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Oil Transportation

Date: 1917
Description: Man standing on snow-covered ground with an International Model G truck and horse-drawn wagon at an oil depot. Handwritten captions on the photo mark "the ...
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Cities Service Oil Company Explosion

Date: 12 29 1944
Description: Man standing on bulk tanks at Cities Service Oil Company Plant, 815 East Main Street, where an explosion killed welder Harold Michelson.
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Men Loading Barrels on Wagons

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Description: Men loading barrels on horse-drawn wagons, probably the Onalaska Pickling and Canning Company on Winnebago Avenue.
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Tractor Transport

Date: 1937
Description: Men load I-12 tractors onto a train at International Harvester's Neuss Works in Germany.
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Filling an Oil Truck

Date: 1930
Description: Two men filling an International oil truck used by the Canadian McColl Frontenac Oil Company. Storage tanks and a building are in the background.
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Farmall MV on Farm

Date: 1943
Description: The caption for this photograph states that this Farmall MV tractor is "shown at work on the 2800-acre Triangle Farm near McCall, Louisiana, some 1800 acre...
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10-20 Industrial Tractor with Boxes

Date: 08 25 1927
Description: An employee of the R.D. Baker Company uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor to load batch boxes with sand, cement, and gravel from large overhe...
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International Truck with Fuel Oil Tank

Date: 1947
Description: Left side view of an International Model KB-10 truck owned by Consumers Company and outfitted with a fuel oil tank. The text on the truck reads: "Better Fu...
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Magnolia Petroleum Company Truck

Date: 1950
Description: A man is driving a truck marked "Mobilgas" which is owned by the Magnolia Petroleum Company. The truck is in front of several large petroleum storage tanks...
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Striking Workers at Lookout Oil

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Description: Striking members of United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) Local 186 listen to talk from union representative Grover Hathaway, who is not in the pic...
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Okmulgee Oil Refinery

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Description: View of the Okmulgee Oil Refinery. Okmulgee county was known for its oil refineries, producing 45,000 barrels a day from October to December 1919. Caption ...
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Townsend Oil Company Truck

Date: 03 17 1925
Description: A man, standing in front of three large storage tanks, is filling the tank on the back of an International Model 63 truck owned by the Townsend Oil Company...
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Missile-Launch Cell on Cargostar

Date: 1970
Description: COF-1810A Cargostar with Missile-Launch Cell. A group of men are in the cab of the Cargostar which is traveling along a road. In the background are industr...
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Man Operating Hough 90 Pay Loader

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Description: Man operating a Hough 90 Pay Loader to move sand or other material into conveying machinery. A sign on the driver's side door of a truck in the background ...
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Iowa Public Service Co. Truck

Date: 08 31 1927
Description: View of a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck. The sign painted on the truck reads: "Iowa Public Service Co." The truck is parked near a brick indu...
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Inter. Super A — Municipalities

Date: 1950
Description: Front view of a man driving a tractor pulling an oil burning tar kettle on a trailer. Another man is standing nearby on the left. Subject: "Inter. Super A ...
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TD-9 — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of man driving TD-9. Subject: "TD-9 — Road Building." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Mason Brod., Houston, T...
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Dane County Sheriff Department Dog Training

Date: 01 25 1960
Description: An unidentified Dane County Sheriff Department employee training a police dog. The man and the dog are in a field, and a storage tank is near buildings in ...
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Biological Laboratory at Signy Island

Date: 1965
Description: Elevated view of the Biological Laboratory in Antarctica.

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