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Photograph

After the Fire

Date: 06 01 1909
Description: Findorff staff carrying on the business in the tent after the fire.
Photograph

J.H. Findroff with Hammer

Date: 06 04 1914
Description: Three men are working on the top of a building, putting a wooden structure on top of a brick wall. Stacks of lumber are in the foreground. The top of a bri...
Photograph

Morning After the Fire

Date: 05 13 1909
Description: View across field towards buildings smoking after the fire. Men are standing on and around stacks of lumber. Caption reads: "The Morning After the Fire."
Photograph

Group Portrait at Capital City Flour Mill

Date: 05 24 1904
Description: J.H. Findorff bought the Capital City Flour Mill which had been built by Dow and Sons. Caption reads: "On May 24, 1904 J.H. Findorff bought the Capital Cit...
Photograph

TD-18 with Superior Pipeline Boom

Date: 1950
Description: Rear view of men working to install gas pipelines. Subject: "Pipelines — TD-24 and TD-18A." Where Taken: "MtS." Information with photograph reads: "TD-18...
Photograph

TD-18A Crawler Tractor — Road Maintenance

Date: 1950
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man driving a TD-18 crawler tractor. Subject: "TD-18 — Road Maintenance." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photo...
Photograph

TD-18A Crawler Tractor — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man driving a TD-18 crawler tractor. Subject: "TD-18A — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Joh...
Historical Object

J.J. Findorff & Sons

Date: 1914
Description: Twelve photographs and one letterhead are mounted on a board with captions. The photographs cover the time before and after a fire in 1909 when the company...
Photograph

Sears Roebuck & Co. Luncheon at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 11 30 1954
Description: Representatives of business, labor and government meet at the Edgewater Hotel for a pre-luncheon gathering to celebrate the opening of a new Sears store. S...
Photograph

Coal Delivery Truck

Date: 11 09 1928
Description: A man is dumping a load of coal from a coal delivery truck. A man is standing in the background on the right. The name painted on the side of the truck rea...
Poster

Exigimos Solucion a Nuestras Demandas!!!

Date: 01 1988
Description: Poster calling for "a solution to our demands" on behalf of construction workers in El Salvador. The poster warns "or we will not lay any more bricks" and ...
Photograph

Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 11 18 1912
Description: Elevated view of yard showing railroad tracks and plant construction. Large piles of sand, and or gravel, are below in the foreground.

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