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Katherine Verikios

Date: 11 21 1931
Description: Katherine Verikios, 10, 1135 E. Mifflin Street, wearing fur-trimmed coat. She won the Madison Label Saving contest and received a new Chevrolet.
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Men in Front of Brown Corliss Engine Company Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Several men posing in front of the newly constructed Brown Corliss Engine Co. machine factory. Caption reads: "Corliss, Wis. About 1901. Men in front of ma...
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First Artesian Well in DePere

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people standing near an artesian well. Men wearing long coats and hats to protect them from the water are standing on and unde...
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This Train For Racine

Date: 1900
Description: Several men pose on a station platform in front of a locomotive and railroad car at the end of the railroad tracks. A man standing in the center is wearing...
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International Harvester Company and Tractor Works

Date: 1911
Description: View across wet field towards the International Harvester Company and Tractor Works buildings.
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Wheel Storage in Factory Yard

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Description: Wheels are stacked in factory yard, and men are standing on a platform behind. There is a view of a neighborhood in the background.
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Wheel Storage

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Description: Elevated view over roofs of buildings of a factory. Wheels are stacked up in the yard. Includes a view of the neighborhood beyond.
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Lumberyard

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Description: Elevated view of lumberyard. Men are standing in the yard, and buildings and smokestacks are in the background.
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Railroad Tracks

Date: 05 05 1917
Description: View down set of railroad tracks that cross a street through an open gate and head into a railroad yard. There is a man standing near a brick building on t...
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Railroad Yard Behind Plant

Date: 09 27 1913
Description: View down railroad tracks towards a man standing in front of a railroad car. There are commercial buildings along the street on the left. A train is on ano...
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Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 08 08 1911
Description: Binder outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background are railroad cars on an elevated platform, and a man walking towards the underpass. Brick...
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Tractor Works

Date: 03 09 1911
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Tractor Works building.
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Mogul Tractor on Flatbed Railroad Car

Date: 02 11 1911
Description: A Mogul tractor is positioned on a flatbed railroad car for delivery outdoors at McCormick Works. Factory buildings are in the background, and snow is on t...
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Milwaukee Reaper at McCormick Works

Date: 10 27 1910
Description: View of a reaper sitting outdoors on the cobblestones in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background are railroad cars behind a loading dock.
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Railroad Yard Behind Plant

Date: 09 27 1913
Description: View across railroad tracks towards commercial buildings along a street. There is a wooden sided railroad car on the tracks in the foreground. A sign on th...
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Neighborhood on a Hill

Date: 06 10 1918
Description: Slightly elevated view across yards and fences of a neighborhood on a hill. A man is standing in the yard in the center just beyond a fence.
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Offset Rigid Tractor Disk Harrow (Exp.)

Date: 04 04 1928
Description: Disk Harrow drawn by tractor sitting in a field, with a view of neighborhood beyond. Children are watching in the background. A fence and houses are behind...
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Railroad Boxcar in front of Garden City Beers Store

Date: 05 04 1916
Description: Railroad boxcar on tracks along the street in front of Garden City Beers store, Stan. Chrzaszcs.
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Aerial View of McCormick Works

Date: 11 29 1918
Description: View of factory buildings, yard, and railroad tracks, including smokestacks.
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Aerial View of Factory

Date: 07 27 1926
Description: Aerial view of a factory.

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