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Lumber Camp Employees and Lumber

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Description: Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company Camp 15. Lumberjacks posed atop a sled load of logs, scaled at 13,562 board feet of lumber.
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Mass of Native Copper on the Ontonagon River

Date: 1821
Description: Engraving depicting the Schoolcraft expedition crossing the Ontonagon River to investigate a copper boulder.
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Agricultural Extension Lecture from Car

Date: 1915
Description: Professor Holden of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department expounds the benefits of alfalfa from the back seat of a car.
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Indians Fishing From Boats

Date: 07 16 1898
Description: A group of Ojibwa men fishing from boats.
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International Grocery Delivery Trucks

Date: 08 31 1926
Description: Two drivers and a grocer posing with International delivery trucks outside Kretschmer's grocery store. Other businesses on the street include the Associate...
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The Opening of the Railroad from Grandhaven to Grand Rapids

Date: 1857
Description: At the opening of the railway between Grandhaven and Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 26, 1857, the locomotive Grand Rapids was manned by the railroad...
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Man Sitting in Gordon-Pagel Co. Truck

Date: 1917
Description: A driver sits in an International truck owned by the Gordon-Pagel Bread Company, possibly in Detroit.
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International G-61 Oil Truck

Date: 04 19 1921
Description: Two men sit in an International Model G-61 truck on a dirt road. The truck was operated by L.P. Torensen's Standard Oil Company, located at 1305 Maple Stre...
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International Creamery Truck

Date: 04 09 1921
Description: An International truck hauling pails of milk pulls out from underneath a covered entrance at The Niles Creamery Co. Inc. The truck is likely a model H, or ...
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Niles Creamery Company

Date: 04 19 1921
Description: Men stand in front of The Niles Creamery Company alongside a truck loaded with milk pails.
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Airing Bunks

Date: 01 1918
Description: World War I soldiers airing out their bunks at Camp Curtis.
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African American Soldiers

Date: 06 1918
Description: Gravel screening and separating plant of the 310th Engineers in operation on a road near Camp Custer. All of the soldiers at work on this road construction...
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Road Construction with TD-18 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: Men work on a new road with an International TD-18 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) and an Austin-Western grader. Original caption reads: "TD-18 T.T.T. and Au...
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MEC&MC Transfer Bridge with Magnetic Hoist

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company transfer bridge with a magnetic hoist at the Enterprise Foundry Company. There's a sign on the cab that re...
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MEC&MC Gantry Crane with Auxiliary Hoist

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company gantry crane unloading railroad cars at the Fisher Body Co. There is a sign that reads "The Milwaukee Cran...
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The First Passenger Train in Michigan

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Description: Locomotive with coal car and one passenger car passing through rural landscape. People wave from a log cabin and a horse-drawn vehicle in the background an...
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Michigan State Highway Department Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Roman Ederer sits behind the wheel of an International truck marked "Michigan State Highway Department" and speaks to R.C. Richert (left), truck sales mana...
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International D-30 Truck in Orchard

Date: 05 13 1938
Description: A man places a large branch in the back of an International D-30 truck while another man sits in the driver's seat. The original caption reads: "An Interna...
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C-1 Station Wagon

Date: 06 15 1936
Description: A group of women sit in an International C-1 station wagon parked in front of a building marked: "Macklin Grinding Wheels." A male driver wearing a hat is ...
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Two Men on Friction Drive Tractor

Date: 11 06 1922
Description: Two men with an International friction drive tractor and a road grader. According to the original caption, the tractor was "made in 1907" and was "still in...

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