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Construction of Pyrofax Plant

Date: 10 09 1929
Description: A Chicago & North Western Railroad Bucyrus crane installing a large tank at a Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Company Pyrofax plant, at 130 Fair Oaks Avenue.
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Crushing and Loading Equipment

Date: 04 19 1928
Description: Crushing and Loading equipment at a gravel pit.
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Crushing and Loading Equipment

Date: 04 19 1928
Description: Crushing and Loading equipment at gravel pit.
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Small Child Seated on Horse

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Description: Small girl seated on a horse with man standing nearby, both wearing hats. A steam-powered carousel is on the right, and the steam engine can be seen on the...
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P&H Mobile Dragline

Date: 04 29 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered mobile dragline with a horizontal trench digger in the background. A large group of men are standing and posing on...
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Rajo Oil Corporation Pump

Date: 07 05 1938
Description: An International P-20 power unit powers an oil pump owned by the Rajo Oil Corporation. A building is in the background.
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Road Maintenance

Date: 01 13 1938
Description: Adams road grader equipped with a McCormick-Deering power unit on a rural road. A county road maintenance crew is using the grader near the border between ...
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Mogul 45 H.P. Tractor Pulling Road Grader

Date: 1912
Description: Group of men standing with road grader pulled by a 45 h.p. Mogul tractor along a rural road.
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Milwaukee Works Exterior

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior view from field of factory buildings at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works.
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International KB-10 Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Men unloading machinery from an International KB-10 truck. The original caption reads, "An International KB-10 with Rodgers body and Braden winch owned by ...
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Men Posed at Sawmill

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Description: Large group of men posed standing in front of a sawmill. Three men are posed standing in a wagon pulled by a team of two horses wearing fly-nets. One man w...
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After Powder Explosion

Date: 03 09 1911
Description: A man stands on a foundation among the debris of the aftermath of a powder explosion. Around the man are pieces of corrugated metal, machinery and wood. In...
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Ice Harvesting Machine

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Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of an ice harvesting machine on a frozen lake. The sled legs are in tracks in the snow, and the circular saw is shown cut...
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Man Driving Industrial Tractor Pulling Road Construction Equipment

Date: 06 16 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man driving an industrial tractor pulling road construction equipment.
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Man Driving Industrial Tractor Pulling Road Grader

Date: 06 16 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man driving an industrial tractor pulling a road grader. In the background is a field, and farm buildings and large...
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Aerating Potter's Lake

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is standing behind a snow fence next to a surface aerator. Water is pouring down or up the machine, breaking the surface tension of the lake. Snow is...
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Man Operating Grader

Date: 11 18 1926
Description: View down unpaved road towards a man operating a grader. In the background is a large house with a front porch and a turret.
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Farmall Powering Irrigation

Date: 07 10 1928
Description: A Farmall tractor in the foreground is belt driving an irrigation system. A man is standing in the background among trees.
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Multiple Tractor Scenes — Parks, Cemeteries, Etc.

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Multiple Tractor Scenes — Parks, Cemeteries, Etc." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Used by the Fairgrounds Race Track (New...
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Multiple Tractor Scenes — Parks, Cemeteries, Etc.

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Multiple Tractor Scenes — Parks, Cemeteries, Etc." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Used by the Fairgrounds Race Track (New...

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