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Ox Carts with Furs

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Description: A view showing a line of ox carts loaded with furs leaving the Hudson Bay Company's Post to make the 16 mile trip to avoid the rapids on Slave River. Housi...
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The Juniata Pushing a Raft of Lumber

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Description: View from raft towards the sternwheel rafter, Juniata, pushing a raft of lumber. The crew is posing on deck. The boat was later named the Red Win...
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Sawmill Workers Posing with Steam Engine in Forest

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Description: Two workers are posing in front of a steam engine carrying logs for an International Harvester sawmill.
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Steam Crane Loading Lumber onto Railroad Car

Date: 1916
Description: Steam crane loading lumber onto a railroad car for use at an International Harvester sawmill.
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Lumberjacks Moving Logs with Ox Cart

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Description: Lumberjacks standing next to an ox cart loaded with logs for use in sawmills associated with International Harvester.
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Steam Locomotive Loaded with Logs

Date: 1915
Description: Two workers perched on a steam locomotive pulling railroad cars loaded with logs. The coal car bears the name "Deering Southwestern Railway." The railway w...
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Mower Crates at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1901
Description: Shipping crates at the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company factory. The crates contain a Little 4 mower bound for Anderson & Mattson of Malmo, a McCormick...
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Filling In Brittingham Park

Date: 1907
Description: A steam-powered dredge anchored in Monona Bay is filling in Brittingham Park.
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The "Gracie May" Locomotive

Date: 1884
Description: The Fairchild and Northwestern locomotive the "Gracie May," named for Gracie May Foster. Several people pose near the locomotive, including Robert Holmes a...
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15-30 Tractor Pulling an Austin Mammoth Reversible Road Grader

Date: 1916
Description: An International Harvester Mogul(?) 15-30 tractor pulling an Austin mammoth reversible road grader.
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Men Laying Rails at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: A group of men laying rails at Hawkins Mine while a man in the background is using surveying equipment near the base of a cliff face.
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St. Paul Malleable Foundry

Date: 1906
Description: Metal castings stacked on wheeled platforms at International Harvester's St. Paul Malleable Foundry.
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St. Paul Flax Twine Mill

Date: 1906
Description: Men unloading flax straw from railroad cars in front of Storage Building No. 3 at International Harvester's St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill.
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International Truck near Oil Field

Date: 07 24 1929
Description: A driver sits in the first of several International heavy-duty oil trucks lined up in front of an oil field. The nearest truck's lettering reads: "Barringt...
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International Model 63 Oil Truck

Date: 07 24 1929
Description: An International Model "63"(?) oil truck parked in front of the Hinterliter Tool Co.
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Residential Street Maintenance

Date: 1920
Description: Men use mule-led wagons while working on a residential road. Bricks are piled high on either side of the street.
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Residential Street Maintenance

Date: 1920
Description: Men using mule-drawn wagons as they prepare to pave a street with bricks. A pile of shovels is lying in the dirt in the foreground.
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Road Construction with an International T-14

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of two men working with an International T-14 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and an Adams grader to level a new road.
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International TD-14 Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: An International Harvester TD-14 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with "B.E. Bullgrader" levels a mound of dirt for a highway exit. Original caption includes ...
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Road Construction with TD-18 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: A man operates a grader pulled by an International TD-18 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) as other men observe. Original caption reads: "Leaning wheel grader ...

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