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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | International model "F" or "31" truck operated by W.H. Brammer of Coon Rapids. One man sits in the driver's seat and another man stands at the back of the... |
| Date: | 04 04 1942 |
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| Description: | Workers from the Tunnicliff Construction Company build a temporary office building at International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal. On the right a par... |
| Date: | 02 01 1978 |
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| Description: | "In the early morning hours, a new month dawns on the small village of Theresa. The village is now in the 130th year of its existence." The village marke... |
| Date: | 09 1902 |
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| Description: | Farmers with wagon loads of sacks of potatoes(?), probably waiting to load them on a train. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View along railroad tracks towards the Rewey railroad station. A locomotive spewing smoke into the air is approaching the depot, and passengers are standin... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View from road of the guest cottages on both sides of the lawn. The property is bordered by white picket fences, and there is a row of stones in front alon... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view down curving road and fields toward the works. Caption reads: "Milwaukee Vinegar Works And Red Star Yeast Company, Cudahy, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view in winter of the McCormick Works Club House. The factory buildings are in the background. |
| Date: | 07 1936 |
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| Description: | View across field towards a bus sitting in the driveway in front of a large factory complex, which has a water tower and three smokestacks. "Airport 2 Mi."... |
| Date: | 07 1907 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Corn Binder outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. There are railroad cars in the background near a fence. Buildings and a water tower are beyo... |
| Date: | 06 2019 |
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| Description: | The Palmer Water Tower is towering above low buildings in the foreground, with snow-capped mountains in the distance. |
| Date: | 03 09 1911 |
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| Description: | View across field towards the International Harvester Company and Tractor Works buildings. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "C. & N.W. R.R. Depot, West Bend, Wis." View across two sets of railroad tracks towards the platform where two men and a dog are stand... |
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