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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Locomotive

Date: 1875
Description: Locomotive No. 75. Class H. Built 1850 by Schnectady Locomotive Works. Men are posed on and around the locomotive.
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Farmer Cuts Firewood

Date: 11 26 1923
Description: Farmer, possibly Walter Stange, cutting wood with a circular saw run by a 1 1/2 H.P. Type M McCormick-Deering gas engine.
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Stoking the Fire

Date: 1950
Description: A man in work clothes gets ready to shove a log into the fire chamber of a boiler.
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Cutting Wood with W-4 Tractor

Date: 1950
Description: View towards two men cutting wood with a saw powered by a McCormick standard W-4 tractor.
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Men Cut Firewood with Belt-Driven Saw

Date: 08 08 1935
Description: Men cutting firewood with a belt-driven saw powered by a McCormick-Deering Farmall F-30 tractor on the farm of Spencer Johnson.
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Loading Firewood into International Model S Truck

Date: 07 19 1926
Description: Men loading cut firewood from a large pile onto the back of an International Model S truck used by the Benj. E. Weeks Firewood Company.
Book or Pamphlet

IHC Engines in the Field

Date: 1913
Description: Page from a "IHC Newspaper and Catalogue Electrotype Service" booklet titled "IHC Engines in the Field." Clockwise from top left, the illustration captions...
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Engine Powering Cutting Saw

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Description: A man using an International engine to power a wood cutting saw in Australia.
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Clam Fishing

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of six men on the shore of a river, with piles of clam shells inside loose wooden fences near a pile of firewood and an axe. The firewood may...
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A Donkey Cart

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Description: View of a man in a hat, sitting on a donkey drawn cart filled with fire wood. The cart sits on a dirt road with woods in the background. Caption reads: "...
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Man Sawing Logs

Date: 1912
Description: A man cutting logs with a circular table saw powered by a stationary engine. In the background is a storefront, with hay bales and an advertisement for Wri...
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Men Sawing Logs in the Field

Date: 1912
Description: Two men cutting logs with a circular saw powered by a stationary engine. One man is feeding logs to the saw while the other man is standing by a pile of th...
Painting

The Cheese Factory

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Description: Horse-drawn wagons, also known as milk buggies, dropping off cans of milk at the country cheese factory during summer.
Painting

Woodcutting Bee

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Description: Neighbors work together in the final process of sawing firewood, as they saw poles into blocks. The man with the plaid shirt and suspenders is the owner of...
Painting

Maple Sugaring

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Description: Two men work at running sap from maple trees. Buckets are hanging beneath the sap spouts or "spiles" inserted into holes drilled in the trees. A team of ho...
Photograph

Men Sawing Wood

Date: 1926
Description: Three men use circular saws to cut wood in a forest. The tractor on the right appears to be providing belt-driven power to the saws.
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Mexican Wood Wagons

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Description: A man wearing a hat is standing in a side street in Juarez, Mexico next to two donkeys laden with bundles of wood. Caption reads: "Mexican Wood Wagons, Jua...
Photograph

Making Maple Syrup

Date: 04 1957
Description: LuRay Arms and Otis Arms tending a fire while making maple syrup outdoors.
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The Arms Men Making Maple Syrup

Date: 04 1957
Description: Three men from the Arms family making maple syrup outdoors. From left to right are: Lewis, Bernard, and Otis Arms.
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Engine-Powered Saw

Date: 10 1923
Description: A man wearing overalls and a cap is using a saw powered by a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine to cut wood on International Harvester's Hinsdale expe...

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