Photograph
Hand Winding at Thordarson Electrical Manufacturing
| Workers hand wind filament on transformers at Thordarson Electical Manufacturing Company. Chester Thordarson was a Chicago inventor and manufacturer of electical apparatus, famous for inventing the electrical transformer in 1904. He was also known for his bequest of what was the core of the UW-Madison rare book collection and his estate on Rock Island in Door County. |
| Image ID: | 28518 |
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| Creation Date: | |
| Creator Name: | Grignon |
| City: | Chicago |
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| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | Chester Hjörtur Thordarson papers, 1880-1945 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | M97-130 box 6 folder 4 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8x10 inches |
| Business enterprises |
| Factories |
| Women |
| Electric apparatus and appliances |
| Manual work |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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