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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: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Man operating an Oliver no. 36 horse-drawn walking plow in a field with factory buildings in the background. The photograph was taken for, or compiled by I... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A man stands in a wagon next to an International Harvester engine while other people look on. There is a water tower in the background on the right. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Panoramic print of factory. Six large smokestacks, several small ones, a flag, and a water tower decorate the rooftops. Horse-drawn vehicles are on the roa... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Men hauling wagon loads of scrap metal with a Farmall H tractor, horses, and an automobile. The men are participating in a scrap drive, possibly during Gov... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Side view of a man driving a team of three horses pulling an Oliver plow across a field. A large building, houses, and a water tower are in the background. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across canal of the McCormick Reaper Works factory, rail yard, and surrounding buildings. Men in the foreground are stacking piles of lumber. After 19... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of horses and buggies traveling on North Pinckney Street. The water tower rises behind the commercial buildings on the east side of the stree... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The 125 foot tall Madison water tower stands in the middle of East Washington Avenue. On the right is a large business block occupied by the Amerika Publis... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad depot. A train rests at the stop while commuters wait to board from the platform. There is a horse to the right... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of William Bonifas Lumber Mill showing the mill buildings, a water tower, "Railroad Crossing" sign, an automobile, lumber stacked on railroad cars, an... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Mazomanie. The church's steeple stands out in the landscape of houses and barns. |
| 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: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Seven well-dressed tourists visit Universal City and pose with actor Neal Hart who is in cowboy costume and has his horse nearby. A water tower is visible ... |
| Date: | 09 1902 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of farmers with horse-drawn wagons waiting to ship their harvest goods, probably potatoes, at an unidentified town. There are railroad tracks... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View looking east towards a water tower on East Washington Avenue. There are commercial buildings along the sidewalks on the left and right, and automobile... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across field towards people posing standing. In the center is a binder, and on the right are men on a wagon. Down the hill in the background is a farm... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of McCormick Works. Lumber is stacked in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill looking down on a mining town surrounded by wooded hills. There are wooden sidewalks between the houses. In the background on the l... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Man using a horse-drawn manure spreader in a field. |
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