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Workers Relaxing Outside Milwaukee Works

Date: 1914
Description: Workers relaxing outside International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. One group is crowded around a stage listening to a band while others are playing baseba...
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Workers Leaving McCormick Works

Date: 09 20 1928
Description: Stream of factory workers leaving International Harvester's McCormick Works. A sign along the front of the factory reads: "'Quality is the Foundation of ou...
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International Harvester New Orleans Twine Mill

Date: 1930
Description: International Harvester's New Orleans twine mill.
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Women Lifting Mogul Jr. Engine

Date: 1916
Description: A young woman outside industrial building or factory holds a Mogul Jr. 1 HP engine mounted on a skid with two wheels. A man stands nearby on the left. On t...
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Men with Cub Cadets

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of men, possibly dealers or buyers, sitting on and gathered near International Harvester Cub Cadet lawn tractors. The machines were manufactu...
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Canning Factory

Date: 1921
Description: The back of the Klindt-Geiger Canning Company grounds. The site includes a two-story factory, a silo, and a water tower. There is a reel lawn mower lying o...
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Buildings at Saltillo Works

Date: 1973
Description: Buildings near International Harvester's Saltillo Works in Mexico. A donkey stands at left, and a tractor is parked in front of a building near a large, st...
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Widmer Cheese Factory Chimney

Date: 03 1979
Description: "Mason, Reuben Schuster, lays brick on the Widmer Cheese Factory chimney."
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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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Exterior View of McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view over a lawn towards the club house. In the background on the right is a brick factory building. In the foreground are what appear to be court...
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Exterior View of McCormick Works Club House

Date: 06 19 1907
Description: Elevated view over fence of the McCormick Works Club House. There are tennis courts in the left foreground. A man is standing at the door of the club on th...
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Styling Study of Model C-70 Cab Over

Date: 1935
Description: Three-quarter view from front of right side of Model C-70 cab over parked in front of Fort Wayne factory. Note front opening doors.
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Sid Boyum's Backyard

Date: 1970
Description: View of Sid Boyum's backyard, with an arch, pagoda, and sculptures among shrubs and trees. The Madison-Kipp Corporation factory is in the background.
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Sid Boyum's Backyard

Date: 1970
Description: View of Sid Boyum's backyard. There is a large arch in the center with wind chimes hanging on it. Shrubs, trees, plants and other sculptures are on either ...
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"Guardian Lion" in Blue

Date: 09 1969
Description: Southeast Asian-styled "Guardian Lion" concrete-cast sculpture on a large rectangular base painted blue in Sid's backyard. In the background is the white "...
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Amity Leather Products Company

Date: 07 1936
Description: View across street towards the three-story brick factory building, with a taller, square central tower that has symmetrical two-story wings. Identified on ...
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Paper Mill

Date: 01 1936
Description: Two large smokestacks rise from the 1903 building of the Rhinelander Paper Company. Railroad tracks are crossing the left foreground diagonally; a second s...
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Formal Group Portrait of Men Outdoors

Date: 09 09 1927
Description: Group portrait of men sitting and standing outdoors on a lawn. There are large buildings in the background.
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International Harvester Company Plant

Date: 08 31 1927
Description: View across road towards a four-story plant building.
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International Harvester Company Plant

Date: 08 31 1927
Description: View towards the International Harvester Company plant. There is a loading dock on the right side of the building, next to a smaller brick building on the ...

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