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Unloading Coal

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Description: A man unloads coal from a boat by walking a wheelbarrow across wooden platforms raised on scaffolds. In the background a man stands with an empty wheelbarr...
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Loading Coal into International K-6 Dump Truck

Date: 1948
Description: Man loading coal from an overhead bin into an International K-6 dump truck owned by South Chicago Coal and Dock Company. The slogan "coal stoker heat is be...
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Lehigh Coal and Iron Company

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of the coke ovens at the Lehigh Coal and Iron Company. A group of men are posing in the foreground.
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Lumberyard

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Description: A lumberyard at about E. Lincoln Avenue and S. Burrell Street in Bay View, looking west to St. Josaphat's Basilica.
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International G-61 Coal Truck

Date: 1921
Description: Two men standing in front of their International G-61 truck. The truck was operated by Alwart Brother's Coal Company of Chicago and Evanston. An advertisem...
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International Model 63 Arquilla Bros. Truck

Date: 11 07 1924
Description: International Model 63 truck operated by Arquilla Bros. There is a man sitting in the passenger's seat outside of a brick building (possibly the coal store...
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Loading Hard Coal

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Description: Two horses hitched up to a Milwaukee Western Fuel Company cart stopped at a station, with a man standing on the wagon filling the cart with hard coal for h...
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DR-60 Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Two men use a DR-60 truck owned by J. Robert Bazley, Inc. to dump coal taken from Pennsylvania coal strippings into a chute leading to railroad cars. The m...
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Flat Cars Outside Ohio Mine

Date: 01 19 1938
Description: Two men standing next to mining cars near the opening of the Beam & Merritt mine as an International PA-50 power unit is installed.
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Buffington Coke Works

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Description: The roofs and smokestacks of the power house and hoist house of Buffington Coke Works are behind the coke ovens which are in the foreground. Buffington Cok...
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Coke Manufacturing Scene

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Description: Men work with the coke ovens at the coal mine. Caption reads: "Coke Manufacturing Scene, Near Bluefield, West Virginia."
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Truck Transporting Bags of Coke Fuel

Date: 03 21 1925
Description: Bags of coke fuel are piled on the bed of an International Model 63 truck owned by Tony Laquitana.
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Truck Hauling Cinders

Date: 1925
Description: An International Model 103 truck with a wood W-12 body and F-6 hoist owned by H. Schwartz, contractor, accepts a load of cinders from a chute.
Book or Pamphlet

Morrisdale Coal Company's Shaft

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Description: A view of the Morrisdale Coal Company's shaft showing surface buildings before the fire of December 15, 1899.
Print

Internatioal D-60, DR-60 Truck Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International D-60 and DR-60 trucks. Includes the International Triple Diamond logo, and a photographic illustration o...
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Coyle Brothers Incorporated Truck

Date: 1939
Description: A man stands on the bed of an International DR-500 truck while shoveling coal onto a conveyor operated by another man on the ground. The truck was owned by...
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Beverly Coal Truck

Date: 04 28 1939
Description: Men loading large chunks of coal onto the bed of an International D5-40 truck owned by E.I. Clarke Sand and Gravel Company. A storage building is in the ba...
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Cataract Ice and Coal Company Trucks

Date: 11 10 1937
Description: Three of Cataract Ice and Coal Company's fleet of six International D-30 trucks are parked along the company's loading dock where men stand. The text on th...
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Depot and Train

Date: 1920
Description: View across road of travelers on platform exiting the Lancaster train depot. A man sits on a horse-drawn wagon in front of the depot.
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Charcoal Kilns

Date: 09 27 1895
Description: Elevated view of men and horses standing atop the platform used to load wood into charcoal kilns, also known as pits. These kilns convert cord wood into ch...

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