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Sisal Fiber Processing

Date: 1949
Description: Factory worker hangs sisal fiber over a railing, possibly at an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "The fiber as it comes ...
Photograph

T-20 and Sideboom

Date: 1937
Description: Workers lay a pipeline in a field using an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) and sideboom. Original caption states: "Jones & Hannahan."
Photograph

P&H Mobile Dragline

Date: 04 29 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered mobile dragline with a horizontal trench digger in the background. A large group of men are standing and posing on...
Book or Pamphlet

The Eclipse Wind Engine

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Description: Engraving of a farm with an Eclipse windmill. There is a cutaway view of the building beneath showing a man inside working at a saw. Another man is working...
Photograph

Man Leaning on Ditch Digger

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Description: A man in a hat and overalls leans over a trench or ditch digger, looking down into the excavated area. Pipes, an automobile, and a building are in the back...
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TD-18 Crawler Tractors Outside Tractor Works

Date: 1947
Description: Men loading crawler tractors (TracTracTors), including the TD-18, onto railroad flat cars outside International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Titan Tractor and Road Grader

Date: 1912
Description: Two men doing road work with a Titan tractor hitched to a road grader.
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Resurfacing the Highway

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Description: A view on men resurfacing rural sections of U.S. Highway, with machinery and a small train running alongside the road.
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Men Pouring Cement for Silo Construction

Date: 1915
Description: Four men working at a site for the construction of a silo. They are pouring cement for its foundation.
Poster

"Romance of the Reaper" Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Advertising poster for the "Romance of the Reaper" film for use in Australia. The poster features an illustration of Cyrus Hall McCormick building the firs...
Photograph

Taking a Break

Date: 1937
Description: Men and one woman gathered around machinery in a cutover area of northern Wisconsin preparing to undertake an unknown task.
Book or Pamphlet

Eclipse Wind Engine Co. Catalog

Date: 1880
Description: Page from Eclipse Wind Engine Co. [Beloit, Wisconsin] catalog featuring an illustration of an Eclipse Wind Engine installed in a barn. A cut-away view show...
Photograph

Factory of Comet Aircraft Engines

Date: 11 07 1929
Description: Interior view of a factory floor. Machinery by Whitcomb Manufacturing Company is in the right foreground, and a Comet 7-cylinder aircraft engine is in the ...
Photograph

Ames Portable Steam Engine

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Description: Stereograph of a portable steam powered engine, outdoors in the woods. The wheels are set on thick planks. The engine is being used to power more machinery...
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Florence Mine

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Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of a mining operation. Men are posing on the head frame/gallows frame over the pit. One man is perching on the top of the g...

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