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Crating Tractors at Tractor Works

Date: 1929
Description: Factory workers crate McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractors for shipment at International Harvester's Tractor Works. Original caption reads: "Annually, thousand...
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Modern Steam Locomotive

Date: 1944
Description: The Pennsylvania Railroad purchased this innovative steam engine that was built to pull up to 125 loaded cars at 50 miles per hour.
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Railroad Mail Car

Date: 11 03 1967
Description: Workers sort mail into bins in a railroad mail car.
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Railroad Car Load of Culverts

Date: 07 20 1932
Description: Group of men sitting on top of railroad flatbed car loaded with culverts. Sign above them reads: "Capital City Culvert Company," 1335 Gilson Street.
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Railroad Freight Wagons

Date: 1913
Description: View down platform between two railroad trains of men unloading freight onto wagons from a Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway freight car at th...
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"Spokane" Steamship Loaded with International Tractors

Date: 06 08 1928
Description: Elevated view of the steamship "Spokane" in port loaded with International Harvester tractors.
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International L-185 Moving Truck

Date: 1952
Description: International L-185 moving truck owned by United Van Lines parked in a residential driveway.
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International Model C-110 Truck

Date: 1961
Description: Man positioning an International C-110 truck under the wing of an airplane. The truck was owned by Maloney Freight.
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Freight Steamer "Cornucopia"

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view from hill of the freight steamer "Cornucopia" loading hides at the Hammond Brothers warehouse, with Lawrence University buildings on the hill...
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Potato World

Date: 03 21 1986
Description: Office and metal warehouse of Potato World, Inc., located on County Highway E near Grand Marsh in Adams County.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Freight Station

Date: 03 22 1922
Description: Exterior view of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul freight station.
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Bales of Cotton on the Wharf

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Description: View of the levee with bales of cotton on the wharf. Caption reads: "On The Levee."
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Mississippi Steamer being Loaded at Wharf

Date: 1900
Description: View of the T.P. Leathers Steamer at dock. Men can be seen loading cargo onto the ship. Caption reads: "A Mississippi Steamer."
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Boat on Edge of Ice

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Description: View of a ship in the spring on the edge of the ice five miles off Nome. On shore, sleds and sled dogs are in the foreground. Caption reads: "The first boa...
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Bad Road Conditions of the 1940s

Date: 04 15 1941
Description: Impassible muddy conditions along State Highway 13 between Butternut and Glidden, with a truck of the Flambeau Freight Lines stuck up to its axles.
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Train Loaded with Chevrolet Autos

Date: 09 15 1916
Description: Panoramic view of train loaded with Chevrolet automobiles. Caption at top reads, "The largest shipment of automobiles ever unloaded in Milwaukee, sold and ...
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Interstate Transportation Company Truck

Date: 1929
Description: Two men loading a crate onto an International truck used by the Interstate Transportation Company. The truck's lettering reads: "Waterbury-Pittsfield-Alban...
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International Truck at Freight Station

Date: 1921
Description: An International truck labeled "Kingston's Baggage Line" and piled with luggage trunks pulls out of the parking lot of a Northwestern Line Freight Station....
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Men Cut Scrap Iron with Torch

Date: 1942
Description: A group looks on as a man uses a cutting torch to reduce scrap iron into readily marketable pieces in the farm scrap collection drive in Barton County. Acc...
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Freight Team

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Description: A view of a sixteen horse freight team. In the background are a livery and feed stable, along with a harness shop. Caption reads: "16 Horse Freight Team, L...

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