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Factory Workers Pushing a Cart

Date: 01 19 1916
Description: Two men demonstrate the "old way" of hauling using a push cart loaded with 2,200 pounds. The men are likely factory workers at Osborne Works (also known as...
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Factory Worker Hauling Carts of Parts

Date: 01 13 1916
Description: Factory working demonstrating the "new way" of hauling by pulling carts loaded with 16,000 pounds of parts using a shop mule. The man is most likely a work...
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Young Man and Farm Implement in Factory Yard

Date: 04 17 1913
Description: A young man is standing holding a white sheet behind the pole and evener of a horse-drawn farm implement outside an International Harvester factory (most l...
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Reaper in Factory Yard

Date: 09 03 1912
Description: An experimental reaper(?) in a factory yard. There is a Russian name on the Reaper, and the front is set up on saw-horses. Men are working near a brick fac...
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Crowd near Railroad Station

Date: 1900
Description: Crowd gathering near the Montello railroad station waiting for a parade.
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Men and Boys on Hand-Pump Rail Cart

Date: 08 29 1922
Description: Men and boys are on a hand-pump rail cart on a Michigan Island beach, Lake Superior. A young girl is walking on the right.
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Joe McCarthy and Governor Kohler

Date: 10 03 1952
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., seated together in the Eisenhower Presidential campaign train dining car.
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Juneau Park

Date: 05 30 1914
Description: Juneau Park looking north from approximately E. Mason Street, with the Chicago and North Western railroad tracks on the right. The Lake Michigan shoreline ...
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Leo Capser at Ashland Depot

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Description: Leo Capser standing in front of passenger train at the Ashland Depot.
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Worker Driving Dump Truck

Date: 11 20 1925
Description: A man driving a Heil dump truck.
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Electric Railroad Across River on Ice at Power Dam

Date: 01 20 1912
Description: Elevated view of two men standing on a rail car on the narrow gauge electric railroad crossing the river at the dam construction site. The portion of track...
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Steam Shovel Loading Electric Cars with Gravel

Date: 04 13 1912
Description: Workmen operating a steam shovel loading gravel into electric rail cars during construction of the power dam.
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Shooting Concrete from Elevated Road at Power Dam

Date: 05 17 1912
Description: Workmen pouring concrete from the elevated railroad into forms below.
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Concrete Buttresses and Apron at East End of Power Dam

Date: 05 31 1912
Description: Forms have been removed, revealing the newly poured buttresses and apron. A man is pushing a cart on the elevated road.
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Horse-Drawn Vehicles in Residential Neighborhood

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Description: Elevated view of many horse-drawn vehicles on a main street in an unidentified rural village, perhaps at a farmer's fair. A crowd of men is standing outsid...
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Eisenhower and Joe McCarthy

Date: 10 03 1952
Description: Presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower and Wisconsin Senator Joseph R. McCarthy together on the rear car of the "Eisenhower Special." The location of thi...
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Steel Draft Tubes Showing Outlet in Power House

Date: 11 21 1912
Description: Two workmen standing in the outlet of a steel draft tube in the power house, while other men are working above it. Cars are moving along the elevated trest...
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Electric Cars at Power Dam

Date: 04 07 1913
Description: Five men, two well-dressed, posing on electric rail cars during construction of the dam.
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Snow-Covered Railroad Car

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Description: Two men standing on top of a snow-covered railroad car. The top of the steam locomotive is the only area visible of the train. Photograph reads, "On the Ma...
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Construction Workers at Dam Construction Site

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a group of workers posing on the east bank of the Wisconsin River at the power dam construction site. One man is strumming his shovel like...

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