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100-Ton Hydraulic Press

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Description: Workers operate a hydraulic press and make stacks of mass-produced metal parts.
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First Harley-Davidson Shop

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Description: The original shop in the Davidson family backyard where the first Harley-Davidson motorcycles were assembled. There is snow on the ground. The sign on the ...
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Machine Shop in Hudson

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a machine shop in Hudson, which was built in 1916. There are railroad tracks and railroad cars along the left side of the buildin...
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Allis-Chalmers Gates Gyratory Breaker

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Description: View inside the Allis-Chalmers plant of #27 double discharge Gates Gyratory Breaker during erection. It was built for the Utah Copper Company. There is a m...
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P&H 20-Ton Traveling Crane in Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of shop floor of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger 20-ton type "N" dial controlled cab-operated traveling crane. The crane is in machine sho...
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P&H 20-Ton Traveling Crane With Boiler Tubs

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of Pawling & Harnischfeger 20-ton type "N" dial controlled cab-operated traveling crane in a machine shop with boiler tubs. The location is p...
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P&H 10-Ton Traveling "Belly Crane" In Machine Shop

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Description: Interior view of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger type "N"model overhead traveling crane with a type "A" trolley. It was called a "Belly Crane" due to th...
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Early P&H 6-Ton I-Beam Cranes

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of two early 6-ton Pawling & Harnischfeger I-Beam cranes, numbered 123 and 124. The bridges of both are an early "O" type used for short span...
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Two Early P&H 15-Ton I-Beam Cranes

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Description: Interior view of a machine shop outfitted with two early Pawling & Harnischfeger 15-ton, overhead trolley, cab-operated, basic block I-Beam cranes with typ...
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Early Standard P&H Bridge Crane

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Description: Interior view of an early Pawling & Harnischfeger standard crane in a machine shop with a type "N" bridge and a type "A" trolley. There is an operator in t...
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Early P&H Machine Shop

Date: 1886
Description: Exterior view of one of the first Pawling & Harnischfeger machine shops. The building was built in 1886 on the corner of South First Street and East Oregon...
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P&H Standard Type "AN" Hoist in Machine Shop

Date: 1910
Description: A standard Pawling & Harnischfeger type "AN" hoist crane in the Nordberg Erecting shop. Many parts are sitting on the shop floor.
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Rolling Aluminum

Date: 1923
Description: Men rolling aluminum by hand at the Mirro Aluminum Company.
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New York State Reformatory

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Description: A view of the trade school machine shop, with a man standing by each machine. Light streams in from the windows on both sides of the shop. Caption reads: "...
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Naval Students at the U.S. Naval Training School

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Description: A group of Naval students learn to use hacksaws in a machine shop at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Machine Shop Workers

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Description: Four men in aprons and a boy stand outside a machine shop.
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Machine Shop Worker

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Description: A man wearing safety goggles and an apron while working in a machine shop. He may be part of a safety program.
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Machine Shop Instruction

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Description: An older man appears to be giving another man instruction in a machine shop. The caption on the back of the print reads, "Diabetes Couldn't Fight The Kaise...
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Auto Mechanics Student

Date: 1978
Description: A student using an engine lathe in an auto mechanics class at Indianhead Technical Institute. He is wearing safety glasses, jeans and an Ashland wrestling ...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior of the machine shop at the Lawson plant. There are drill presses and a belt-driven machinery system attached to the open rafters of the ceiling. S...

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