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| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Military mechanics and TD-14 crawler tractor with a Hughes-Keenan Crane servicing a B-17 bomber in MacDill Field hanger. MacDill Field, now MacDill Army Ai... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men loading hundreds of new Farmall B, Farmall A and International crawler tractors (TracTracTors) onto railroad cars with a crane outside... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Steam locomotive moving an overhead crane used to lay rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine. One man is standing on the right, and another man i... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Workers and a steam railroad crane laying rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine. |
| Date: | 09 10 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a Findorff truck and earthmover and Madison Sand and Gravel truck standing ready to excavate for an addition to the Red Dot Foods, Incorpo... |
| Date: | 09 10 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a Findorff truck and earthmover standing ready to excavate for an addition to the Red Dot Foods Incorporated potato chip factory, 1441 Eas... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A group of men are working with an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a crane. |
| Date: | 08 1946 |
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| Description: | Tank car wreck at the Grand Trunk Western Railroad car ferry docks. A man wearing a hat is in the right foreground. |
| Date: | 03 27 1947 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Telephone Co. building site, 122 West Main Street, looking north across basement and first floor with part of the second floor under construction... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Fair employees use a crane to position a version of the Forward statue that was the symbol of the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial Exposition and State Fair. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Fair employees use a crane to complete the positioning of the "Forward" statue at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The grandstand can be seen in the ba... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | The caption states the "Farmall MV shown is owned by C.R. Tschirn of Donaldsville, Louisiana, who operates a 350-acre farm, 225 acres of which were in suga... |
| Date: | 08 25 1948 |
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| Description: | Sculptor Stefan Mittler, posed with an 11 feet 6 inch tall statue of St. Peter at his monument works at 29 N. Orchard Street. The statue was intended for N... |
| Date: | 11 17 1948 |
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| Description: | Construction scene of the Canada Dry Bottling Company building at 3396 University Avenue. Frenchy's restaurant is in the background. |
| Date: | 12 01 1948 |
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| Description: | A tree planting project was started on the northeast side of East Washington Street of hard maple trees, which replace other species and provide for wideni... |
| Date: | 04 10 1941 |
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| Description: | A structure is being demolished on Kilbourn Avenue. |
| Date: | 10 27 1942 |
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| Description: | Interior of what appears to be International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory). |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Men work on what appears to be International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory). |
| Date: | 10 04 1946 |
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| Description: | Men work with an International TracTracTor (crawler tractor) in construction of the Merriman Dam. The tractor was owned by S.A. Healy Co., White Plains, Ne... |
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