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| Date: | 06 29 1946 |
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| Description: | An African American mechanic works on a car up on the rack for servicing at the gas station Meehan Motor Mart, 209 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Construction crew building a double streetcar track around the Capitol Square on North Pinckney Street. The oversized awnings were common around the Square... |
| Date: | 11 06 1928 |
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| Description: | A worker is using an air hammer with compressor truck to do work on the road in the 800 block of University Avenue, looking west. Wisconsin Foundry & Machi... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a railroad crew on and around a handcar. A man and a young boy stand on the left near a track switch. In the background is a variety stor... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Workers pose on scaffolding in front of the Senior High School during construction. A child and a man with a bicycle are on the lower left side underneath ... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A group of men in suits, presumably foremen or supervisors, and several men in work clothes, are in a grain field. Most of the men in suits are either sitt... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Factory workers pack an International M-5-6 truck into a crate, possibly at International Harvester's Ft. Wayne Works. Original caption reads: "The trucks ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior view of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger crane design with cab-operated dial controls. The stencil on the crane says "Pawling and Harnischfeger ... |
| Date: | 06 1949 |
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| Description: | Man, possibly William E. Bahn, boarding International Metro truck. |
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| Description: | A blacksmith in a working apron prepares a horse for shoeing. The bridled and saddled horse stands quietly next to another horse in the blacksmith's shop, ... |
| Date: | 11 12 1948 |
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| Description: | View from across street of employees of Peters Tools, Local 100, standing on the sidewalk in front of the brick storefront with a number of cases at their ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two men are loading logs onto the bed of an International D-Line truck. A forest and mountain are in the background. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Three men use two International trucks to transport logs through a wooded area. The trucks were owned by F.J. Jacks, logger and retail lumberman. |
| Date: | 09 21 1937 |
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| Description: | A man stands in a lift attached to the bed of an International Model DR-60 truck owned by the Wisconsin Ice and Coal Company. Another man stands atop a rai... |
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| Description: | Men at a railroad station awaiting the arrival of a train in Fremont (later Pray). There is snow on the ground. Two men are standing on a hand-powered rail... |
| Date: | 02 04 1929 |
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| Description: | An International truck is hoisted at an angle in the air by chains in a service shop, most likely at an International Harvester dealership. In the backgrou... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad crew with the rock crusher. The train car is labeled '204430' and 'Burlington Route'. A steep hill rises behind... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | An African-American man is working on a truck engine. He is wearing a hat and overalls, and is using what appears to be a ratchet and extension. The truck ... |
| Date: | 12 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men "simonizing" an automobile. Photographed for the Simonize Company of Chicago. A refrigerator for Coca-Cola products is in the back of the garage. |
| Date: | 07 25 1927 |
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| Description: | Men are working below street level in the foreground, standing on either side of a pipe. Another man is standing in the street behind an engine powering to... |
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