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Workers Filling Railroad Cooling Car with Ice

Date: 1966
Description: Two workers filling a railroad cooling car with ice from an International truck at a railroad yard.
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Union Pacific Railroad Crew

Date: 1917
Description: Eighteen man crew for the Union Pacific Silo Special Trip posing for a group portrait in front of railroad cars.
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Loading Boxes from International F/31 Truck into Refrigerated Railroad Car

Date: 1920
Description: Three men loading wooden crates from the back of an International Model F or 31 truck into a refrigerated railroad car.
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McCormick-Deering I-30 Tractor Pulling Miller Beer Railroad Car

Date: 01 02 1934
Description: Two workmen use a McCormick-Deering I-30 industrial tractor to attach railroad cars carrying Miller High Life beer.
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McCormick-Deering I-12 Tractors Hauling Cargo

Date: 06 20 1935
Description: Two African American workers use McCormick-Deering I-12 industrial tractors with attached wagons to haul cargo at a Jacksonville rail station. The men wor...
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International Harvester Tractors Loaded onto Railroad Cars

Date: 1941
Description: Elevated view of men loading hundreds of new Farmall B, Farmall A and International crawler tractors (TracTracTors) onto railroad cars with a crane outside...
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Weber Works Lumberyard

Date: 08 29 1907
Description: Elevated view of workers with a rail cart full of stock lumber in the lumberyard at International Harvester's Weber Works in Auburn Park. The factory was o...
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Steam Locomotive Loaded with Logs

Date: 1915
Description: Two workers perched on a steam locomotive pulling railroad cars loaded with logs. The coal car bears the name "Deering Southwestern Railway." The railway w...
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Steam Locomotive Pulling Crane at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Steam locomotive moving an overhead crane used to lay rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine. One man is standing on the right, and another man i...
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Workers Load Tractors for Shipment at IHC Tractor Works

Date: 04 12 1923
Description: Workers lowering McCormick-Deering 10-20 HP tractors onto railroad cars for shipment using an overhead crane at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Workers Load Stubble Pulverizers at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 03 21 1927
Description: Workers loading new folding stubble pulverizers onto railroad cars at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Har...
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Workers Load Tractors onto Railroad Cars at IHC Tractor Works

Date: 1930
Description: Workers using an overhead crane to load new McCormick-Deering tractors (including the 10-20 and possibly the I-20) onto railroad cars outside International...
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Loading F-20 Tractor onto Railroad Car at Tractor Works

Date: 12 13 1934
Description: Worker guiding a new Farmall 20 tractor suspended from a crane onto a snow-covered railroad car outside International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Loading Rail Freight with I-12 Tractor

Date: 06 20 1935
Description: African American workers load barrels of freight onto a Southeastern Express rail car at a Jacksonville rail station. One worker is operating an Internati...
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Workers Load Wagon Components onto Railroad Car

Date: 04 17 1918
Description: Workers loading wooden crates containing components for wagons or possibly "machine gun carts" onto railroad cars at International Harvester's McCormick Wo...
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McCormick Works Railroad Yard

Date: 09 09 1912
Description: Elevated view of a man standing near railroad cars which appear to be loaded with coal and ore inside IHC's McCormick Works railroad yard. Other men are wo...
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Group of Workers Posing on Flat Cars Loaded with Lumber

Date: 09 21 1914
Description: Group portrait of men posing while standing and sitting on two small flat cars linked to each other. One of the cars is loaded with lumber. Another set of ...
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Railyard Worker on Tractor outside Miller Brewing Co.

Date: 12 26 1935
Description: Worker on an International I-30 industrial tractor used for "spotting" freight cars around the Miller Brewing Company. Two refrigerated rail cars are parke...
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Worker Loading Cargo into Railroad Car from International Truck

Date: 06 11 1925
Description: African American worker standing and loading cargo from a crane into a railroad boxcar from an International truck. Another worker is sitting behind the dr...
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Deering Works Employees Unloading Wood from Railroad Cars

Date: 07 08 1912
Description: Three workers unloading planks of wood from a Frisco railroad boxcar in a lumber yard outside International Harvester's Deering Works.

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