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| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Deering Works factory seen across the waterfront from Diversey Avenue. In the foreground is a street and sidewalk with the sign "horse vehicles keep to rig... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Workers loading and unloading wood at the wood stock yard of the McCormick Reaper Works. Men are working on both sides of the Chicago River. Rail cars and ... |
| Date: | 09 29 1963 |
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| Description: | The Menasha Woodenware plant and water tower on Doty Island from across the Fox River canal, with a small railroad dolly in the foreground. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the riverfront, railroad tracks, and river, "as viewed from Joseph McGuire's." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of government locks and factory district on the Fox River. Caption reads: "Government Locks and Factory District, De Pere, Wis." |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Elevated view. Caption reads: "Government Locks & Factory District, De Pere, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Northwestern Manufacturing Company plant. Caption reads: "Birds-eye View showing Northwestern Mfg. Co.'s Plant, Fort Atkinson, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of the Van Brunt plant. The Van Brunt Manufacturing Company began in 1860 when brothers George and Daniel Van Brunt patented a design for a combinatio... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Marathon Paper Mills from across the river. Caption reads: "Scene at the Marathon Paper Mills, Wausau, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Chicago River near International Harvester's McCormick Works (factory). A sailboat, water tower, railroad cars and many industrial buildings line the shore... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | An aerial view of the International Harvester Memphis Works in Memphis, Tennessee, with a view of the surrounding neighborhood and Loosahatchie River. The ... |
| Date: | 10 23 1913 |
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| Description: | Looking north on the Milwaukee River from approximately E. St. Paul Avenue (Clybourn Street bridge in the foreground). This features an elevated view of th... |
| Date: | 09 19 1961 |
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| Description: | View of a woolen mill, as seen from across a river and dam. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Quad City Tank Arsenal. |
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| Description: | View taken from the Paper Mill Road toward the Wisconsin River Pulp and Paper Company paper mill. On the bank in the foreground are small boats. The paper ... |
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| Description: | View of Rock River from the Main Street Bridge. On the right industrial buildings are along the shoreline, and a bridge is in the distance. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Ohio River and surrounding towns. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View down middle of metal bridge across the Cornell Flowage. Across the lake, there is the pulpwood stacker on the left and a water tower on the right near... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View across lower section of dam at Cornell Wood Products Company. In the background are factory buildings, a tall smokestack, and a water tower. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over dam of the site of the Cornell Wood Products Company. On the opposite shoreline is a pulpwood stacker, tall smokestack, water tower, and... |
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