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Quitting Time at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
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...
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Rockdale Creamery

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys with wagonloads of milk at the Rockdale Creamery.
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Railroad Shops Under Construction

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Description: Shops under construction for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha railroad lines. Men are working with a horse-drawn wagon in the right foreground...
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Woodruff Mill

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Description: Bissell Lumber Company. Workers are posing outdoors in front of a building. Cut trees can be seen in the background. A horse-drawn vehicle is on the right...
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Milwaukee Works Construction

Date: 05 18 1911
Description: A man uses a horse-drawn wagon to transport building materials on a construction site at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. Men are clearin...
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Silos across River

Date: 1925
Description: Two large clay block silos stand beside a river. There is a large building, possibly a mill, behind the silos, a barn to the right and a shed on the left. ...
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Buckstaff-Edwards Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Buckstaff-Edwards Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, manufacturers of coffins and caskets and wholesale dealers in caskets and undertaking supp...
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J.I. Case Plow Works Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the J.I. Case Plow Works of Racine, Wisconsin, with an elevated view of the company plant and a smaller scene set on a scroll of a man driving ...
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Men Unloading Lumber from Train

Date: 1900
Description: Men unload pieces of lumber from the opened boxcars of a train near the McCormick Reaper Works factory.
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Ridgewood Depot

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Description: View down railroad platform of crowd of people waiting at the Ridgewood Depot, built in 1916 by architects W.W. Drinker and Frank A. Howard.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Station

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Description: View across railroad tracks of group of children awaiting the arrival of a train outside Lehigh Valley Railroad Station.
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Topeka Railroad Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Topeka Railroad Depot on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. To the left of the station stands the Wells Fargo & Company Express buil...
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Langenberger Construction Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Langenberger Construction Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with an elevated three-quarter view of the company building and traffic in the...
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Lumbermill Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a lumber mill. Piles of milled wood are in the foreground and on the right, with more stacks in the far background behind numerous small b...
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View Across Field Toward Man with Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards men standing near a man using a corn binder in a field to bind stalks.
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Group of Men at Sawmill

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Description: Elevated view of a group of employees assembled in front of a sawmill.
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Man Spreading Lime on Snow-Covered Field

Date: 09 21 1909
Description: Rear view of a man spreading lime on snow-covered field with a team of horses. There is a building in the background on the left, and a smokestack in the f...
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Engraving of Deering Harvester Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Deering Harvester Works. Includes insets: one in the bottom left corner is of a man using a horse-drawn mower, and the one in the bottom r...
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Office of W.J. Young & Co. Steam Gang Saw Mill

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Description: Albumen print of the office of the W.J. Young & Co. Steam Gang Saw Mill. Several people are standing on the porch and a nearby wooden structure. A horse-dr...

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