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View Looking Toward Old Diamond Jo Warehouse

Date: 1905
Description: View looking toward old Diamond Jo Warehouse, before the bridge was built. Caption reads: "Mississippi River and Prairie du Chien, Wis., from Iowa Side".
Document

Pritzlaff Hardware Letterhead

Date: 1900
Description: Invoice of the John Pritzlaff Hardware Company of Milwaukee with an engraved illustration of the company warehouse.
Photograph

Manitowoc Seating Company

Date: 1900
Description: Engraved bird's-eye view of the wood shop, warehouse, machine shop, dry kilns, and foundry of the Manitowoc Seating Company. Several people pass in front o...
Photograph

Workers Store Bundles of Binder Twine

Date: 1900
Description: Workers stacking bundles of McCormick binder twine in a warehouse, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

E.F. Waggoner McCormick Agency Building

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of dealership building of E.F. Waggoner, general agent for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Text on the side of the building reads: ...
Photograph

Stacks of Parts at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: A factory worker is standing at the end of an aisle flanked by agricultural machinery parts, mostly likely at the McCormick Reaper Works. The parts appear ...
Photograph

Little Giant Shredders in Factory Storage

Date: 1902
Description: Little Giant husker-shredders arranged in rows inside a warehouse at the McCormick Works.
Photograph

Fish Creek Harbor

Date: 1907
Description: View across Fish Creek Harbor to the village of Fish Creek and its pier, with warehouse. On the right is Dr. Weckler's Resort, a large wooden building with...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Mellen

Date: 09 1909
Description: Sanborn map of Mellen.
Photograph

Men in Storage Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of men working in a storage room. Machinery parts are stacked on the floor and on shelves.
Photograph

Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of ship at a dock. Railroad tracks are in the foreground near low factory and storage buildings. The name on the back of the ship reads: "Nor...
Photograph

Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of ship at a dock. Railroad tracks are in the foreground near low factory and storage buildings. The name on the back of the ship reads: "Nor...
Photograph

Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View across water towards ship, the "Northman Fairport," at a dock at McCormick Works. Factory buildings are in the background. In the foreground is a wall...
Photograph

Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View from shoreline across water towards opposite shoreline where a ship is at the dock of McCormick Works. Factory buildings are in the background near sm...
Photograph

Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View looking down at ship at dock. A man stands at the edge of the dock just under the painted name of the ship, "Northwestern." Stacks of wheels are near ...
Photograph

Men Stacking Bales of Manila

Date: 1900
Description: View indoors of men stacking bales of manila.
Photograph

Men Stacking Bales of Manila

Date: 1909
Description: One of the five hemp houses in the McCormick twine mills in Chicago, Illinois.
Postcard

R. R. Yards

Date: 1908
Description: View of the railroad yards. Factories and warehouses are on the left. Caption reads: "R. R. Yards, Hartford, Wis."
Postcard

View of Janesville from the Railroad Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: Colorized postcard view of central Janesville from the railroad bridge over the Rock River. Warehouses are along the river's edge. Caption reads: "View of ...

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