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Core Ovens & Storage at Osborne Works

Date: 1912
Description: Core ovens and storage in the "malleable shop" of International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was later known as "Auburn Works."
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St. Paul Flax Twine Mill

Date: 1906
Description: Men unloading flax straw from railroad cars in front of Storage Building No. 3 at International Harvester's St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill.
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Men Stacking Twine Fiber

Date: 01 27 1925
Description: Three men use a lift to stack bales of bound fiber in a storage area, possibly at the McCormick Works twine mill. The company used sisal and hemp fiber to ...
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Factory Storage Area

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Description: Storage area and hydraulic lift of a Consolidated Papers company factory, probably the company's plastics subsidiary Consoweld.
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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist in Lumber Storage Racks

Date: 1911
Description: A Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist in lumber storage racks. There's a man in the cab, and another man standing at the bottom of one of the stac...
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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist Lowering Lumber

Date: 1912
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist crane with lumber unit lowering its load at American Lumberman. There is an operator in the cab, and men on th...
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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist

Date: 1912
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist with lumber handling unit operated by a man. There is a small shed in the background. The I-beam is stamped "P...
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P&H Exterior Type "AN" Hoist with Grab Bucket

Date: 1914
Description: A Pawling & Harnischfeger type "AN" hoist with a grab bucket and an enclosed trolley over railroad tracks with a train car underneath it. The crane is stam...
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P&H Monorail Hoist with Lumber Handling Unit

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Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger monorail hoist with lumber unit. The sign on the cab reads "Pawling & Harnischfeger Co., Milwaukee, Wis." and there is a man in the...
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MEC&MC Lumber Crane in Lumber Storage Area

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company lumber crane in a lumber storage area at the Long Bell Lumber Company. The sign on the crane reads "The Mi...
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Storing Sisal Fiber

Date: 07 28 1910
Description: Men use a pulley to raise bales of sisal from the ground of a warehouse to the top of a pile of stacked bales. Others use dollies to wheel in additional ba...
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McCormick Reaper Delivery

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers are guiding a crated McCormick reaper on pulley ropes through an opening in the floor, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works. The text ...
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Packaging Onions

Date: 1965
Description: Farmers package onions for shipping. Two women and a man pack and sew closed mesh bags of onions. Another man hoists full bags onto a conveyor belt, while ...
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Stolte, Dangel & Foss Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Stolte, Dangel & Foss Company of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, dealers in "Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Carpets, Ladies and Gents Furnishings, Shoes...
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Mayno Davis Lumber Company Truck

Date: 06 15 1937
Description: Two men load lumber onto the bed of an International D-35 truck owned by the Mayno Davis Lumber Company Limited. The truck is parked in front of what appea...
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Men Loading Kawartha Lumber Company Truck

Date: 1938
Description: A group of men load bundles of lumber onto the bed of an International D-30 truck owned by the Kawartha Lumber Company. The truck is parked in front of a b...
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Men with Lumber Delivery Truck

Date: 10 17 1938
Description: Two men load a piece of lumber onto the bed of an International D-35 truck owned by McDonell and Conyers Lumber Company of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Additio...
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Men Loading Coal onto Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Two men load large pieces of coal onto the bed of an International D-30 truck from the open door of a railroad boxcar. There is a storage building in the b...
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Man in Driver's Seat of Delivery Truck

Date: 06 18 1927
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck for Red Line Transfer Co. In the background is the Red Line Transfer & St...

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