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Families Work in Deering Works Employee Gardens

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Description: Men, women and children dig and rake the soil at the Deering Works employee gardens. The gardens appear to be located in a residential neighborhood.
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Railroad Tracks and Bridge

Date: 03 19 1919
Description: Small steam engine hauling empty cars over a bridge along a narrow gauge railroad track. Houses in a residential neighborhood are in the background. The tr...
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Residential Neighborhood near Mountain

Date: 01 06 1919
Description: Residential neighborhood. Caption reads: "Building Site East". Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers employed in t...
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Farm Utilities Co.

Date: 02 16 1931
Description: Farm Utilities Company, located at 124 S. Butler Street. (A Trachte building.)
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Deering Works Neighborhood

Date: 1918
Description: Neighborhood streets near Deering Works, including several International Harvester billboards. One sign reads: "International Motor Trucks, a size and styl...
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Osborne Works

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of International Harvester's Osborne Works factory (later known as "Auburn Works") and the surrounding neighborhood.
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Company House at Benham

Date: 1919
Description: A young boy standing in front of an International Harvester "company house" in the coal mining town of Benham.
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Company House and Family in Benham

Date: 1919
Description: A family of five posing in front of an International Harvester "company house" in the coal mining town of Benham.
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West Allis Works

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Description: Aerial view of the West Allis Works, Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, and surrounding neighborhoods.
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McCormick Mansion

Date: 08 14 1961
Description: Exterior view from across street of the "McCormick Mansion" located at 716 North Rush Street.
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Stacks of Wheels in a Factory Yard

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Description: Elevated view of several rows of stacked wheels that are in the yard of what may be the International Harvester Osbourne branch in Auburn, New York. Next t...
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Elevated View of Factory Yard at Osborne Works

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of a factory yard with two large piles of stacked implement parts at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). I...
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Mowing a Steep Slope

Date: 06 26 1959
Description: Richard Brachman, an engineer, demonstrates his solution for the problem of mowing the grass on a steep slope near his home. He removed the handles of his ...
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Powered Hay Press Near Barn

Date: 04 30 1910
Description: Three-quarter view from loading end of powered hay press. There is a barn on the right, and in the background behind a fence are what may be houses.
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Three Tractors Pulling 36 Feet of Plows

Date: 1915
Description: View of partially plowed field, with two men in suits standing posing on the left with 36 feet of plows, pulled by three tractors. The tractors each have a...
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Wheel Storage

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Description: Elevated view over roofs of buildings of a factory. Wheels are stacked up in the yard. Includes a view of the neighborhood beyond.
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Construction Site with View of Neighborhood

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Description: Elevated view of men working on a construction site, with a view of the neighborhood beyond. Men are moving wheelbarrows up a wooden ramp in the foreground...
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Construction Site

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Description: View across pile of gravel towards men standing among the steel structure on a construction site. Lumber is piled on the right, and houses are in the backg...

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