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Unloading Ship in Milwaukee Harbor

Date: 
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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Allied Van Lines Truck

Date: 10 19 1936
Description: Allied Van Lines truck in front of Whalen Transfer Co., 605 University Avenue.
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CUNA Shipping Room

Date: 12 05 1935
Description: Three employees in the CUNA (Credit Union National Association) shipping room, 142 East Gilman Street.
Painting

The Catholic Cathedral in New Orleans

Date: 1859
Description: On an excursion to the South in November 1859, Hölzlhuber made the three-day trip on the steamboat Planet from St. Louis to New Orleans. In the harb...
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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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Librarian with Library Books

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Description: Woman, probably a librarian, paging through a book from a crate stamped "Wisconsin Free Library Commission, Madison, Wis." Several other books are stacked ...
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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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Men Moving a Large Crate in McCormick Works

Date: 07 09 1918
Description: A group of factory workers lift and move a large wooden crate at International Harvester's McCormick Works.
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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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Interstate Transportation Company Truck

Date: 1929
Description: Two men loading a crate onto an International truck used by the Interstate Transportation Company. The truck's lettering reads: "Waterbury-Pittsfield-Alban...
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Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: A woman and two men work with wooden crates at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory).
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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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Crating Melons

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Description: A worker, probably in California, and probably a member of Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers union local P78, crating melons for shipment.
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Steamboat "Bald Eagle" Unloading

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Description: Elevated view of the steamboat "Bald Eagle" unloading on the riverfront. "Bald Eagle" is painted on the top of the ship. Several men are working on and nea...
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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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