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Lauson Factory

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated-view illustration of the John Lauson Manufacturing Company factory. The company made Lauson tractors and Lauson Frost King gasoline engines.
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Trenam Farm Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Trenam All-Purpose Farm Tractor with 12-24 horse power. The advertisement features four photographs of a farmer using the tractor in ...
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Allis-Chalmers Sales Drive Pamphlet

Date: 1921
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Allis-Chalmers sales drive. The cover features illustrations of the New Allis-Chalmers Tractor Foundry and a side...
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The Hemlock Bark Industry

Date: 1895
Description: Promotional card advertising the hemlock barn industry in northern Wisconsin. The card features an elevated view of a tannery.

Caption: THE HEMLOCK BARK ...

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Rebuilt McCormick Buildings

Date: 1871
Description: Collage depicting multiple McCormick buildings reconstructed or built after the Chicago Fire. The caption at bottom reads, "Rebuilt Chicago. — Buildings Er...
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Heider Company Factory

Date: 1915
Description: Illustration of the Heider Manufacturing Company factory in Carroll, Iowa, "Home of the Heider Tractor."
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Huber Manufacturing Company Factory

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the Huber Manufacturing Company factory: "Home of the Huber Light Four Tractor and the Huber Junior Thresher."
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Huber Branch Houses

Date: 1921
Description: Advertisement for the Huber Manufacturing Company featuring a headline reading: "Huber Service covers the Country" along with photographs of Huber branch h...
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"The Thinker" Editorial Cartoon

Date: 1970
Description: Editorial cartoon depicting Rodin's "The Thinker" wearing a gas mask. The figure is surrounded by pollution, with a factory spewing smoke in the background...
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Felker Brothers Mfg. Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Felker Brothers Manufacturing Company. At the top is a color illustration of a landscape with a red barn, a farmhouse, silos, and a culve...
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Standard Bedding Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Standard Bedding Company, with a three-quarter view of the company building and a roundel with decorative flourishes that features a swan...
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Oshkosh Bedding & Couch Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Oshkosh Bedding & Couch Company, with a three-quarter view of the company building, with a turret and a crenellated roofline on one side.
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Webster Manufacturing Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Webster Manufacturing Company, with an elevated view of the company complex on the left, and a single rocking chair on the right.
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F.G. & C.A. Stanley Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the F.G. & C.A. Stanley Company, a manufacturer of building parts, with card views of the machine shop and foundry.
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Rock River Cotton Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Rock River Cotton Company, with an elevated three-quarter view of the company building on the left, and a branch of the cotton plant with b...
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Engraving of Deering Harvester Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Deering Harvester Works. Includes insets: one in the bottom left corner is of a man using a horse-drawn mower, and the one in the bottom r...
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Engraving of Original Factory

Date: 1860
Description: Engraving of original factory at Plano, Illinois.
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Engraving Showing Deering Factory

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of Deering factory.
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Engraving of "Factory of Warder, Mitchell and Co."

Date: 1877
Description: Elevated view of Warder, Mitchell and Co., manufacturers of Champion Reapers and Mowers exclusively.
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Engraving of Kirby Factory

Date: 1877
Description: Aerial view of the Kirby Factory in Auburn, New York. On left side is the text: "A Machine Made Every 14 Minutes." Along the bottom are numbered explanatio...

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