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Narrow Gauge Railroad

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men transferring bodies of a standard gauge box car (of the Wisconsin Coal Co.) to the narrow gauge tracks of the Fond du Lac, Amboy & Peoria Rail...
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Titan Tractor Pulling P&O Plow

Date: 1921
Description: Farmer pulling a P&O plow with a Titan tractor. The original caption reads: "Ira Wolf's farm, Aurora Ill., P&O plow."
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H.C. and W.J. Aldridge with Company Truck

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: H.C. and W.J. Aldridge stand in front of their International truck. The men operated an International Harvester dealership - the Aldridge Hielscher Impleme...
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Groundskeeper at Indian Head Golf Club

Date: 1932
Description: A groundskeeper at Indian Head Golf Club uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway tractor and seeder(?) to maintain the golf course. A man playing golf is in the b...
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Halavo Seaplane Base

Date: 1943
Description: Men of the 34th Construction Battalion of Seabees work around a boat dock using an International TD-9 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) at Halavo Seaplane Base...
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Men in Horse-Drawn Sterling Wagon

Date: 1914
Description: A man and boy seated in a loaded Sterling wagon pulled by a team of horses on a dirt road. In the far background stand several buildings, including residen...
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Convict Camp

Date: 1920
Description: A man standing in the cook house doorway at a convict camp comprised of several tents and a iron cage on wheels.
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Prisoners Working

Date: 1915
Description: View down road of a group of prisoners wearing striped jumpsuits doing road work while supervisors look on. A horse-drawn wagon is parked near a fence, and...

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