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Passenger Train Crossing the Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline towards a passenger train crossing a bridge near the Sheboygan Mineral Water Company Bottling Works building. Caption reads: Passenger ...
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Indianapolis Branch House

Date: 1917
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester branch house. Signs on the building advertise farm machines, oil tractors, engines, wagons and motor trucks. A lon...
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P.H. Best Brewing Company

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Description: Southside Brewery, formerly the Melm's Brewery. A bridge, a boat, a river, several small buildings, and horse-drawn vehicles are in the foreground. Caption...
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Green Bay Harbor

Date: 1938
Description: View from railroad bridge of the harbor at Green Bay. On the other side of the harbor, there are many industrial buildings, including Northern Paper Mills,...
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Illinois Central Railroad Station

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the Illinois Central Railroad Station, from a bridge crossing over the tracks, built in 1918.
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Group Posing Behind Logs Along Riverbank

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Description: Group portrait of men and women, all wearing hats, peeking over the top of a large log along the riverbank. Other large logs are piled behind them. A railr...
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul RR Water Tank

Date: 1909
Description: View over railroad tracks towards the railroad water tank.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Bridge

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Description: View down railroad tracks of a railroad bridge, which has framed beams on the sides and top. A boy and girl are standing and posing on the bridge. Signs ar...
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Delivery Truck

Date: 12 15 1923
Description: Passenger side view of a man sitting in a delivery truck parked on a street. In the background is an elevated highway or railroad tracks. Buildings and hou...
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Milwaukee Binder No. 10 at McCormick Works

Date: 06 18 1912
Description: Milwaukee Binder outdoors in the yard. In the background is a raised platform for a railroad track, a small, wooden building, and brick buildings beyond.
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Milwaukee Binder No. 10 at McCormick Works

Date: 06 18 1912
Description: View of a Milwaukee Binder No. 10 outdoors in the yard. In the background are railroad cars on a platform.
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Ensilage Cutter Outdoors in Factory Yard

Date: 06 02 1914
Description: Ensilage cutter, with an assortment of pipes for silo-filling arranged beside it. In the background is a small building near the raised railroad platform. ...
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Corn Binder Outdoors at McCormick Works

Date: 06 23 1914
Description: Rear view of a Corn Binder set-up outdoors on the cobblestones of the factory yard. In the background is an elevated railroad platform, with buildings beyo...
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Mower Outdoors in Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 08 06 1914
Description: Man riding a McCormick Mower in the factory yard. He is demonstrating the raising of the blade. In the background railroad cars are on an elevated platform...
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McCormick Corn Picker No. 3 Outdoors at McCormick Works

Date: 10 21 1914
Description: Corn Picker No. 3 outdoors on the cobblestones in the factory yard. A man is standing behind the picker. There is a brick factory building on the right, an...
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Binder Outdoors at McCormick Works

Date: 12 21 1914
Description: McCormick Binder set-up outdoors on the cobblestones in the factory yard. There is a brick factory building on the right. In the background are railroad ca...
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View of Plant Yard with Grafitti

Date: 07 13 1915
Description: View from yard looking towards railroad elevated platform. Buildings are in the background. Grafitti reads: "Vote 666 for firemen."
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Harvester Thresher at McCormick Works

Date: 04 28 1916
Description: Harvester Thresher set-up outdoors in factory yard. The chains are extended from the front. In the background is an open-sided shed near an elevated railro...
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Elevated View of Rally

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Description: Elevated view of a rally of employees for liberty loan campaign. The factory yard is crowded with people, and other people are sitting on the elevated rail...
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Red Cedar River

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Read Cedar River, Rice Lake, Wis." and "Hand-Colored." A view down the railroad tracks, over a metal bridge spanning a river. In the ...

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