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| Description: | A river navigation light on the Mississippi River. People were paid to keep them lit so the steam boats could operate at night. Bearded man sitting at bas... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 03 17 1997 |
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| Description: | "The camera faces northeast from the water tower site." |
| Date: | 05 23 1997 |
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| Description: | "Workmen weld the base of the water tower." |
| Date: | 09 10 1997 |
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| Description: | "Dismantling Theresa's Water Tower." |
| Date: | 09 10 1997 |
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| Description: | "Theresa's water tank, erected in 1953, is systematically cut up for scrap by Phillips Demolition Co. of Peoria, Illinois." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A man uses the power take-off on the Cleveland All-Purpose crawler tractor. A belt is running off of the tractor into a barn. The caption reads: "The Cleve... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of several buildings making up the Sheboygan Falls Tannery, which was owned by proprietor C.S. Weisse. Weisse is at the far right, standing w... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Color photo of workers cutting blocks of limestone in a quarry. There are what appear to be moveable platforms on tracks at the bottom of the face of the a... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Mechanic pushing a hydraulic car jack at an American Oil Company truck stop. Three trucks are parked at the gas pumps in the background. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Gas attendant Sam Fry cleans the windshields of two International Harvester trucks parked near gas pumps. The original caption reads: "UPPER STORY. Gas Att... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Gas attendant Sam Fry stands on a ladder to clean the windshields of an International Harvester truck parked near a gas pump at a truck stop. The original ... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Color photo of an International truck carrying prepacked airline food to Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 airplane. A man in the foreground gestures t... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Color photo of an International Scout with a man in a lift platform raised up to the tail of a Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 parked at an airport. |
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| Description: | A Pan-Am Cafe and Service Station while under construction. Three people are standing near the doorway. The station was owned by Amzie Moore, noted civil r... |
| Date: | 1995 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large crowd of people wearing hard hats gathered on the National Mall. They are building a huge model of the planet Earth for the 25th A... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | During a tour of his district Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey visited various sites where energy-saving projects were underway. Here a workman on a lad... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View across snow of a group of men working to construct a wooden bridge that crosses a ravine. Another group of both men and women standing on a road look ... |
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