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Titan 30-60 H.P. Tractor Pulling 42,000 Pound Load

Date: 1915
Description: International Titan 45 tractor pulling a 42,000 pound load on an attached wagon car in front of a warehouse owned by Merchants Transfer and Storage. The Ti...
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Roth Coal Silos

Date: 05 20 1936
Description: Five coal silos at C.E. and P.A. Roth Inc., sand and gravel company, at 1208 Roth Street.
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Roth Coal Silos

Date: 05 22 1936
Description: Wide angle view of 5 coal silos at C.E. and P.A. Roth Inc., sand and gravel company, 1208 Roth Street.
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New Stoplight on East Washington Avenue Bridge

Date: 03 05 1931
Description: New stoplight on E. Washington Avenue bridge over the Yahara river, facing West. A truck is going over the bridge. On the other side of the bridge are indu...
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New Stoplight on East Washington Avenue Bridge

Date: 03 05 1931
Description: New stoplight on E. Washington Avenue bridge over the Yahara river, facing West. A truck is going over the bridge. On the other side of the bridge are indu...
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Fiore Coal and Oil Storage Tanks

Date: 12 26 1930
Description: Three Fiore Coal and Oil storage tanks.
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Valvoline Oil Company Truck

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: A Valvoline Oil Company tank truck made by Diamond T is parked awaiting a job.
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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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Capitol Oil Company

Date: 04 03 1929
Description: Back lot of the Capitol Oil Company, 919 E. Main Street.
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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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Oil Transportation

Date: 1917
Description: Man standing on snow-covered ground with an International Model G truck and horse-drawn wagon at an oil depot. Handwritten captions on the photo mark "the ...
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Cities Service Oil Company Explosion

Date: 12 29 1944
Description: Man standing on bulk tanks at Cities Service Oil Company Plant, 815 East Main Street, where an explosion killed welder Harold Michelson.
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Men Loading Barrels on Wagons

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Description: Men loading barrels on horse-drawn wagons, probably the Onalaska Pickling and Canning Company on Winnebago Avenue.
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Tractor Transport

Date: 1937
Description: Men load I-12 tractors onto a train at International Harvester's Neuss Works in Germany.
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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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Menomonee Valley

Date: 09 26 1906
Description: Menomonee Valley looking southeast from about N. 27th Street and W. St. Paul Avenue. A Milwaukee Gas Light Co. gas holder is on the left.
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Filling an Oil Truck

Date: 1930
Description: Two men filling an International oil truck used by the Canadian McColl Frontenac Oil Company. Storage tanks and a building are in the background.
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Farmall MV on Farm

Date: 1943
Description: The caption for this photograph states that this Farmall MV tractor is "shown at work on the 2800-acre Triangle Farm near McCall, Louisiana, some 1800 acre...
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Old Style Six Pack

Date: 1977
Description: Tanks at the Heileman Brewing Company decorated to look like a six-pack of beer cans.
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10-20 Industrial Tractor with Boxes

Date: 08 25 1927
Description: An employee of the R.D. Baker Company uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor to load batch boxes with sand, cement, and gravel from large overhe...

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