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McCormick Works Stock Yard

Date: 1900
Description: Small carts, stacks of lumber, and rail cars in a snow-covered yard at the McCormick Reaper Works. The original caption reads: "Foundry #28, Wheel Room, Bl...
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McCormick Reaper Works Factory and Rail Yard

Date: 1900
Description: Southwest panorama of the McCormick Reaper Works factory and rail yard as seen across a canal. Workers can be seen unloading wood.
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Sawmill, N.C. Foster

Date: 1905
Description: Sawmill with trees, stumps, and lumber in the snow.
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Knapp, Stout and Company Lumber Mill

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view looking north towards Menomonie, the Knapp, Stout and Company lumber mills.
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International Harvester Factory(?) Site

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of men standing around a lumber yard among buildings at an International Harvester factory(?) site, most likely in Illinois. A Chicago, Burli...
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Lumber Storage Yard

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from three monorail hoist crane tracks at the Pacific Lumber Co. lumber storage yard. Three smokestacks are in the background.
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Lumber onto Barge

Date: 1913
Description: View from water of Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends ove...
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Lumber Mill

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Description: Cutover land near a lumber mill. Logs and boards are stacked near the building in the background.
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Campbell's Mill

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Description: Elevated view of Campbell's Mill, which specialized in lumber. Situated in the midst of the forest are smokestacks, railroad tracks, and several buildings....
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The Brooks Scanlon Co.

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Description: Elevated view of the Brooks Scanlon Company, which specialized in lumber. The complex sits on a river. The lumber is lying out on the tops of roofs and in ...
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A Mill in Grand Rapids

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Description: View from shoreline toward the Grand Rapids lumber mill with a smokestack on the opposite shoreline.
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Mill, Cloquet Lumber Co.

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Description: View across water covered with logs toward the mill. Smoke and steam is coming from a smokestack and chimneys. The mill building has smaller outbuildings c...
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Lumber Yard

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Description: Elevated view from hill toward a lumberyard, with small workers' homes on the left. A dirt path and wooden fence surround the lumberyard, which is filled w...
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Northern Lumber Mill and Railroad Yards

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Description: Elevated view of the railroad tracks, lumberyard, and mill of Northern Lumber Mill. In the foreground is a long line of railroad cars sitting on the tracks...
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Schofield Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Dam and mill at on the Wisconsin River.
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Alexander Stewart Lumber Company

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Description: A view of the Alexander Stewart Lumber Company, at 502 3rd Street. Several men are fishing off the bridge/dam over the river.
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Emerson Bros. Sawmill

Date: 1908
Description: Emerson Brothers Sawmill with large piles of cut trees in the foreground.
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R. Stephenson & Co. Mill

Date: 07 30 1865
Description: An exterior view across water of Robert Stephenson & Company Mill, which was a steam mill.
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Peshtigo Company Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Peshtigo Company sawmill including the old wooden dam in the foreground. There are logs in the water on the left.
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Milwaukee Works Exterior

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior view from field of factory buildings at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works.

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