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Ellefson Lumber Company

Date: 05 16 1929
Description: View of the Ellefson Lumber Company warehouse on Sutherland Court behind 2016 Winnebago Street.
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Menasha Warehouse

Date: 06 16 1963
Description: View across railroad tracks of warehouses on the northern outskirts of Menasha which are leased by the Kimberly-Clark Paper Company. Trucks are parked alon...
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Hansen Storage of Madison

Date: 03 28 1957
Description: Hansen Storage of Madison, warehouse, 2302 Darwin Road, showing railroad siding and truck dock.
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Burlap Train Entering Warehouse

Date: 1925
Description: A man rides on the back of a train of carts loaded with burlap sacks as it enters the Chase Bag Company warehouse from the steamship dock.
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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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Crystal Ice Truck

Date: 1949
Description: An International KB-8 truck with a semitrailer for hauling ice. The truck is parked in a loading area near a warehouse building. The truck was owned by the...
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Elevated View of Industrial District

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Description: Elevated view of industrial section of town showing railroad tracks, brick warehouses, smokestacks and the mountains on the outskirts of town in the backgr...
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Lehigh Valley Train Yard and Shops

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Description: Elevated view of Lehigh Valley train yard with trains, cars full of goods, railroad workers and shops. One of the buildings features two large smokestacks.
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St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Shops

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Description: View of the St. Louis-San Francisco railway shops and train yards. The building on the right has a smokestack and what appears to be a small water tower. S...
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St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Shops

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Description: View of the St. Louis-San Francisco train yard and railway shops. Train cars are parked on the track leading into a warehouse. Men are working near the tra...
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Marty's Warehouse

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Description: View of Marty's Warehouse from across railroad tracks. The warehouse building has large signs of painted lettering advertising the storage facilities. Rail...
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1925
Description: View down railroad tracks of a locomotive pulling into a railroad depot and yards. The depot is a two-story building. Two wagons are parked near the depot ...
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Central Wisconsin Cooperative Stores

Date: 08 11 1953
Description: Exterior view of the Central Wisconsin Cooperative Stores, Inc. building at 112 North Lake Street. The two-story brick warehouse has four loading dock door...
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Railroad Tracks and Depot

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Description: View down railroad tracks. On the left, there is a two-story, octagonal hut. On the right, there is a railroad station with a Western Union sign. Industria...
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M.H. Bekkedal Warehouse

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Description: M.H. Bekkedale and E. Rosenwald and Brothers Leaf Tobacco warehouse. There is a boxcar on tracks near the warehouse, and a bluff in the far background.
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South Bend Branch House

Date: 09 27 1919
Description: Exterior rear view of International Harvester's South Bend branch building. A railroad car stands on tracks that run past the building at the loading dock....
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St. Louis Branch House

Date: 07 29 1920
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's St. Louis branch building. The painted signs read, "International Harvester Company of America Inc. Farm Operati...
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KR-11 Truck with Refrigerated Semi-Trailer

Date: 1944
Description: International KR-11 truck with refrigerated semi-trailer (semi truck) parked next to a box car near a warehouse building. Original caption reads: "Meat and...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Agency

Date: 1900
Description: View across railroad tracks of men and women standing in front of a McCormick Harvester Machine Company dealership or branch house on a dirt road in an uni...
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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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