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| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A group of men laying rails at Hawkins Mine while a man in the background is using surveying equipment near the base of a cliff face. |
| Date: | 05 17 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of workers using shovels to level fresh concrete at the base of the chutes from the high trestle. The steam powered pile driver is at work in... |
| Date: | 08 18 1943 |
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| Description: | Soldiers working on slit trench in the rain on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They all hail from Michigan. ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of quarrymen posing with their implements. There are carts on tracks that lead to the cliffs of the quarry behind the group. |
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| Description: | Group portrait of men posing standing near and on a rock face with shovels and pickaxes. Behind them are shrubs and trees on a hill, with a power line at t... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a coffee patio in Costa Rica. The patio consists of several flat cement compartments each with a pile of coffee beans in them. Workers are... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a Wisconsin & Michigan train pushing through snow. Men are shoveling snow in front of it. Smoke is billowing from the front of the train. |
| Date: | 10 01 1928 |
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| Description: | A man is standing at the front of a truck parked on a ramp. Further back on the right a group of men are working laying asphalt with large machinery. A gro... |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks towards two men working near the entrance to a tunnel. The man on the left is using a pick, the other man is using a shovel. Wate... |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a railroad crew laying tracks. The ties are in place and the rails are being positioned on the first level. The bank behind the crew is terr... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | With shovels in hand, a man, woman, and boy are digging a hole in the ground for a flag pole. One young man is holding the pole in place with two hands. A... |
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| Description: | View along side of a hill that is being worked into levels, with snow on the ground. Men, some holding shovels, are standing near the base of a temporary v... |
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