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Quitting Time at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve...
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Trolley Car Pulling Flat Car Carrying McCormick Binder and Mower

Date: 1899
Description: Group of people posing on a trolley car, which is pulling a flat car loaded with a McCormick grain binder and mower as part of an event culminating the "Cr...
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Experimental 15-30 Tractor

Date: 04 04 1924
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor taken in a factory rail yard. A man in a suit and hat is sitting at the wheel of ...
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Fauerbach Brewing Co. Buildings

Date: 04 01 1938
Description: Two men standing against a wall, behind the Fauerbach Brewing Co. Railroad tracks are in the foreground, and Lake Monona is in the background.
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Stock Day at Blue River

Date: 12 06 1910
Description: Elevated view of stock day at the railroad yards, showing pens of sheep and other livestock ready for loading into railroad cars. All of the cars are deco...
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Narrow Gauge Railroad

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men transferring bodies of a standard gauge box car (of the Wisconsin Coal Co.) to the narrow gauge tracks of the Fond du Lac, Amboy & Peoria Rail...
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Railroad Crew with Handcar

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Description: Railroad workers posing with a handcar on railroad tracks.
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Old Man and Windsor Billboard

Date: 1980
Description: An elderly man is sitting in the grass by a Windsor Canadian Whiskey billboard.
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Five Men on top of Caboose

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Description: Elevated view of five men standing on top of the caboose. Heavy snow is on the ground, and fences are on the right and left.
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Group of People at Railroad Station

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people looking at single car at the railroad station, probably a special car for a traveling minstrel show.
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Milwaukee Road Train Wreck

Date: 01 11 1948
Description: The remains of the boiler tank of the Milwaukee Road railroad engine of the Portage to Madison passenger train, which exploded and derailed south of Arling...
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Freedom Train

Date: 06 24 1948
Description: Elevated view of the Freedom Train, on the tracks behind the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad station, 644 West Washington Avenue. The Freed...
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P&H Gasoline Crane Mounted on Flatbed Railroad Car

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered crane mounted on a 5-ton standard flatbed railroad car with a grab bucket. A man is standing on the ground on rail...
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Man Walking on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1911
Description: Frank Drew (Frank King's father-in-law) walking railroad tracks. He was known as a prominent banker in the Tomah, Wisconsin community. A hand-drawn decorat...
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Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal 23rd Street Entrance

Date: 04 29 1942
Description: Men are walking along railroad tracks near the 23rd Street entrance at International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal.
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Hawaii Plantation Scene

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Description: View of a sugar cane plantation. Several men are on horseback while others stand nearby. On the other side of a fence are two locomotives. Harvested sugar ...
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Man Seated Atop Bales of Hay

Date: 1914
Description: Man seated on a horse-drawn wagon loaded with bales of hay near railroad tracks.
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Lumber Yard

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Description: Elevated view across railroad tracks of a lumber yard. A two-story building on the right has a sign that says: "Lovejoy & Ringham". There are fences, a sto...
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Convict Laborers

Date: 1915
Description: A group of convict laborers are wearing striped jumpsuits as they work to construct a road. Railroad tracks run through the foreground and people are stand...
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Allis-Chalmers Factory Gate During Strike

Date: 11 25 1946
Description: Allis-Chalmers factory gate during strike. Railroad tracks are in the foreground and a large group of police officers stand inside of and coming out of the...

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