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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.
Photograph

Lawson's Great Airliner

Date: 1921
Description: The completed Lawson L-4, the second and larger airplane designed and built by Alfred Lawson in Milwaukee in 1920. Not only was Lawson's airliner intended ...
Photograph

Airplane Delivery

Date: 12 27 1929
Description: Four men are standing beside a Curtiss airplane to receive a parcel flown in from the National Theatre Supply Company for the Eastwood Theatre.
Photograph

Floralo Incense Company

Date: 09 18 1929
Description: Women working in the packaging and shipping department of the Floralo Incense Company, located at 1212 Regent Street.
Postcard

Ore Docks

Date: 1920
Description: Caption reads: "Mammoth Ore Docks, Ashland, Wis." A building and roads are in the foreground. Several ore ships can be seen.
Photograph

Coal Yards Along the Fox River

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of ships sailing up the Fox River alongside the coal yards located in Green Bay.
Photograph

Model S-24 Truck Hauling Corn to the Station

Date: 11 30 1927
Description: A tractor and a model S-24 truck are in the distance as men process corn and pile sacks for shipment. The men worked for Balbi Brothers(?) of the "Estacion...
Photograph

Cream Separator

Date: 09 20 1923
Description: Two men ready a cream separator from Milwaukee Works to be transported to Hinsdale by airplane. One man is standing in the bed of a truck.
Photograph

Cotton Bale on a Railroad Loading Dock

Date: 1921
Description: A cotton bale sits on a platform next to a train, possibly awaiting shipment.
Photograph

Train Load of Tractors from Milwaukee Works

Date: 03 09 1927
Description: A train carrying tractors stopped on its way from Milwaukee Works (factory).
Photograph

International Model 63 Storage Company Truck

Date: 04 13 1926
Description: International Model 63 truck operated by the Sunrise Storage Company - "Movers, Packers, Shippers."
Photograph

Interstate Transportation Company

Date: 1929
Description: Two International trucks parked inside a loading dock are being filled with boxes by two men.
Photograph

Interstate Transportation Company Truck

Date: 1929
Description: Two men loading a crate onto an International truck used by the Interstate Transportation Company. The truck's lettering reads: "Waterbury-Pittsfield-Alban...
Photograph

Two Men with Lantern Slide Cases

Date: 1925
Description: Two men look over Agricultural Extension lantern slide cases.
Photograph

Men Loading Implement on IH Tractor

Date: 10 01 1928
Description: One man is standing on an IH industrial tractor driver's seat while three other men are loading what appears to be a farm implement onto a trailer. The "In...
Map or Atlas

Movement of Barley on the Great Lakes

Date: 1923
Description: This map includes an explanation that reads: "This chart shows the movement of barley on the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River, and New York State Barge Cana...
Map or Atlas

Movement of Corn on the Great Lakes

Date: 1923
Description: This map includes an explanation that reads: "This chart shows the movement of corn on the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River, and New York State Barge Canal ...
Map or Atlas

Movement of Flaxseed on the Great Lakes

Date: 1923
Description: This map includes an explanation that reads: "This chart shows the easterly movement of flaxseed on the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River, and New York State...
Map or Atlas

Movement of Grain on the Great Lakes

Date: 1923
Description: This map includes an explanation that reads: "This chart shows the movement of grain on the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River, and New York State Barge Canal...
Map or Atlas

Movement of Rye on the Great Lakes

Date: 1923
Description: This map includes an explanation that reads: "This chart shows the movement of rye on the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River, and New York State Barge Canal d...

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