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Hess and Sons Cooperage

Date: 1949
Description: Interior view of Frank J. Hess and Sons barrel-making factory, 1952 Atwood Avenue at Schenck's Corners. Pictured l to r: Frank Jr., Edward, Joseph, Tony, a...
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Homer Bigart

Date: 1948
Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times" with two unidentified individuals.
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Homer Bigart

Date: 1948
Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times" with two unidentified individuals. There is ...
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Homer Bigart

Date: 1948
Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times" with two unidentified individuals.
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Girl Scouts Around a Camp Fire

Date: 10 10 1941
Description: Eight Girl Scouts kneeling around a campfire inside a campfire ring at Camp Indianola.
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Madison Central High School "Old Grads"

Date: 06 07 1945
Description: Portrait of five "Old Grads" of Madison Central High School, guests of the 1945 graduating class, the 100th group to receive diplomas from that school. Sit...
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High School Band Marching Down Street

Date: 1942
Description: A high school band marches down the street during MacArthur Week, a state sponsored scrap drive effort. Crowds of children and adults line both sides of th...
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Menomonie International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1942
Description: A man stands outdoors near the front door of the Richartz-Beilfus Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership.
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High School Band Marching Down Street

Date: 1942
Description: A high school band marches down a street during MacArthur Week, a state sponsored scrap drive effort.
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School Boy Weighs Box of Scrap Metal

Date: 1942
Description: A group of men and boys are outdoors weighing metal collected in a wartime scrap drive. In the background is a truck and industrial buildings.
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Fleming Motor Company

Date: 1942
Description: Exterior view of the Fleming Motor Company, an International Harvester dealership. Three men are standing on the right, and a gas pump is in front of the e...
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Cartoon "Teamwork for Victory"

Date: 12 1942
Description: Cartoon printed in December issue of "HARVESTER NEWS-LETTER" showing a soldier and a International Harvester employee kicking Adolph Hitler, Benito Mussoli...
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Cartoon "Cutting out the Axis"

Date: 08 1943
Description: A cartoon originally published in the August issue of the "HARVESTER NEWS-LETTER" showing a International Harvester employee working on a lathe cutting out...
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1946
Description: Paul R. Anderson of DeForest, Wisconsin won the 1946 Madison Soap Box Derby and went on to race at the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. Here he...
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Picketers, Local 18 United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers

Date: 1946
Description: Striking workers from the local 18 of United Gas Coke and Chemical Workers, C.I.O. picketing on a wide downtown sidewalk. The men are walking in a circle h...
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Picketers, Local 18 United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers

Date: 1946
Description: Members of local 18 United Gas, Coke and Chemical of the C.I.O. picketing in a small circle on a wide downtown sidewalk. Two men hold signs and one reads, ...
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United Steelworkers Convention Delegates

Date: 08 24 1946
Description: Gene Turman, Local 1533, Beloit (younger) and M.W. Henderson, Local 2763, Galesburg, Illinois, sit on a couch at the United Steelworkers of American Distri...
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United Steelworkers Convention Resolutions Committee

Date: 08 24 1946
Description: Posed group shot of the United Steelworkers of America District 32 Convention Resolutions Committee. The men wear suits and are all sitting or standing aro...
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Price Control Broadcast, WRJN

Date: 08 18 1946
Description: Pro price-control broadcast at WRJN. A woman and two men stand encircling a microphone holding scripts. A clock is on the wall behind them and a piano [?] ...
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Farm Equipment Workers Union Leafletting

Date: 08 1946
Description: Members of the Farm Equipment Workers Union hand out leaflets at the International Harvester Co. plant during the Union's convention. A small crowd of peop...

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