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Information Filing and Storage

Date: 04 17 1964
Description: A clerk checks real estate property information in a vast filing system housed in a vault.
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Tractor-Truck at Mautz Paint Co.

Date: 01 20 1939
Description: Men loading cases of paint into tractor-truck at Mautz Paint Co., 939 E. Washington Avenue.
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Union Transfer and Storage Company

Date: 06 09 1931
Description: Union Transfer and Storage Company located at 155-303 East Wilson Street. Store fronts include Holland Furnace Co., Madison Paint and Varnish Co., Lipman S...
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Texaco Bulk Station

Date: 07 11 1930
Description: View of a Texaco bulk station and storage tanks from across the railroad tracks at 919 E. Main Street.
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Construction of Pyrofax Plant

Date: 10 09 1929
Description: A Chicago & North Western Railroad Bucyrus crane installing a large tank at a Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Company Pyrofax plant, at 130 Fair Oaks Avenue.
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The Texas Company U.S.A.

Date: 08 06 1929
Description: Texas Company U.S.A. (Texaco) office building and storage tanks bulk plant, 919 E. Main Street. Text on print reads: "Texas Company, Capitol Oil Co."
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Building Fire

Date: 01 13 1929
Description: Flames light up the night as fire fighters hose down the Jeffery Brothers Automobile Preparing and Storage building at 621 University Avenue in an attempt ...
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Buildings Along Levee

Date: 1860
Description: View of buildings along the levee.
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Storage Room for Telephones

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Description: Storage room for telephones to be installed.
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Rocket Oil Company Fuel Storage Tanks

Date: 10 10 1946
Description: Rocket Oil Company fuel storage tanks at the bulk plant at 204 South Paterson Street. In the foreground is a man on a modern Rocket Oil company truck fill...
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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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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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Power Unit Delivery Truck

Date: 06 21 1938
Description: A man sits behind the wheel of an International D-15 truck owned by Western Engine Company and used to make deliveries of power units. The photograph is t...
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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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McCormick Reaper Delivery

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers are guiding a crated McCormick reaper on pulley ropes through an opening in the floor, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works. The text ...
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Beverly Coal Truck

Date: 04 28 1939
Description: Men loading large chunks of coal onto the bed of an International D5-40 truck owned by E.I. Clarke Sand and Gravel Company. A storage building is in the ba...
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Men Loading Coal onto Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Two men load large pieces of coal onto the bed of an International D-30 truck from the open door of a railroad boxcar. There is a storage building in the b...
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Clerks in Storehouse of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store

Date: 09 1974
Description: Elevated view of two clerks wearing aprons working in the storehouse of the thrift store. One man is reupholstering an old armchair, and the other man is h...
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Man in Driver's Seat of Delivery Truck

Date: 06 18 1927
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck for Red Line Transfer Co. In the background is the Red Line Transfer & St...

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