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Seabees with Cherry Picker

Date: 1945
Description: Seabees use an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a crane ("cherry picker") to load cargo on a Western Pacific island. The text on the crane ...
Poster

On The Job For Victory

Date: 1914
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of the inside of a shipping manufacturer, with men working near a ship in drydock. Text at bottom reads: "On The Job For V...
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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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Man Under 3-Way Switch

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Description: A man wearing a wide brimmed hat leans on a support beam underneath a 3-way switch at the Madero Lumber Company. A P&H handling unit (No. 2821) is also vis...
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Lumber Hoist & Switch

Date: 11 04 1915
Description: Elevated view of a monorail hoist, lumber carrying unit, and monorail track switch at the Port Hammond Lumber Company. Men are working with stacks of lumbe...
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Monorail Hoist & Lumber Carrying Unit

Date: 11 04 1915
Description: Elevated view of monorail hoist with lumber carrying unit, with the number 17 painted on the front, at the Port Hammond Lumber Company. Men can be seen in ...
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Monorail Hoist, Lumber Carrying Unit and Switch

Date: 11 04 1915
Description: A monorail hoist with lumber carrying unit and monorail track switch, with the number 12 painted on the front, at the Port Hammond Lumber Company. Other te...
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Man In Lumber Warehouse

Date: 11 04 1915
Description: A man wearing a tie and a pocket watch on his belt, stands between stacks of lumber in a tall building at the Port Hammond Lumber Company. Tracks for the m...
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Lumber Yard

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Description: Elevated view of workings of the Port Hammond Lumber Company, including monorail hoists, tracks and men working with large stacks of lumber. There are larg...
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Truck with Logging Trailer

Date: 1947
Description: Men using a crane to load logs onto the trailer of an International W-6564-OH truck. A man is swinging from the crane's cable over the logs on the truck. A...
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Log Loading

Date: 1949
Description: A man uses a crane to load a pallet of logs onto the bed of an International KBS-6 pulpwood special truck. The crane and truck are parked in front of a lar...
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American Pipe and Construction Company Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Two men standing on a pipe on the bed of a International truck use a crane to unload one of the pipes. A long building, possibly a warehouse, is in the bac...
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Loading Truck with Pipes

Date: 1950
Description: Men guiding a pipe onto the back of an International truck bed as it is lowered with an overhead crane. The truck, owned by American Pipe & Construction Co...
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Construction of Bridge over Little Lake Buttes des Morts

Date: 08 10 1973
Description: View across water of early construction of the bridge over Little Lake Buttes des Morts.
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Battle at Iwo Jima

Date: 1945
Description: Marines dig foxholes into the sand on the beaches of Iwo Jima. The men are surrounded by military equipment, including a crane. An International Diesel cra...
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Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal Construction

Date: 05 16 1942
Description: Men use a crane to work on the "Micro-Westco Addition" at International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal. The text on the crane reads: "Universal; Exca...
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Building Construction

Date: 07 03 1942
Description: Men work on the interior of a partially constructed building at International Harvester's Quad Cities Tank Arsenal.
Poster

New York Central Lines Travel Poster: Ashtabula Harbor, Lake Erie

Date: 1928
Description: An original New York Central Lines railway lithograph promoting Ashtabula Harbor, Lake Erie, as the location "Where Trainloads of Appalachian Coal are Exch...
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Carthage Building Stone Company

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Description: An unfinished architectural project at Carthage Building Stone Company, which was managed by J. P. Newell with Millard Bryan as superintendent. By 1914, lo...
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Unloading Sugar Cane

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Description: A view of a crane unloading sugar cane onto boxcars on a track at the Sugar House. Several men and two horses pulling a wagon are on the right.

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