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Conklin Ice House

Date: 1912
Description: Men harvesting ice at the Conklin Ice House on Lake Mendota. The men are using pike poles to slide the blocks to the conveyor and U-shaped tools to split p...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump

Date: 12 28 1949
Description: Members of the Blackhawk Ski Club prepare the landing area at the club's ski jump at Tomahawk Ridge, located west of Middleton. From left are Jim Jardine, ...
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Sand & Gravel Being Conveyed into the Bed of a Truck

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Description: A man is standing on a walkway on top of a mechanical conveyor belt machine in a quarry, loading a truck with sand and gravel. A man with a shovel is stand...
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Men Working in McCormick Foundry

Date: 1900
Description: View across foundry floor of factory workers in a large room with high ceilings, vent hoods and skylights at McCormick Works. Two men in the middle ground ...
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Assembly Line at Tractor Works

Date: 1947
Description: Factory workers on a crawler tractor (TracTracTor) assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Springfield Factory Assembly Line

Date: 04 19 1967
Description: Press release photograph showing a truck assembly line at International Harvester's Springfield Works. Original caption reads: "The starting point for new ...
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Louisville Works Assembly Line

Date: 06 1961
Description: Elevated view of factory workers piecing together Cub Cadet parts along an assembly line at International Harvester's Louisville Works.
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Men Along Assembly Line

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of factory workers assembling pieces of the Cub Cadet lawn tractor while standing on either side of an assembly line at International Harvest...
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Consolidated Paper

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Description: Smoke billowing from smokestacks at the Consolidated Paper plant. The river appears to be partially frozen, and snow is on the ground. Piles of logs, on th...
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Goodyear Mill

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Description: Lumberyard with railroad lines and a sawmill, probably the Goodyear Mill, three miles south of Saddle, or a mill located in McKenna.
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Goodyear Mill

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Description: Elevated view of a large group of men posing standing in front of a sawmill, probably the Goodyear Mill, three miles south of Saddle, or a mill located in ...
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Copeland Mine

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Copeland Mine. Entry building, with tram tracks suspended high on scaffolding and piles of rocks below.
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Cutting Ice

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Description: View from ice of men from the CCC group at Camp Petenwell cutting ice. Three men stand on the ice on the right. A steep bank surrounds the icy water. Men a...
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Collapse of a Structure

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Description: Group portrait of men wearing winter coats and hats. They are standing on a metal roof, examining a large collapsed industrial structure which is behind th...
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International Scout Chassis on Production Line

Date: 1961
Description: Fort Wayne employee adjusting the transmission of an International Scout. Assembly line image from International Harvester's Fort Wayne plant, subject of a...
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Elevated International Scout Body at Fort Wayne Works

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated International Scout body lifted into the air as it continues on the assembly line. Assembly line image from International Harvester's Fort Wayne p...
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International Scout Body Assembly

Date: 1961
Description: Fort Wayne employees assembling the body of an International Scout. Assembly line image from International Harvester's Fort Wayne plant, subject of a 1961 ...
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Fort Wayne Employee Assembling International Scout Body

Date: 1961
Description: Fort Wayne employee using a power tool to assemble the body of an International Scout. Assembly line image from International Harvester's Fort Wayne plant,...
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International Scout Body Being Lowered onto Chassis

Date: 1961
Description: Several Fort Wayne employees are bracing the chassis of an International Scout as they prepare to unite body and chassis. Assembly line image from Internat...
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International Scout Body and Chassis

Date: 1961
Description: Fort Wayne employees attach the body of an International Scout to its chassis. The body is being lowered from an overhead lift. Assembly line image from In...

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