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The Union House Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: The Union House Tavern, known as Schulkamp's Corner Saloon, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street. A group of men are standing on the porch holdi...
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Allis Steam Pump

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Description: Men standing on and around an Allis steam pump in a factory.
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Beer Drinkers

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Description: A group of men near the Koss railroad depot, the majority of whom are seated on the ground. One of the men is sitting on a piano stool. To the right of the...
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Men Gathered at Water Pump

Date: 1909
Description: Group of men and a boy gathered near a body of water. The men are sitting around a water pump.
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Lower Brule Agency Water Pipe

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Description: Water gushes 18 feet in the air from a 6-inch pipe at the Lower Brule Agency. A man stands behind the pipe on the right.
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Lower Brule Agency Water Pipe

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Description: Water gushes 60 feet in the air from a 4-inch pipe at the Lower Brule Agency. Two men stand on the left near pumping machinery.
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Centrifugal Pump

Date: 09 15 1966
Description: 240P double piloted coupling. This coupling helps compile the centrifugal pump that was purchased by Foster Wheeler Corporation and later used by Commonwea...
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Dredge Pump Drive

Date: 01 05 1968
Description: A 27.000 x 24 vertical dredge pump drive is pictured that was later purchased by Ellicott Machine Corporation. Falk caption reads, "27.000 x 24 vertical dr...
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Dredge Pump Drive

Date: 06 12 1970
Description: This dredge pump drive was purchased by Ellicott. Falk caption reads, "Special (submersible) dredge pump drive. Quad input single output, ratio 1.8214:1. 1...
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MEC&MC Type "AN" Crane

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company type "AN" crane at the Western Avenue Pumping Station with men working on various levels of the structure....
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H.B. Tanner and Ross Moorhead

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Description: Dr. Herbert Tanner and Ross Moorhead standing in front of an an Okeh Ranger Oil Co. car. There is a large wooden spool in the foreground stamped Roebling's...
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Horlick's Stone Quarry

Date: 1888
Description: Men working in Horlick's stone quarry. Teams of horses pull wagons. There is a steam pump at right. A man in a hat and coat, possibly William Horlick, stan...
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Man Monitoring a Pumping Plant

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Description: A mustachioed man in coveralls monitors a pressure gauge and the machinery at a pumping plant. Caption reads: "Pumping Plant. The Homestead. Prudence Islan...
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Men around Water Pump

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Description: A group of men wearing hats gathered around a water pump. Scaffolding surrounds the operation and a large pulley is visible. Text on image reads "Largest f...
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Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view from railroad tracks of the Depot. Four men are standing alongside the depot building near a wheeled cart. The building features two signs, o...
Document

Dayton Pump Products Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Dayton Pump Products Company of Belgium, Wisconsin, distributor of Dayton Water Systems, with six vignettes of water systems in use: wate...
Postcard

Commercial Hotel

Date: 06 28 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of the exterior of the three-story Commercial Hotel. The building has a false front. Two women stand on the balcony and two men stand...
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Man at Water Pump

Date: 1965
Description: A man hand pumps water in the yard outside of White Station Freedom House. "In all the rural Freedom Houses (and all rural houses) wells and outhous...
Book or Pamphlet

Eclipse Wind Engine Co. Catalog

Date: 1880
Description: Page from Eclipse Wind Engine Co. [Beloit, Wisconsin] catalog featuring an illustration of an Eclipse Wind Engine installed in a barn. A cut-away view show...
Book or Pamphlet

Goulds Manufacturing Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1904
Description: Catalog cover featuring an illustration of a man standing and holding onto a Goulds Monarch Sprayer. Text reads: "How to Spray, When to Spray — What Spraye...

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