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Nutrition Lab

Date: 1931
Description: Two students work in the nutrition lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Baker and Bread

Date: 05 14 1964
Description: A baker removes multiple loaves of bread from the oven for consumption in both bakery and restaurant.
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Measuring for Window

Date: 09 26 1935
Description: Workman measuring for window at Christ Presbyterian Church, 124 Wisconsin Avenue. A woman is taking notes and a man is sweeping.
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Farmer at his Barn

Date: 09 28 1931
Description: Farmer Charles Nelson, carries a pail in front of the door to his barn. His 245 acre farm was southwest of Lake Wingra near Madison. It became the first pr...
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Steeplejacks Repointing Chimney

Date: 08 05 1931
Description: Steeplejacks Don Coffey, in the foreground, and Bruce Russell, in the cap, repointing the University of Wisconsin heating plant chimney. The photograph was...
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Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man weighing a milk can on an old scale at Mt. Horeb Creamery.
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Old Scale

Date: 06 08 1928
Description: Man weighing milk can on old platform scale at Belmont Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 06 08 1928
Description: Man weighing milk can on Toledo scale at Belmont Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: Man weighing bucket on Toledo bench scale at Federation Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: Man weighing bucket on old bench scale at Federation Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: A man weighing a large container on a Toledo platform scale at the Federation Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: Man weighing small bucket on Toledo platform scale at Rewey Creamery.
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On Watch

Date: 09 1958
Description: Silhouette of a guard patrolling while wearing a helmet and carrying a bayonet.
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Workers at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Two workers, both in overalls and hardhats, use tools underground at International Harvester's Hawkins Mine in Hibbing, Minnesota. One man uses a drill wh...
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Portrait of a Farmer

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Description: Portrait of a farmer standing outside of a wooden structure.
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Planting Sisal in Cuba

Date: 1949
Description: Workers plant sisal on an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Getting ready to set out the young plants. This operation co...
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P&H Concrete Breaker

Date: 04 15 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger concrete breaker on a residential street with a operator in the cab. Men are working in the street, and trees and power lines are l...
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Man Hardening Tractor Parts in Furnace

Date: 1942
Description: Factory worker hardens tractor parts in "one of a battery of gas-fired box type heat treating furnaces."
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Two Boys and a Woman Holding Milking Machinery

Date: 10 1906
Description: Two boys dressed in dark work shoes, overalls, and button-up shirts are standing on either side of a woman in front of a doorway. The woman is dressed in a...
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Two Men Oil a Wheel

Date: 04 23 1906
Description: Two men standing on what appears to be a factory floor, probably the McCormick Works, oiling a wheel. The man on the left is dressed in suit pants, vest an...

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