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York Iron Works

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Description: York Iron Works, with a group of men posed standing in front of the construction of the blast furnace.
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Four Men Transport Cargo in a Cart

Date: 1907
Description: Four men are transporting a cart of goods from a railroad car to a loading dock. The men are most likely employees of the International Harvester Osbourne ...
Book or Pamphlet

Advance-Rumely Line

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Advance-Rumely line of agricultural equipment. Features a color illustration of men loading tractors and a threshi...
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Loading Dock and Train at Osborne Works

Date: 1907
Description: View down platform of train stopped at a loading dock at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). On the dock is a large stac...
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Klindt-Geiger Canning Company

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Klindt-Geiger Canning Company. A group of male and female employees are posing outdoors on the loading dock along the railroad tracks.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 750-757

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Description: Some towering hand-made genius had fighting words to sell
Photograph

Twine Mill Under Construction

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a twine mill under construction. Railroad cars are on railroad tracks running along the buildings under construction. Men are wor...
Photograph

Twine Mill Under Construction

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a twine mill under construction. Railroad cars are on tracks in the foreground. A large smokestack is in the center.
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Twine Mill Under Construction

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a twine mill under construction. Railroad tracks are in the foreground below. A partially built smokestack is in the center. A number of c...
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Plant Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of plant yard. Stacks of wheels are in rows in the center of the yard on a wood platform, and along the brick wall of the factory building in...
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Man with Tractor Drawn Binder

Date: 06 16 1909
Description: A man is standing with a tractor drawn binder in a factory yard. In the background on the left men are standing on a loading dock near railroad cars.
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Man Driving Industrial Tractor to Pull Train of Carts

Date: 06 11 1925
Description: A man is driving an industrial tractor pulling a train of carts. The carts are loaded with parts, tanks, and barrels. In the background are factory buildin...
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Oscar Mayer Loading Dock

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Description: Men wearing overalls, jackets, hats, and gloves are pushing carts of wooden and cardboard crates which read: "Oscar Mayer, Approved, Fine Foods since 1883,...
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Men Moving Barrows Filled with Coal

Date: 02 09 1906
Description: Men moving barrows filled with coal outdoors at McCormick Works.
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Building under Construction

Date: 11 11 1911
Description: Men, some wearing suits, and other work clothes, are standing around a building under construction. There are railroad cars on a bridge on the left.
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Push Binder Header at McCormick Works

Date: 04 01 1911
Description: Push Binder Header outdoors in the yard at McCormck Works. Men are standing in the background near an elevated platform with railroad cars. Behind the rail...
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Group of Men in front of Plant Office Building

Date: 07 23 1912
Description: View across yard toward a group of men posing outside plant office building. A sign on the side of the brick building reads: "Smoking Prohibited in the Pre...
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Group of Employees in front of Plant Office Building

Date: 07 23 1912
Description: Group of employees outside plant office building. Railroad tracks are in the foreground, and a railroad car is on tracks on the left behind the group of me...
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Group of Employees Using Fire Escape at McCormick Works

Date: 07 23 1912
Description: A group of employees is outdoors in front of a plant building. Other men are using the fire escape on the side of the building. A railroad car is in the ba...
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McCormick Works Yard

Date: 09 03 1912
Description: View from elevated railroad platform towards the yard with brick buildings in the background. An open railroad car on a lower set of tracks is in the foreg...

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