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Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron works. Large group of men posing in yard. The boardinghouse is on a hill in the far background. Early iron was mined at Mayville...
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Wausau, Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view looking up the Wisconsin River, with Wausau in the background. There are railroad cars on a bridge on the right.
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Gilbert Paper Company

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: View of Gilbert Paper Company from a railroad bridge on the Fox River. Three rail cars are stopped in front of the factory.
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Industrial Buildings

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: View across water of a railroad bridge along the side of a strip of industrial buildings. Railroad cars are stopped in front of the buildings.
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Aerial View of United States Rubber Company

Date: 1944
Description: Aerial view of the U.S. Rubber Company plant and surrounding environment.
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"J.C. Ames" Car Ferry

Date: 1890
Description: The "J.C. Ames," a Lake Michigan car ferry, probably in the South Chicago harbor. There is a railroad bridge visible in the background.
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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron Works with a view of the blast furnace and pig iron stock piles. The boardinghouse is visible on the hill in the far background.
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McCormick Reaper at McCormick Works

Date: 08 04 1911
Description: A McCormick Reaper is set up in the yard at McCormick Works. There are other pieces of agricultural machinery in the background along the side of a railroa...
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McCormick Corn Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 05 18 1916
Description: Corn Binder outdoors in the factory yard. In the background is an open sided shed, and railroad cars on an elevated platform. In the far background is a ta...
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Header Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 03 20 1918
Description: Header Binder outdoors in the factory yard. There is a backdrop in the background on the right behind the machine. In the background is a shed, railroad ca...
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Tractor Powered Ensilage Cutter at McCormick Works

Date: 04 06 1918
Description: A tractor-powered Ensilage Cutter in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background is a shed, and railroad cars on an elevated railroad platform.
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Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 05 02 1919
Description: Binder part outdoors in factory yard. There are motorcycles parked in a shed with an open front in the behind the binder. An elevated railroad platform wit...
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Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 05 08 1919
Description: Binder outdoors in factory yard. There are motorcycles parked in a shed with an open front to the left behind the binder. An elevated railroad platform wit...
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Tractor-Drawn Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 05 02 1919
Description: Tractor-Drawn Binder outdoors in factory yard. An elevated railroad platform and brick factory buildings are in the background. Men are working in the back...
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Tractor Pushed Corn Picker at McCormick Works

Date: 06 27 1919
Description: A man is sitting under an umbrella on a tractor-pushed Corn Picker in factory yard. Perhaps for research and development. A group of men are watching and s...
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Man Filling Gas Tanks

Date: 06 21 1919
Description: Man filling gas tank of car from gas tank mounted on sled. In the background is an open-sided shed and railroad cars on an elevated railroad platform.

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