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| Description: | A postcard with two views functioning as a "before" and "after" of forestry. The view on the left features a man standing in the distance among large trees... |
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| Description: | A team of eight oxen pulling a wagon filled with logs. One man is standing by the side of the oxen, while three other men wearing large hats and an African... |
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| Description: | A man in the background is standing on top of the logs that are being loaded onto a railcar. Four African American men at ground level are working to hoist... |
| Date: | 11 18 1857 |
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| Description: | Unpaid bill in the amount of $5,000, owed by Jairus Fairchild, President of Watertown and Madison Railroad, to Bank of the Republic. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a factory in Youngsville, with a railroad car and railroad tracks in front of it. In the background is a hill or mountain. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a small settlement between two mountains and alongside a river with tracks of the first transcontinental railroad passing through. A bridg... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Campbell's Mill, which specialized in lumber. Situated in the midst of the forest are smokestacks, railroad tracks, and several buildings.... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Brooks Scanlon Company, which specialized in lumber. The complex sits on a river. The lumber is lying out on the tops of roofs and in ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Baldwin Lumber Company, which sits next to a river. The main building consists of two long, rectangular structures that sit perpendicula... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Edison Portland Cement Company, founded by Thomas A. Edison in 1902. The company introduced the use of long kilns. Caption reads: "Plant... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Massillon Iron and Steel Works, which rolled its first sheet of steel in 1909. Caption reads: "Massillon Iron & Steel Co., Massillon, Ohio... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large number of cotton bales on a wharf with a train crossing through the scene. "Frisco" is clearly written on all the cars of the trai... |
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| Description: | Two men standing near bound bales of corn stalks on a wharf. A train car is visible in the background. Caption reads: "Baleing[sic] Broom Corn, Shattuck, O... |
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| Description: | Map of Missouri with major cities, rivers, and railroads marked. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A map of the village of Verona, Wisconsin. |
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| Description: | Ladders extend into the quarry at Wisconsin Granite Company, and factory buildings and towers can be seen above. Three men stand near a railroad car at the... |
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| Description: | View of Chicago, Northwestern Railroad set of two railroad tracks at Devil's Lake, chartered in 1859. To the right, power lines run the length of the Devil... |
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| Description: | View across intersection toward a brick auditorium building. A man sits on the steps of the main entrance while others walk on the sidewalk. Three men in c... |
| Date: | 06 12 1858 |
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| Description: | A political cartoon in "Harper's Weekly" about railroad company presidents' purchasing Wisconsin state legislatures and governors. The caption reads: ... |
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