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Osborne Works No. 1 Plant

Date: 1915
Description: Plant No. 1 at International Harvester's Osborne Works located at 5 Pulaski Street. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Company until 1903, when it w...
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Loading Steel Castings into International C-15 Truck

Date: 06 15 1936
Description: Two workers loading large steel castings into the back of an International C-15 truck outside a Wehr Steel Company building.
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McCormick Works

Date: 1911
Description: International Harvester's McCormick Works on the river with railroad tracks and a cargo dock. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Com...
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East Washington Avenue from the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 05 18 1934
Description: Elevated view of East Washington Avenue taken from an upper level of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Shows the First National Bank Building, American Exchange...
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Phi Gamma Delta

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: Back gable and chimney from terrace of Phi Gamma Delta, 16 Langdon Street.
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Concrete Chimney Experiment

Date: 1926
Description: Concrete chimney experiment at the University of Wisconsin.
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Chimneys

Date: 08 04 1926
Description: Concrete chimney (model) under construction, U.W. Mining Engineering Building.
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Madison Gas & Electric Company Power Plant

Date: 08 05 1953
Description: Madison Gas & Electric Company Steam Turbine Station and Substation, 115 South Blount Street, view from South Livingston Street.
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Taliesin I Courtyard

Date: 1912
Description: Taliesin I courtyard looking south from the hayloft.
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Processing Facility

Date: 1902
Description: Men standing around a brick processing facility that may be near a body of water. A burn-barrel is in the foreground.
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Billowing Steam from Wisconsin Power and Light

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Description: High humidity and low temperatures cause massive steam clouds to billow from the stacks of Wisconsin Power and Light Company behind a house on Jenifer Stre...
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The Buchbinder Residence

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Description: Dr. Jacob R. Buchbinder House was designed by the architectural firm Keck and Keck as Project #244 in 1939. This photograph shows the Buchbinder summer hom...
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Spring Tavern

Date: 1982
Description: A large black walnut tree standing in the yard of the Spring Tavern at 3706 Nakoma Road. Also known as the Spring Inn or Spring Hotel, the structure was bu...
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Spirit of '76

Date: 1956
Description: View down road towards two people walking in front of the Thienville Mills, a five-story stone building, built in 1876. At this time, it was the Thiensvill...
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Railroad Tracks Near Factory Buildings

Date: 02 1910
Description: Railroad tracks along the side of a brick factory building at McCormick Works. A smokestack rises above the building in the background. There is a storage ...
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Aerial View of McCormick Works

Date: 1911
Description: Aerial view across river towards McCormick Works, including factory buildings, smokestacks and a railroad yard. A ship named Imperial is along the d...
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Corn Binder

Date: 04 10 1915
Description: Close-up of Corn Binder outdoors in the factory yard. In the background are railroad cars on an elevated platform, brick factory buildings, and a smokestac...
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Man Adjusting Spring on Binder

Date: 04 18 1916
Description: A man is making adjustments on the spring of a Binder outdoors at McCormick Works. In the background is a fabric backdrop, and in the background above is a...
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Hay Stacker at McCormick Works

Date: 03 26 1917
Description: Hay Stacker set-up in the factory yard at McCormick Works. Railroad cars are on an elevated platform in the background.
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McCormick Works Plant and Yard

Date: 11 26 1918
Description: View looking down railroad tracks towards plant and yard. On the left railroad cars are on an elevated railroad platform, and a skybridge is overhead conne...

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