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Lumber Camp Employees and Lumber

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Description: Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company Camp 15. Lumberjacks posed atop a sled load of logs, scaled at 13,562 board feet of lumber.
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Adirondack Baseball Bat Factory

Date: 1965
Description: Interior of Adirondack Bats, Inc. baseball bat plant. These bats, made from New York and Pennsylvania white ash, received their final finish and are ready ...
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Weber Works Wood Shop and Wheel Room

Date: 1910
Description: Workers assembling wagon and farm truck wheels the wood shop and wheel room of International Harvester's Weber Works in Auburn Park. The factory was owned ...
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Wheel Assembly at Weber Works

Date: 01 19 1910
Description: Worker assembling the spokes of a wooden wagon wheel at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works in Auburn Park. The factory was owned by the Weber Wago...
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Applying Details to Wagons at Weber Works

Date: 1919
Description: Two workers, one applying decals and the other adding pinstriping to wagon boxes at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works in Auburn Park. The factory...
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Workers Inspecting Wagon Wheels at Weber Works

Date: 1919
Description: Workers inspecting assembled wagon wheels at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works in Auburn Park. The factory was owned by the Weber Wagon Company u...
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Sanding Wagon Wheels at Weber Works

Date: 1919
Description: Workers sanding wagon wheels at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works in Auburn Park. The factory was owned by the Weber Wagon Company until 1904, wh...
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Saw Blade Shop at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1918
Description: Saws blades and machinery in a saw blade sharpening and setting shop at International Harvester's Weber Works. The factory was located at Auburn Park and w...
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Wood Shop at Chatham Works

Date: 1930
Description: Slightly elevated view of workers manufacturing, finishing and assembling wooden wagon components at International Harvester's Chatham Works in Ontario, Ca...
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McCormick Works Lumberyard

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Description: Elevated view of lumberyard at International Harvester's McCormick Works as seen from across the water. The original caption reads as follows: "We think of...
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Workers Cut Wood with Portable Sawmill

Date: 12 31 1923
Description: Three workers using a portable sawmill to cut wood, possibly at a fairgrounds. A McCormick-Deering industrial tractor is in the background.
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Worker Crafts Wagon Wheel Spokes on Lathe

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Description: Worker turning a wagon wheel spoke on a belt-driven industrial lathe at International Harvester's Accurate Engineering Works.
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Workers Painting Wagon Wheels

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Description: Workers spray-painting a wagon wheel inside the paint room at International Harvester's Accurate Engineering Works.
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Young Worker Sands Wooden Wagon Wheel Section

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Description: Young man - possibly a teenager - sanding a section of a wooden wagon wheel with a belt sander at International Harvester's Accurate Engineering Works.
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Deering Works Employees Unloading Wood from Railroad Cars

Date: 07 08 1912
Description: Three workers unloading planks of wood from a Frisco railroad boxcar in a lumber yard outside International Harvester's Deering Works.
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Stacking Wood inside Deering Works Stock Yard

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Description: Four employees hoisting planks of wood onto large stacks with a portable electric winch in the stock yard at International Harvester's Deering Works.
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Painting Wagon Trucks at Weber Works

Date: 1919
Description: Worker painting wagon trucks at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works in Auburn Park. The factory was owned by the Weber Wagon Company until 1904, wh...
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Ellefson Lumber Company

Date: 05 16 1929
Description: Ellefson Lumber Co. store and supply building, located at 2016 Winnebago Street.
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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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Ellefson Lumber Company

Date: 05 16 1929
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Ellefson Lumber Company warehouse and yards on Sutherland Court behind 2016 Winnebago Street. 2039 Winnebago Street...

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