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Lumber Mill Workers

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Description: Group portrait of men, a boy, and horses posed among piles of logs and lumber. A bicycle is in the foreground, and a steam engine is in the background.
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Woodworking Shop

Date: 11 18 1937
Description: Workers operate machinery inside a woodworking shop. All equipment in the shop was powered by an International P-12 power unit.
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Men in Wood Shop

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Workers use machinery inside a woodworking shop owned by H.P. Ghent. An International P-12 power unit is on the left side of the room.
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Testing Diesel Engine Cylinder Hardness

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Factory worker tests the file-hardness of a diesel engine cylinder at Milwaukee Works. Photograph taken by Don Jones.
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Kayser Motors

Date: 04 13 1949
Description: Five automotive technicians work on engines inside the engine rebuilding department at Kayser Motors.
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Workers Tend to Engines at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1916
Description: Two men working on engine components on an assembly line at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Com...
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Field Mill

Date: 1938
Description: Field mill powered by an International PD-40 power unit. The power unit was owned by Walter Brown; a bridge and a body of water are to the right of the bui...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior of the Lawson machine shop, with two Lawson engines, one housed in part of a fuselage, the other set on a wooden support. A long wooden frame is i...
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Sawing Wood with a Steam Engine

Date: 04 03 1901
Description: Crew of men sawing wood with the use of a steam engine. A large pile of wood is stacked behind the saw. Alexander Krueger is standing between the steam eng...

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