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Power Unit Operating Water Well

Date: 09 17 1937
Description: A.C. White, contractor, stands near a rotary water well rig powered by an International P-12 power unit mounted on a truck.
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Ordnance Steel Foundry Excavation

Date: 07 10 1942
Description: Overhead view of four people standing in a muddy excavated hole for a footing at the Ordnance Steel Foundry. The Foundry may have served as part of Interna...
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Man Operating Hand Water Pump

Date: 1916
Description: A man stands on a wood platform and uses a hand operated water pump to fill a metal bucket.
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Stationary Engine and Water Pump

Date: 1915
Description: A stationary engine (possibly a Mogul) in a small wooden shed is used to power a belt-driven water pump positioned nearby. A small wood sign reads 'private...
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Engine Powered Water Pump

Date: 1916
Description: Mogul Jr. 1 HP engine attached with a belt to a water pump. Water flows into a nearby small stone building on a farm. A barn is in the background, as well ...
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Man Pumping Water at Well

Date: 04 19 1926
Description: A man uses a well to pump water into a metal bucket while standing in front of a farmhouse.
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Woman Hauling Water

Date: 1920
Description: A woman carrying two metal buckets full of water away from a well pump near the porch of a farm house.
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Leaky Top of Well

Date: 02 1928
Description: A boy wearing a winter coat and hat is pumping water from a well into ladles two other boys are holding. A shed, wheelbarrow, and wood scraps are in the ba...
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Wooden Water Pump

Date: 05 26 1926
Description: A man using a wooden pump to fill a metal pail with water. The photograph was staged to demonstrate a hazard found on farms.
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Young Girl Cooling Canned Corn

Date: 1925
Description: Young girl identified as Jewel Keller using a water pump outside a farm house to cool freshly canned corn.
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Woodburning Stove

Date: 06 1923
Description: A wooden storage box for firewood behind a woodburning stove in a farmhouse kitchen. A sink with a hand-powered water pump is on the right.
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Gas-Powered Water Pump

Date: 10 1923
Description: A woman using a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine to pump water into a metal bucket outside a building at International Harvester's Hinsdale experime...
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Engine-Powered Water Pump

Date: 10 1923
Description: A 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine powering a water pump outside of a building on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Engine-Powered Water Pump

Date: 1920
Description: An International stationary engine powers a water pump outside a brick building, possibly a school. There is a cat on the left near the pump.
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IH San Francisco Branch House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's San Francisco branch. The brick building is attached to an adjacent building which bears signs reading: "Indepen...
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Farm Hazard: Old Wooden Pump

Date: 1926
Description: A man pumps water from an old wooden pump into a tin cup. This photo was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustrat...
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Deteriorated Farm Building

Date: 1915
Description: Farm structure with wood boards askew on the outer walls, and loose shingles on the roof. Underneath an open section is a hand-pump on a platform. Ducks ar...
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IH Stationary Engine and Water Pump in Garden

Date: 10 1906
Description: An International Harvester stationary engine appears to be powering a water pump, perhaps for irrigation. In the background is a pond.
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Fire Wagon with Tanks and Pump

Date: 1910
Description: A horse-drawn wagon, possibly a fire wagon, with engine and tank parked on a street. The wagon is equipped with a large tank with hoses attached to it, and...
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International LCD-405 Truck

Date: 08 1952
Description: A man backing an International LCD-405 semi-truck, with sleeper cab, to a quonset-style building. The truck is owned by the Miller Trucking Company of St. ...

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