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Worksheds at Walden

Date: 1941
Description: Worksheds filled with stacked logs and wagons at "Walden", the estate of Cyrus McCormick, Jr.
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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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Kroger Produce Warehouse

Date: 08 07 1934
Description: Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. Headquarters and produce warehouse, 634 West Washington Avenue.
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Kroger Warehouse Railroad Siding and Loading Dock

Date: 08 07 1934
Description: Kroger Grocery and Baking Company produce warehouse, 634 West Washington Avenue, view of the railroad siding and loading dock.
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Ellefson Lumber Company

Date: 05 16 1929
Description: Ellefson Lumber Co. store and supply building, located at 2016 Winnebago Street.
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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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Capitol Oil Company

Date: 04 03 1929
Description: A railroad tanker car is sitting on tracks next to fuel storage tanks at the Capitol Oil Company, 919 East Main Street.
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F.G. and C.A. Stanley Manufacturing Plant Yard

Date: 1903
Description: Several buildings in the complex of the F.G. and C.A. Stanley Manufacturing Plant. The largest building is labeled "F.G. and C.A. Stanley." A smaller build...
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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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Lumberyard at Chatham Works

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the lumberyard at International Harvester's Chatham Works in Canada. Railroad tracks are leading to the storage facilities are in the fore...
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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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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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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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Storage Building

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

Date: 05 18 1963
Description: View across a railroad yard with several railroad cars and four storage tanks in the background.
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Nutrena Feeds Factory

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Description: Elevated view over a freight train of the Nutrena Feeds factory.

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