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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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Railroad Car of Refrigerators

Date: 08 12 1928
Description: Men unloading Frigidaire refrigerators from New York Central/Cincinnati Northern railroad box car to truck. The delivery is for the Gay Brothers Apartments...
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Out-Freight House No. 7

Date: 1915
Description: Horse-drawn and motor freight vehicles at the Out-Freight House No. 7 of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.
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Unloading Cargo for "World of Mirth" Show

Date: 1948
Description: Men unload rail cars for the "World of Mirth Shows," an American traveling carnival with rides and a sideshow. International ID-6 diesel wheel tractors ass...
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International D-2 Panel Unloading into Skysleeper Plane

Date: 1938
Description: Original caption: "A D-2 panel truck (125" WB) owned by Railway Express Agency of this city [Los Angeles, California]. Used by the Air Express Division. Un...
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Mule Freight Team

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Description: View of a long mule freight team lined up in the street storefronts behind them. One stands at the front, and another stands on a wagon wheel in the back.
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International DS-30 Truck-Tractor with Semi-Trailer

Date: 1938
Description: Three-quarter view of an International DS-30 truck-tractor with semi-trailer owned by Columbia Terminals Company. The truck was operated by the Missouri Pa...
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International KR-11 Truck with Semi-Trailer

Date: 1944
Description: International KR-11 truck with semi-trailer backed up to a loading dock at a Dakota Transfer & Storage warehouse.
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Loading Boat for Chicago

Date: 09 1925
Description: Large cargo ship operated by the Benton Transit Company. On the dock near an open shed are many bushels of fruit, including melons and tomatoes (according ...
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Truck with Cargomatic

Date: 1970
Description: Color photo of an International truck carrying prepacked airline food to Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 airplane. A man in the foreground gestures t...
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International Harvester Scout with Lift Platform

Date: 1970
Description: Color photo of an International Scout with a man in a lift platform raised up to the tail of a Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 parked at an airport.
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Loading Bananas on a Train

Date: 1902
Description: Group of men loading a large pile of bananas onto a train in Costa Rica. Three men wearing suits and hats are sitting and standing on top of the railroad c...
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Schooner Hauling Lumber

Date: 1875
Description: Elevated view of a deck of a schooner hauling lumber. Several workmen are loading or unloading the lumber. Industrial buildings, some displaying signs, are...
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Bales of Manila Unloaded from Ship

Date: 09 13 1927
Description: View down dock towards bales of manila being unloaded from a ship. The building on the left has a sign that reads: "Poland Street Wharf." There is a ship a...
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Bales of Manila Unloaded from Ship

Date: 09 13 1927
Description: Bales of manila are lying on a dock after being unloaded from a ship, which is at dock on the right. The building on the left has a sign that reads: "Polan...
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Delivering Flour

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Description: Delivering flour to Berlin on barges.
Postcard

Depot and Train

Date: 08 28 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "Depot and Train, Spring Gren [sic], Wis." A train station with the depot on the left and a locomotive on the right. Adults and childr...

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