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P&H Type "O" Bridge with a Type "G" Trolley

Date: 04 18 1913
Description: View near crane operator looking down on coal car near exterior of building. Pawling & Harnischfeger type "O" bridge crane with a type "G" trolley in a fou...
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Green & Company Truck

Date: 04 30 1936
Description: Three men loading seed sacks into Green & Company Ford semi-trailer truck at Olds Seed Co. loading dock, 722 Williamson Street. Sign on truck reads: "Green...
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Railroad Car Load of Culverts

Date: 07 20 1932
Description: Group of men sitting on top of railroad flatbed car loaded with culverts. Sign above them reads: "Capital City Culvert Company," 1335 Gilson Street.
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Early Experimental IHC Tractor

Date: 06 21 1911
Description: Man sitting on an experimental lightweight tractor. The photograph was probably taken outside International Harvester's McCormick Works. Original caption i...
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Loading Melons

Date: 1972
Description: An unidentified worker, probably in California, loading crates of melons onto a refrigerated railroad car.
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Tractor Transport

Date: 1937
Description: Men load I-12 tractors onto a train at International Harvester's Neuss Works in Germany.
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Worker Driving Dump Truck

Date: 11 20 1925
Description: A man driving a Heil dump truck.
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Downsteam Side of Power House at Power Dam

Date: 09 01 1913
Description: Elevated view of the power house from the southwest showing progress of the brickwork. Two railroad cars are standing on the railroad extension. Workers ar...
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Allis Reliance Works

Date: 05 04 1886
Description: Lumber yard with boxcars and factory buildings in the back. Made while factory was under protection of the State Militia during the first general labor str...
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Men at the Crossing Store

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Description: Men walking near the railroad Crossing Store. Above the store is a bridge providing a walkway over the railroad tracks.
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Train Carrying McCormick-Deering Combines

Date: 1930
Description: A train carries McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines) bouind for North Dakota farms. A sign on the train reads: "McCormick-Deering Harvester-Thr...
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Magdeburg Branch House Loading Dock

Date: 1935
Description: Railroad cars loaded with farm equipment on a track near the loading dock of International Harvester's Magdeburg branch house in Germany.
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Burlap Train Entering Warehouse

Date: 1925
Description: A man rides on the back of a train of carts loaded with burlap sacks as it enters the Chase Bag Company warehouse from the steamship dock.
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Early P&H 5-Ton Crane in Large Foundry

Date: 1910
Description: An early Pawling and Harnischfeger cab-operated crane with dial operated controllers and a 5-ton type "O" bridge with a type "A" trolley. The operator is i...
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P&H 3-Ton Traveling Electric Monorail Hoist

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Description: Exterior view of a Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton traveling electric monorail hoist located at James B. Clow & Sons. The cab is stamped "Capacity 6,000 Lbs....
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P&H Exterior Monorail Hoist with Lumber Handling Unit

Date: 1910
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger exterior monorail hoist crane with lumber handling unit and a man in the cab. The text written on boxcars in the distant background...
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P&H 5-Ton Gantry Crane with Covered 5-Ton Trolley

Date: 1910
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton gantry crane with a covered 5-ton auxiliary trolley, two standard hooks, and 3 bottom blocks. The crane is stamped with the t...
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Two P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoists with Lumber Units

Date: 1910
Description: Rear view of two Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoists with lumber handling units laden with lumber and men in the cabs. Both hoists are stamped w...
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P&H Gasoline Crane Mounted on Flatbed Railroad Car

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered crane mounted on a 5-ton standard flatbed railroad car with a grab bucket. A man is standing on the ground on rail...
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P&H 25-Ton Type "N" Bridge Crane

Date: 07 19 1917
Description: Elevated view of Pawling & Harnischfeger 25-ton type "N" bridge with a 5-ton type "A" trolley and a standard bottom block, equipped for exterior use. There...

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