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Gasoline rail car manufactured by the Winther Motors Inc., factory.
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Mill Drive

Date: 10 28 1966
Description: Mill drive that was later purchased by Traylor Engineering and used by Hudson Cement. Original Falk caption reads, "See engineering files for exact descrip...
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P&H Exterior Monorail Hoist with Lumber Handling Unit

Date: 1910
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger exterior monorail hoist crane with lumber handling unit and a man in the cab. The text written on boxcars in the distant background...
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TD-18 Crawler Tractors Outside Tractor Works

Date: 1947
Description: Men loading crawler tractors (TracTracTors), including the TD-18, onto railroad flat cars outside International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Four Men Transport Cargo in a Cart

Date: 1907
Description: Four men are transporting a cart of goods from a railroad car to a loading dock. The men are most likely employees of the International Harvester Osbourne ...
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Light Duty Vehicles on Railroad Cars Headed for Texas

Date: 1970
Description: Man working at the side of a railroad car on the "Texas Special" train load of light duty vehicles at a railhead. Another man is driving a vehicle up the r...
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Men with Scouts on Railroad Cars

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Description: Three men stand on railroad tracks, looking up at another man standing on the bottom level of a railroad car, stacked double-decker style with white Scout ...
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Elevated View of Dealership

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view looking down towards the loading dock area of a dealership. There is a railroad car parked in the archway of the building on the right. There...

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