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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated exterior view of T.G. Mandt Wagons & Carriages. Several of the men are standing near or leaning on one of the many carriages displayed ar... |
| Date: | 05 06 1894 |
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| Description: | View from the Monongahela River of the Edgar W. Thompson steel works. An oar from Thwaites' boat is visible in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of one of the first Pawling & Harnischfeger machine shops. The building was built in 1886 on the corner of South First Street and East Oregon... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | 40 H.P. experimental tractor. Original caption reads: "40 H.P., Built in 1896." |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated winter view of the Leinenkugel Brewery seen "from top of Mill." Originally called "Spring Brewery," Jacob Leinenkugel opened his brewery in 1867 i... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Engraved bird's-eye view illustration of the "McCormick Harvesting Machine Company's Works," including railroad cars, smoke from smokestacks and factory wo... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Engraved illustration of an elevated view of the "McCormick Reaper & Mower Works." Ships are on Lake Michigan in the background. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Lithograph illustration of downtown Chicago near the Rush Street bridge (a "swing bridge"). The McCormick Reaper Works and other factory buildings are on t... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of downtown Chicago before the fire of 1871. The photograph was taken from the South side of the Chicago River, looking Northeast. The Rush ... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Men posed in front of and on top of a building at Plant One of the Curtis and Yale Co. Some of the men stand with bicycles. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of elevated view looking northwest from Exposition Building. There is a church on a street corner on the left, and the Best Brewing Company in ... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Several wagon loads of lumber stand in the yard of a planing mill. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Workers at the Willms cigar factory, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, posing with cigars and cigar boxes. Gustav Willms (c. 1854-1917) sits on the far left with six c... |
| Date: | 12 1898 |
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| Description: | Fire insurance map showing the grounds and buildings of the McCormick Reaper Works, a factory operated by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Fire insurance map of the McCormick Reaper Works, a factory of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View of a lumber hooker ship at dock on the Root River. The 4th St. bridge spans the river at center. The Racine Woolen Mill is visible at right behind the... |
| Date: | 09 28 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of wagons filled with potatoes parked near a starch factory. In 1895, 125,000 bushels of potatoes were converted into starch. Railroad tracks... |
| Date: | 09 1884 |
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| Description: | Sanborn map of Fort Atkinson including Barrie, Germany, and North Water Streets. |
| Date: | 09 1884 |
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| Description: | Sanborn map of Fort Atkinson including South Water and Milwaukee Streets. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| 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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