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| Date: | 10 1923 |
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| Description: | A man wearing overalls and a cap is using a saw powered by a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine to cut wood on International Harvester's Hinsdale expe... |
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| Description: | A group of farmer workers stand with pitch forks in front of the first gas engine for threshing on the August Krenke farm. A horse-drawn vehicle is also vi... |
| Date: | 03 1975 |
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| Description: | "As a result of the storm some farms did not have electricity for five days. A generator was shared by many farmers and was moved from farm to farm so that... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | A man working with wagons, an engine, and a husker-shredder near a barn, while another man is looking on. One wagon is filled with corn cobs. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A man on the right is standing and leaning against a large cart which contains a vertical stationary engine. Three men on the left are working in the backg... |
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| Description: | Group portrait of men, a boy, and horses posed among piles of logs and lumber. A bicycle is in the foreground, and a steam engine is in the background. |
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| Description: | An early wood chipper with belts and a steam engine is closely watched by the William Fiebelkorn farm workers. The postcard is addressed to Anna Fiebelkorn... |
| Date: | 04 03 1901 |
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| Description: | Crew of men sawing wood with the use of a steam engine. A large pile of wood is stacked behind the saw. Alexander Krueger is standing between the steam eng... |
| Date: | 04 04 1912 |
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| Description: | Men in a field using a powered hay press. The belt-driven engine is out of the frame to the left. One man is standing on top of a haystack, and three men a... |
| Date: | 06 02 1925 |
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| Description: | Right side profile view of a man driving a tractor with an Otto 42 HP engine near the corner of a brick factory building. Written at top left: "'Otto' 42 H... |
| Date: | 07 25 1927 |
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| Description: | Men are working below street level in the foreground, standing on either side of a pipe. Another man is standing in the street behind an engine powering to... |
| Date: | 10 10 1927 |
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| Description: | A man is standing outdoors holding a part from an engine that is behind him. In the background is a brick building. |
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| Description: | Four men are posing atop different carts, one of which is hitched to horses, and an engine. Caption reads: "This is me on the engine I worked on this summe... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | The Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway engine #287, which was built by Mason Locomotive Works in 1860. Two men are standing on the locomotive. |
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