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Methylene Blue Milk Test

Date: 1928
Description: Dairyman conducting Methylene blue test on a can of milk. Notice in background reads: "For all milk which passes the quality requirements of this factory, ...
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Farmall Works Assembly Line

Date: 1952
Description: Factory workers on the assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works. The men are working on Farmall tractors.
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Grocery Store

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Description: A woman is being waited on by a man standing behind the counter of a grocery store. Canned goods are stacked on shelves along the wall behind the counter.
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Charles Palmeri Receives Check

Date: 11 03 1934
Description: Charles Palmeri, aka Pasquale, in an apron, receives a check from James Lewis, Special Deputy representing the street banking commission, to settle his acc...
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Flipping Pancakes

Date: 06 11 1989
Description: Man flipping pancakes at "farm breakfast" as part of "June is Dairy Month" promotion in Washington County.
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Chemistry Experiment

Date: 05 25 1951
Description: Chemistry experiment by two men being conducted with steam rising from equipment.
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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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Factory Worker Standing at Work Bench

Date: 1907
Description: Employee standing at a work bench with his hand on a hammer, most likely at International Harvester's Osborne Works.
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Roasting Chickens

Date: 01 23 1957
Description: A man clad in a chef's apron tests a pan of chicken for doneness.
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Shopping at Kroger's

Date: 07 1943
Description: A woman shopping in the meat department at the Kroger store at Union Corners, 2541 Winnebago Street. She is there to promote the wartime Oscar Mayer Health...
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Moon Molinaro, Bartender

Date: 08 25 1934
Description: Apron-clad "Moon" Molinaro, Fauerbach's bartender, fills a stein of Fauerbach beer from the tap, with Arthur Towell's University of Wisconsin diploma on th...
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Bartender Fritz Genske

Date: 12 04 1933
Description: Bartender Fritz Genske, "the dean of Madison bartenders," shaking a cocktail shaker at the Elks Club, 120-124 Monona Avenue. (Now known as M.L. King Jr. Bo...
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Toledo Computogram Scale with Tradesman

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: Interior view of a Toledo Computogram scale on a counter in a Dodgeville store, with the grocer weighing bananas. In the background is a display of merchan...
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Anglidle Scale in Dodgeville Grocery Store

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: View of Anglidle scale in Dodgeville store showing grocer weighing bananas. Merchandise is on display on the counter and on shelves in the background.
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Baker Holding Loaf of Gardner's Bread

Date: 04 11 1928
Description: Baker holding a loaf of Gardner's Double Duty bread with shelves of bread in the background. The baker is wearing Else Russell's Best Flour apron.
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Baker Holding Loaf of Bread

Date: 04 11 1928
Description: A baker is standing and holding a loaf of Gardner's Double Duty bread, with shelves of bread in the background. The man is wearing Else Russell's Best Flou...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Header and Header Binder Catalog Cover

Date: 1904
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Deering line of headers and header binders. Features a color chromolithograph illustrat...
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Women Peeling Apples

Date: 1944
Description: Three seated women with bowls on their laps peel apples outdoors while two men stand in the background.
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Johnson's Bakery

Date: 1941
Description: A male worker wearing a hat and apron at Johnson's Bakery removING a pan from an International reach-in cooler.
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Student with Drilling Machine

Date: 12 20 1961
Description: A student at the Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools operates a drill press.

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