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Power House Excavation

Date: 05 05 1919
Description: Workers preparing the power house for the addition of a 1250 k.w. turbo generator. A man in the foreground is taking a drink of water from a pail. Benham w...
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McCormick-Deering No. 7 Harvester-Thresher

Date: 04 08 1926
Description: McCormick-Deering no. 7 harvester-thresher (combine) in a factory yard. This model features a bagging platform located high on the machine and a single-whe...
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Osborne Works

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of International Harvester's Osborne Works factory (later known as "Auburn Works") and the surrounding neighborhood.
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St. Cloud Branch House

Date: 1912
Description: Men stand on a street in front of an International Harvester branch house.
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International Harvester Branch House

Date: 1919
Description: International Harvester Branch House. Signs on the building advertise agricultural implements, motor trucks and Kerosene engines and tractors. Many small t...
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St. Paul Flax Twine Mill

Date: 1906
Description: Exterior view of the St. Paul Flax Twine MIll with a railroad track and power lines in the foreground.
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Osborne Works

Date: 02 06 1912
Description: Exterior of International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works) with a snow-covered street in the foreground.
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Patten Manufacturing Company

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view of the Patten Manufacturing Company.
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Lemann's McCormick-Deering Dealership

Date: 1943
Description: Exterior view of storefront of Lemann's McCormick-Deering Equipment, an International Harvester dealership operated by B. Lemann & Bro., Inc. A large indus...
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Electric Wires and Railroad Tracks

Date: 03 1928
Description: Power lines along both sides of railroad tracks running through a rural area.
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Calendar — August & September

Date: 1893
Description: 1893 calendar, with the months of August & September. Features an illustration of a woman holding a light. Around her are books, telescope, and other objec...
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Elevated View of McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of McCormick Works. In the foreground are powerlines, and beyond are railroad tracks and a locomotive pulling railroad cars. Near the factory...
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McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of McCormick Works. Advertisement are painted on the sides of a building on the left, and on the bottom left are billboards.
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McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of McCormick Works. In the foreground are powerlines, and beyond are railroad cars on railroad tracks. A large sign that reads (in reverse), ...
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Northeast Panorama of Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of McCormick Works, with construction of wheel shop. Streetcars are along the street in the foreground.
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McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of McCormick Works. Below in the foreground are low industrial buildings. A long platform with a fence is near railroad cars and railroad tra...
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Electrical Generator

Date: 02 18 1910
Description: Electrical generator at McCormick Works.
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Electrical Room at McCormick Works

Date: 02 03 1912
Description: Electrical room indoors at McCormick Works.
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Electrical Room at McCormick Works

Date: 02 03 1912
Description: Electrical room inside McCormick Works.
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Railroad Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 08 23 1917
Description: View down railroad tracks. There are railroad cars on the left on another set of tracks. Men are standing further down the tracks, and a man standing near ...

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