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Photograph

Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad Line

Date: 1920
Description: A view down the railroad tracks of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Line. The depot is in the distance on the far left.
Photograph

United States Sugar Company Factory

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the United States Sugar Company factory next to railroad tracks on Atwood Avenue. The building was occupied in 1980 by Garver Feed & Suppl...
Postcard

Ore Docks

Date: 1920
Description: Caption reads: "Mammoth Ore Docks, Ashland, Wis." A building and roads are in the foreground. Several ore ships can be seen.
Photograph

Aerial View of Green Bay

Date: 1920
Description: Aerial view with fishing piers, coal factories, a bridge, and railroad tracks.
Photograph

Fox River Shoreline

Date: 1920
Description: Fox River shoreline along the railroad tracks.
Postcard

Elevated View of Harbor

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of the harbor. Caption reads: "The Harbor, Superior, Wis."
Photograph

Warehouse

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of warehouse, which was formerly a five story grain elevator. This building stood downstream from the Diamond Jo warehouse. A section of the Missi...
Photograph

Brisbois Fur Trading Post

Date: 1920
Description: Former building of the Astor Company, also known as the Brisbois Fur Trading Post. At the time this photograph was taken, the structure was occupied by Ben...
Photograph

Merrill Park Station

Date: 1920
Description: Part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway. Small station, at the bottom of a hill. Behind the station on top of the hill is a line of houses.
Photograph

Oklahoma Portland Cement Company

Date: 1920
Description: The Oklahoma Portland Cement Company, built in 1906, had a capacity of 12 cars a day. Caption reads: "Oklahoma Portland Cement Co. Capacity 12 cars a day, ...
Photograph

Birds-Eye View of Akron Works

Date: 1920
Description: Bird-eye view of factory buildings at International Harvester's Akron Works.
Photograph

International Harvester Branch House — Ogdensburg

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester branch building located alongside a railroad track.
Photograph

Boston Branch House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester Company branch building. Large show windows line the first floor along the sidewalk. A large electric sign on t...
Photograph

Winneschiek Bluff

Date: 1920
Description: View near railroad tracks of a two-story industrial building and houses at the base of a bluff.
Photograph

Depot and Train

Date: 1920
Description: Several men pose while standing alongside a train at the Elroy depot.
Book or Pamphlet

Moline Plow Company Factory

Date: 1920
Description: Back cover of a brochure advertising Moline Universal tractors. The text beneath an illustration of the Moline Plow Company factory reads: "The Largest Tra...
Photograph

Depot and Yards

Date: 1920
Description: Two trains at the Lone Rock depot. The platform holds waiting passengers and carts.
Book or Pamphlet

Advance-Rumely Line

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Advance-Rumely line of agricultural equipment. Features a color illustration of men loading tractors and a threshi...
Photograph

Small Girl Near Railroad Tracks

Date: 1920
Description: Unidentified small girl holding a parasol, posed beside railroad tracks.
Postcard

Rear of Plant

Date: 1920
Description: Postcard with of two views for the Cudahy Bros. Meat Packing Co. The top is of a billboard with a peacock in a tree, and the words: "The Home of the Peaco...

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