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Steam Locomotive Loaded with Logs

Date: 1915
Description: Two workers perched on a steam locomotive pulling railroad cars loaded with logs. The coal car bears the name "Deering Southwestern Railway." The railway w...
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Steam Locomotive Pulling Crane at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Steam locomotive moving an overhead crane used to lay rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine. One man is standing on the right, and another man i...
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Steam Engine Pulling McCormick-Deering Harvester-Threshers

Date: 02 17 1928
Description: Elevated view of a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad steam engine transporting new McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines) from Moline, Illin...
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Train Load of Tractors from Milwaukee Works

Date: 03 09 1927
Description: A train carrying tractors stopped on its way from Milwaukee Works (factory).
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Two Men Posing on a Train Engine

Date: 1949
Description: Engineer and fireman on a train carrying International Harvester binder twine ("a trainload of twine") to Lincoln, Nebraska. Original caption reads: "Engin...
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Wickwire Spencer Steel Company Truck

Date: 1940
Description: An International D-500 truck owned by the Wickwire Spencer Steel Company is parked in the foreground of an industrial area near railroad tracks. In the bac...
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Missouri Pacific Railroad

Date: 1936
Description: An International Model C-35 is parked near a building. To the right men are working on a locomotive for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The front of another...
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Brookville Locomotive

Date: 12 22 1937
Description: Brookville locomotive pulling dump cars in a rock quarry owned by General Refractories Company. Two men can be seen sitting inside through the front window...
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Brookville Locomotive

Date: 11 18 1937
Description: A man operating a Brookville locomotive powered by an International P-12 power unit while two men are working behind him at what appears to be a constructi...
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Birds-Eye View of Akron Works

Date: 1920
Description: Bird-eye view of factory buildings at International Harvester's Akron Works.
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Farmalls Ready for Delivery

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of Farmall tractors ready for delivery by rail and truck leave International Harvester's Farmall Works factory. In the foreground are stacks ...
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Farmall Delivery by Rail

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of Farmall tractors are loaded onto railroad cars as they prepare to leave International Harvester's Farmall Works factory. On the locomotive...
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International Harvester Branch House and Railroad — Philadelphia

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of a train stopped at the North Philadelphia depot, surrounded by various industrial buildings, including the International Harvester Company...
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Taggart Coal Supply Company Trucks

Date: 1940
Description: Two International D-15 trucks owned by Taggart Coal and Supply Company parked outside the storefront.
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McCormick Works and Canal

Date: 1900
Description: View of what appears to be the McCormick Reaper Works, with the west fork of the south branch of the Chicago River in the foreground. Smokestacks, railroad...
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Northern Railway Locomotive

Date: 1905
Description: A locomotive for the Northern Railway is backed up near the closed doors of a brick building which sits on the railroad tracks, probably on the grounds of ...
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Northern Railway Locomotive

Date: 1905
Description: A locomotive for the Northern Railway sits on railroad tracks, probably on the grounds of the McCormick Works. The side of the locomotive reads: "Northern ...
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Flatcars Loaded with Lumber in Front of a Factory

Date: 12 22 1906
Description: Six flat cars loaded with lumber are lined up behind a locomotive in a factory rail yard, probably at the McCormick Works. In the background is a large fac...
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Scout and Locomotive

Date: 1967
Description: Family in red Scout convertible. The man in the driver's seat is pointing at the locomotive they are parked in front of. A woman is sitting in the passenge...
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Elevated View of McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of McCormick Works. In the foreground are powerlines, and beyond are railroad tracks and a locomotive pulling railroad cars. Near the factory...

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