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Marinette

Date: 12 17 1957
Description: View of icy Lake Michigan from Ogden Street Bridge. There are piles of coal on the left and right, and what may be a jetty in the far distance.
Photograph

York Iron Mine

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the York Iron Mine. Railroad tracks are in the foreground.
Photograph

York Iron Mine

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the York Iron Mine. A group of men are standing by the main building.
Photograph

York Iron Mine

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the York Iron Mine.
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 102

Date: 
Description: He was taught restraint and patriotic fiction,
letting automation by
to wipe the chimneys clean of issues
and make horizons in the sky
Photograph

York Iron Mine

Date: 
Description: View of the York Iron Mine in winter. Stacks of wood are along the left side of the building.
Photograph

VF-192 Tandem Dump Truck

Date: 1956
Description: International VF-192 tandem dump truck with load of coal. Powered by V8-478 CID gas engine. Painted on the driver's side door: "Black Nugget Coal Mining Co...
Photograph

TD-24 Torque Converter Tractor

Date: 
Description: Original caption reads: "TD-24 Torque Converter Tractor push loads a 24 and B-250 27 /12 hd. scraper combination in hard fire clay whilst a gear driven-24 ...
Photograph

Rephotographic Pair: Zinc Works

Date: 
Description: A vintage view and a modern view of the zinc works site, presented as a pair. Views include industrial buildings and snow.
Photograph

Mining Camp

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of a mining camp in the western United States. At this time Carl Peterson was writing letters home to Christine Jenson about his journey.
Photograph

Coal Miners at Mine Entrance

Date: 1903
Description: View down set of two railroad tracks towards four coal miners posing in front of a mine entrance near a coal car. The caption in the book reads, "Strike-br...
Photograph

Mining Town

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view from hill looking down on a mining town surrounded by wooded hills. There are wooden sidewalks between the houses. In the background on the l...
Photograph

Crew of the Optimal Mine

Date: 1895
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the miners who work at Optimal Mine. They are seated outdoors on the grass, and are wearing work clothes and hats.
Photograph

Limestone Quarry on Quarry Road

Date: 1993
Description: Elevated view of trucks and conveyor belts working in the background of a limestone quarry. Grass and plants with small blossoms are in the foreground at t...
Photograph

Western Town

Date: 1903
Description: Caption on negative sleeve reads, "Mining (?) town with view of saloon, restaurant and general store." A boardwalk runs along the fronts of the buildings. ...
Photograph

Lyle Mine

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards the Lyle Mine and Ranier on the shoreline of Rainy Lake.
Photograph

Rainy Lake Shore

Date: 1910
Description: A view across water towards the Rainy Lake shoreline, which includes Lyle Mine and Ranier.
Postcard

Cary Mine Office and Machine Shop

Date: 
Description: View of the Cary Mine office building. Caption reads: "Cary Mine Office & Machine Shop, Hurley, Wis.
Postcard

Cary Mine

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Description: View of the Cary iron Mine. Railroad tracks are in the right foreground. Caption reads: "Cary Mine, Hurley, Wis."
Photograph

Industrial Tractors

Date: 07 25 1927
Description: Men driving tractors pulling trailers, which are being loaded from a hopper at a granite quarry or mine. On the far right is a steam shovel.

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