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Raftsman's Series No. 1422: On A Sandbar. Working A Jack

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of several raftsmen working a jack on a sandbar.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1423: On A Sandbar. Setting A Jack

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a raftsman standing in water on sandbar setting a jack.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1424: On A Sandbar, Jack Run Out. Hold Her Boys

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of three raftsmen standing in the river, probably on a sandbar, using wooden poles to hold or push against the rafts.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1426: Putting Down The Grouzers

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Description: Stereograph of three men aboard a logging raft using log poles to "put down the grouzers."
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Raftsman's Series No. 1427: Muscular Vigor In Action

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Description: Stereograph of a man on a raft pulling down on the end of a hand hewn log, most likely the oar, while a second man stands by and watches.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1428: Muscular Vigor In Repose

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Description: Stereograph of a man on a raft holding the end of a hand hewn log, probably an oar, while three men watch in the background. Two of the men are standing ...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1429: Running The Portage Bridge

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Description: Stereograph of a man standing on the back of a raft holding a hand-hewned oar. The raft is passing under a wooden bridge. A town, including a church, are i...
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Worker Transporting Parts at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Worker using a motorized shop cart ("shop mule") to transport parts between buildings at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The cart was manufactur...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1431: Running the Kilbourn Dam. Seen From Shore

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of Jim Short steering a raft riding the rough waters of the river.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1434: Breasting An Oar - Just To Steady Her

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Description: Stereograph of a man on raft holding end of oar at chest level. There is rope coiled in the foreground.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1435: Dick The Skiffman, Going Ashore With The Line

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Description: Stereograph of a man standing in rowboat at the edge of a raft. There is a rope leading from the raft to the rowboat.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1436: Taking It Easy. Leaving The Dells

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a raftsman, Jim Aljoe, standing with his elbow propped on his knee holding the end of the rudder. A second man is sitting on the raft in the...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1438: Making A Crossing. Hold Her Heavy Pard

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Description: Stereograph of two raftsmen holding a hand-hewn oar above their heads and leaning into it. Another man at the other end of the raft is doing the same.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1439: We Are Broke Up - Take Our Line

Date: 1886
Description: Two men on a raft that is breaking up are throwing a rope to a man standing on rocks on the riverbank.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1440: Snubbing. Clear That Line, Quick

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a raftsman holding a rope as a second man runs towards the edge of the raft.
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McCormick Experimental Pull-Type Harvester-Thresher

Date: 04 18 1913
Description: McCormick experimental pull-type harvester-thresher (combine) outside International Harvester's McCormick Works. The machine is one of two models that were...
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T-20 TracTracTor and Subsoiler in Field

Date: 10 02 1934
Description: Man pulling a subsoiler with a McCormick-Deering T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). A note with the original print reads: "not a McCormick-Deering subsoil...
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International TD-65 Working on Road Construction Project

Date: 04 06 1938
Description: Original caption reads: "Model TD-65 Diesel TracTracTor [crawler tractor] owned by the Albert Brothers, and working on the Sky Line Drive. This tractor is ...
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Mogul Tractor Pulling Deering New Ideal Binders

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Description: Two men are using an International Harvester Mogul 10-20 HP tractor to pull the two Deering New Ideal binders they are riding in a field during 10-20 tract...
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McCormick-Deering 123-SP Combine in Barley Field

Date: 1947
Description: Farmers operating a McCormick-Deering 123-SP combine in a barley field. The combine was owned by Roy Kinsey.

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