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Iron Fireman Co. Furnace Showroom

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Description: Interior of the Iron Fireman Company furnace showroom with displays of auto coal burners. The business was at 1218 E. Clybourn Avenue in 1930, and then mov...
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J. Robert Taylor Cleaning Furnace

Date: 10 01 1938
Description: J. Robert Taylor cleaning a furnace. He has a broom and a small brush in hand, a pipe in his mouth, and a dirty rag placed on his head. He is reading a doc...
Photograph

Buffalo Street Pipe Installation

Date: 10 1914
Description: Buffalo Street construction, showing heating pipes being installed under the cut pavement. A boy is bent over in near a pile of dirt in the background look...
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National Blower Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of National Blower Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturers of "Steam Hot Blast Apparatus." On the left is an Uncle Sam figure pointing to a...
Postcard

Man with Gilt Edge Liberty Furnace

Date: 1920
Description: A man holding a cigar stands near a Gilt Edge Liberty furnace. The R.J. Schwab and Sons Co. in Milwaukee sold Liberty and Pipeless furnaces for over fifty ...
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Pennsylvania Coal & Supply Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Pennsylvania Coal & Supply Company, with the company trademark: the initials "P" and "C" printed in red ink, and a head and shoulders ima...

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