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Miners with Mine Sprinkler

Date: 1919
Description: Three miners with a mine sprinkler inside a mine shaft. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the Wisconsin Ste...
Photograph

Men Standing Posing on Flooded Rail Line

Date: 1919
Description: Men standing on the exposed portion of a flooded railroad track as a swiftly moving torrent of water is rushing past. Benham was a "company town" created b...
Postcard

Sullivan Condensed Milk Company

Date: 1919
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Sullivan Condensed Milk Company. There is a train in front of the factory building. Caption reads: "Sullivan Conden...
Photograph

International Harvester Branch House

Date: 1919
Description: International Harvester Branch House. Signs on the building advertise agricultural implements, motor trucks and Kerosene engines and tractors. Many small t...
Photograph

Cotton Bale on Platform

Date: 1919
Description: A bundled cotton bale rests on a wooden platform at a loading dock or train depot. A train car on a railroad track is alongside the right of the platform.
Photograph

International Harvester Company Building

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated exterior view of company building. Men are standing on the loading dock. Railroad tracks are in the lower foreground. A water tower is on the roof...
Poster

Lawson Plant Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Lawson plant in Green Bay. Includes a drawing from an aerial perspective of the plant and some of the surrounding area, under the wor...

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