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Construction near McCormick Harvesting Co. Office in Chicago

Date: 1890
Description: Construction work in the streets outside the offices of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company located at 212 Market Street. Two horse-drawn wagons and s...
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Streetcar Track Construction on Capitol Square

Date: 1905
Description: Construction of new streetcar tracks on the Capitol Square. In the background, on the corner of Main and Carroll streets, is the Park Hotel. Behind the hot...
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Racine Trolley

Date: 1891
Description: View across road construction towards a horse-drawn trolley on railroad tracks on Racine Street. Men and children are standing near piles of road building ...
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Railroad Shops Under Construction

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Description: Shops under construction for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha railroad lines. Men are working with a horse-drawn wagon in the right foreground...
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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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West State Street

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking east between Second and Third streets. City Hall is visible in the left center background. Signs and billboards dot several buildin...
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Milwaukee Works Construction

Date: 05 18 1911
Description: A man uses a horse-drawn wagon to transport building materials on a construction site at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. Men are clearin...
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Machine Shop Building Site at Milwaukee Works

Date: 05 05 1911
Description: Elevated view of construction crew clearing land for a six-story machine shop at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory.
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Milwaukee Works Construction Site

Date: 04 20 1911
Description: Men clearing ground at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory for the addition of a six-story machine shop.
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Third and Main Street Scene

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Description: View from Third and Main Street of storefronts. There is signage for the Tetzlaff and Co. Building Materials above a pile of bricks in a sideyard near the ...
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Man on top of Wagon

Date: 1918
Description: Man standing on top of bound stacks of what appears to be wood shingles or siding in a horse-drawn Weber wagon. Text stenciled on the wagon reads: "sold by...
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Albany Sand and Supply Company Wagon

Date: 1912
Description: Panoramic view of man with horse-drawn wagon near a large mound of what is probably sand. The wagon was operated by the Albany Sand and Supply Company and ...
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South Side Manufacturing Company in Winter

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Description: Elevated view from road of a building on the grounds of the South Side Manufacturing Company, surrounded by a lean-to stacked with lumber. Two horses stand...
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Construction Workers

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Description: Construction workers on the job, with horse-drawn wagons in the background.
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Travelling "de luxe" in Russia, by Horse-Drawn Sled

Date: 1918
Description: Lieutenant Colonel P.S. Morris, Commanding Officer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in heavy fur clothing, laying in a sled with a horse harnessed and ready ...
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Log Bridge Under Construction

Date: 1918
Description: View looking down log bridge which is in the process of being built by a group of soldiers. The bridge crosses over a gully. In the distance is a horse-dra...
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Street Repairs

Date: 1900
Description: Street view showing horse-drawn wagons and excavations for underground utility (?) repairs.
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Winter View of the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view across street in winter of the McCormick Works Club House. In front of the club house is a man standing on a loaded horse-drawn wagon parked ...
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Eau Claire Public Library Construction

Date: 1903
Description: View across unpaved road toward construction workers loading a stone slab onto a horse-drawn wagon during the construction of the Eau Claire Public Library...

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