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International Model F Oil Truck

Date: 1916
Description: A man stands in front of an International Model F (or 31) truck advertising Standard Oil Company's Polarine, "Burn Perfect Oil." American flags are mounted...
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St. Paul Flax Twine Mill

Date: 1906
Description: Men unloading flax straw from railroad cars in front of Storage Building No. 3 at International Harvester's St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill.
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Parts Room at McCormick Works

Date: 03 21 1934
Description: View down an aisle with rows of shelves containing parts for agricultural implements at the McCormick Works (factory).
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Parts Storage at McCormick Works

Date: 1934
Description: Storage room at the McCormick Works (factory) housing racks full of hanging gears and machinery parts.
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Parts Storage at McCormick Works

Date: 03 21 1934
Description: Several storage racks stocked with hanging gears and machine parts fill a room at the McCormick Works (factory).
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Storage Room at McCormick Works

Date: 03 20 1934
Description: Large storage area containing pieces of canvas for agricultural implements at the McCormick Works (factory). The bins in the right foreground are labeled: ...
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Men Stacking Twine Fiber

Date: 01 27 1925
Description: Three men use a lift to stack bales of bound fiber in a storage area, possibly at the McCormick Works twine mill. The company used sisal and hemp fiber to ...
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Factory Storage Area

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Description: Storage area and hydraulic lift of a Consolidated Papers company factory, probably the company's plastics subsidiary Consoweld.
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City Water Co.

Date: 1930
Description: Storage Tank #2. A large, rounded tank with a conical roof. Another tank is directly behind. A large brick building is on the right.
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Emerson-Brantingham Factory

Date: 02 25 1924
Description: Stored in a large room are rows of tractors. Along the left and right corner are stacked beams. Light streams in from skylights in the ceiling. The factory...
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Lumber Storage Yard

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from three monorail hoist crane tracks at the Pacific Lumber Co. lumber storage yard. Three smokestacks are in the background.
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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist in Lumber Storage Racks

Date: 1911
Description: A Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist in lumber storage racks. There's a man in the cab, and another man standing at the bottom of one of the stac...
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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist Lowering Lumber

Date: 1912
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist crane with lumber unit lowering its load at American Lumberman. There is an operator in the cab, and men on th...
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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist

Date: 1912
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist with lumber handling unit operated by a man. There is a small shed in the background. The I-beam is stamped "P...
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P&H Exterior Type "AN" Hoist with Grab Bucket

Date: 1914
Description: A Pawling & Harnischfeger type "AN" hoist with a grab bucket and an enclosed trolley over railroad tracks with a train car underneath it. The crane is stam...
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P&H Monorail Hoist with Lumber Handling Unit

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Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger monorail hoist with lumber unit. The sign on the cab reads "Pawling & Harnischfeger Co., Milwaukee, Wis." and there is a man in the...
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MEC&MC Lumber Crane in Lumber Storage Area

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company lumber crane in a lumber storage area at the Long Bell Lumber Company. The sign on the crane reads "The Mi...
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MEC&MC Gantry Crane with Dual Hooks

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Description: A Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company gantry crane with dual hooks, one standard, and the other a magnetic unit, used for unloading train cars...
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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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Storage Building

Date: 05 05 1962
Description: Exterior view of a storage building with warped metal siding.

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