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Unloading Ship in Milwaukee Harbor

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Description: Unloading barrels of goods from the "Ogdensburg" in the Milwaukee harbor.
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Milwaukee West from Mitchell Block

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Description: Elevated view west from Mitchell Block of warehouses, industrial buildings and a church in the background. In the foreground is a waterway with a schooner ...
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McCormick Implements Boxed and Ready for Shipment

Date: 1909
Description: View of a McCormick Little 4 mower and two Folding Daisy reapers boxed and ready for shipment from IHC's McCormick Works. The boxes are stamped with destin...
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Allied Van Lines Truck

Date: 10 19 1936
Description: Allied Van Lines truck in front of Whalen Transfer Co., 605 University Avenue.
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Trainload of International Harvester Scouts

Date: 05 15 1961
Description: A large shipment of newly built International Scouts headed West. Sign on the front of the train reads: "Westward Ho! 600 IH Scouts for Phoenix, Los Ang...
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Duncan's Coal Docks

Date: 1896
Description: View of W.E. Duncan's coal docks.
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International Model 63 Storage Company Truck

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

Elevated View of Downtown and River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of downtown. Part of the Milwaukee River is on the left side. Sign for the Germania building is in the lower right, and city hall is in the b...
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Milwaukee Fishing Boat

Date: 1938
Description: Elevated view of a boat owned by Julius Dettloff docked along the edge of a river. The boat was powered by an International PD-40 power unit; in the backgr...
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The Harbor and Factories

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of harbor, boats, and factories.
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Cub Cadets Ready for Shipment

Date: 06 1961
Description: Cub Cadet lawn tractors ready for shipping lined up on a conveyor belt at International Harvester's Louisville Works factory. The machines were boxed with ...
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Farmall Delivery by Rail

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of Farmall tractors are loaded onto railroad cars as they prepare to leave International Harvester's Farmall Works factory. On the locomotive...
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View from 8th Street Bridge

Date: 01 08 1958
Description: Elevated view from 8th Street Bridge over the Manitowoc River towards Lake Michigan. There is a lighthouse in the distance. Ice is floating on the water. A...
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Southern Port

Date: 1935
Description: The funnels (smokestacks) of two large steamships are visible over warehouse buildings on a pier of a southern American port. Both ships have nautical flag...
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Wharf at Marinette

Date: 07 1936
Description: Elevated view of fishing tugs moored alongside the wharf at Marinette. Two automobiles are parked in the foreground, just in front of the Bridge Fish Co. b...
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Oscar Mayer Loading Dock

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Description: Men wearing overalls, jackets, hats, and gloves are pushing carts of wooden and cardboard crates which read: "Oscar Mayer, Approved, Fine Foods since 1883,...
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Three of a Kind

Date: 04 1948
Description: Three lake steamers docked in the harbor. The closest steamer is the B.H. Taylor of the Bradley Transportation Company, transporting ores. Buildings are in...
Print

Railway Express Agency

Date: 1938
Description: Advertising Proof. Title reads: "Bought the FIRST Cab-over-Engine INTERNATIONAL, They NOW own 290." The triple diamond logo is on the right just above the ...
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Milwaukee Binder on Transport Truck

Date: 05 22 1908
Description: View of a Milwaukee binder on a transport truck at McCormick Works.
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Machine Crated for Shipment

Date: 01 20 1912
Description: A crate on the floor indoors at McCormick Works. Other crates are stacked upright on the left. Printed on the crate: "McCormick, Open End, Left Hand."

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