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The Keokuk at the Winona, Minnesota Levee

Date: 1858
Description: Elevated view of the sidewheel packet, Keokuk, at the Winona, Minnesota levee between 1858 and 1866. A barge and railway cars are in the foreground.
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The "Sandusky," the "Shawnee" and the "Superior"

Date: 1880
Description: Three ships at dock, the "Superior," the "Sandusky," and the "Shawnee," all built in Gibralter, Michigan.
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Hawkins Mine

Date: 10 04 1928
Description: Panoramic view of Hawkins Mine, with railroad tracks in the foreground. Buildings and a water tower are in the distance.
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St. Paul Flax Twine Mill

Date: 1906
Description: Exterior view of the St. Paul Flax Twine MIll with a railroad track and power lines in the foreground.
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Malleable Castings Room

Date: 1906
Description: Men at work in the malleable castings room of the St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill.
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IH Ad Men

Date: 06 14 1924
Description: A group of International Harvester "advertising men" line up in front of a building.
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Pepin Pickling Company Truck

Date: 1917
Description: A man driving an International truck for Pepin Pickling Company. The truck is loaded with boxes of sliced dill and mixed sweet pickles, and traveling down ...
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Logging with a T-20 Crawler Tractor

Date: 03 09 1938
Description: Men using an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor), PD-80, and P-300 owned by Sam Seppala of Grand Marais, to log white pine. The original capti...
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St. Paul Works Employees

Date: 1942
Description: Factory workers sitting and standing for a group portrait at International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Uniformed women are sitting in the foreground, and A...
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International Concrete Truck

Date: 1950
Description: An International LF-190 truck equipped with a concrete mixer in front of a tall building marked: "Readymix Concrete Co." Men are looking out the building's...
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International PD-40 and T-20 at Sawmill

Date: 03 03 1938
Description: Men work in a sawmill powered by International T-20 and PD-40 power units owned by Andrew Hedstrom.
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Mining Iron Ore

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Description: Evelyth, a rapidly growing mining city, began exporting its iron ore in 1884.
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Large Open Pit Iron Ore Mine

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Description: The Hull Rust Mahoning Mine was mainly used for its supply of taconite, a low-grade ore that only came into demand after the high-grade natural iron ore wa...
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Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mining

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Description: Two trains transporting taconite from Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mine, part of the Mesabi Iron Range, discovered in 1866.
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Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mining

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Description: A view of the Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mine, with a residential area of Hibbing, Minnesota in the distance.
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Railroad Cars Filled with Iron Ore

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Description: Elevated view of railroad cars transporting iron ore from the Mesabi Iron Range, once important because of the discovery of hematite, and then for its larg...
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Steam Shovels Loading Railroad Cars with Iron Ore

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Description: Miners at work using steam shovels and railroad cars for transporting iron ore in Virginia, located on the Mesabi Iron Range.
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Water Street Bridge

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Description: Waterside view of the Red Cedar River spanned by a metal bridge. The river has a small waterfall created by a dam and a horse-drawn carriage is standing in...
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Mill, Cloquet Lumber Co.

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Description: View across water covered with logs toward the mill. Smoke and steam is coming from a smokestack and chimneys. The mill building has smaller outbuildings c...
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Northern Lumber Mill

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Description: View from shoreline across water toward the mill. To the right of the main building are two smaller structures, with a watertower and silo behind. Two smok...

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