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Unloading Ship in Milwaukee Harbor

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Description: Unloading barrels of goods from the "Ogdensburg" in the Milwaukee harbor.
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McCormick Works Shipping Dock

Date: 1900
Description: Dock workers preparing boxed farm machines for loading onto a ship at the McCormick Reaper Works dock. The boxes contain McCormick Daisy reapers, New 4 mow...
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Workers Crate International Trucks for Export Shipment

Date: 1930
Description: Four workers crating up International motor trucks for export shipment at International Harvester's Springfield Works (factory). One of the men is wearing ...
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Tractor Works' Foreign Shipping Room

Date: 06 20 1935
Description: Elevated view of new McCormick-Deering T-40 TracTracTors (crawler tractors) await transfer in the foreign shipping room at International Harvester's Tracto...
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Mississippi Steamer being Loaded at Wharf

Date: 1900
Description: View of the T.P. Leathers Steamer at dock. Men can be seen loading cargo onto the ship. Caption reads: "A Mississippi Steamer."
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Interstate Transportation Company

Date: 1929
Description: Two International trucks parked inside a loading dock are being filled with boxes by two men.
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Loading Boxcars at Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: A group of men and women load wooden crates onto a boxcar at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory).
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Shell Manufacture at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers pack artillery shells into boxes at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Original caption reads: "75-Millimeter Shell Manufacture. Af...
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Transporting Engines

Date: 1948
Description: A factory worker uses a lift on a loading dock to transport six engines to a truck at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works.
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Loading Naval Stores

Date: 1910
Description: View of a dock, as naval stores are being loaded on a ship. Workers are on board the ship and on the dock, surrounded by cargo. Caption reads: "Loading Nav...
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Dock Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a dock scene, where workers are preparing bales of cotton for loading. A steamship and a tugboat are nearby. More ships and the shoreline ...
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Unloading Iron Ore

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of an iron ore ship unloading. Several workers are on board the ship. Caption reads: "Unloading Iron Ore At Sparrows Point, MD."
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Shipping Cotton

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Description: Workers load bales of cotton onto a ship. The bales are being hoisted up ramps and onto the ship.
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Men at McCormick Loading Docks

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers are loading a wooden crate marked "McCormick Folding Daisy Reaper" using a pulley system in the docks of the McCormick Works.
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Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View from roofed loading area of ship at dock. Men are waiting to load crates using hand carts.
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Railroad Yard at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: View of a loading platform by the railroad track at the first machine works plant of the Gisholt Machine Company, located at the 1400-block of East Mifflin...
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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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Employee Transporting Machines Crated for Shipment

Date: 01 20 1912
Description: Male employee transporting machines crated for shipment on a cart. More crates are behind him.
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Men with Crated Machines

Date: 04 17 1918
Description: Line of employees with crated machines on a loading dock, loading them onto boxcars.
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Manufacturing Area at McCormick Works

Date: 05 14 1918
Description: Men are working in a factory constructing shipping crates.

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