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Construction Of Streetcar Tracks

Date: 1905
Description: Construction crew building a double streetcar track around the Capitol Square on North Pinckney Street. The oversized awnings were common around the Square...
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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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Steeplejacks Repointing Chimney

Date: 08 05 1931
Description: Close-up of Don Coffey, in the foreground, and Bruce Russell, wearing the cap, steeplejacks repointing the University of Wisconsin heating plant chimney. P...
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UW-Madison Mechanical Engineering Building Construction

Date: 09 07 1930
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Mechanical Engineering Building at 1513 University Avenue under construction. Men are working on the steel framework. A mas...
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Laying Gas Mains

Date: 08 26 1929
Description: Laying gas mains on University Avenue to Shorewood.
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Man Refilling a Tire

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Description: A man with a safari style hat pumping air into a tire of a farming apparatus.
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Working Men Walking Past a Building

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Description: Two men wearing hats, one of whom is carrying a bucket and a tool, walking across the street from a large building.
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Interior of Metro Truck

Date: 1949
Description: View of the interior of an International Metro truck through open rear doors. Inside the truck are a set of drawers on the left, and on the right is a coun...
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Two Men Preparing for Utility Work with International Truck

Date: 08 15 1929
Description: One man is climbing a ladder, while another man is crouched examining what appears to be a stove surrounded by a metal windbreak. In the background is an I...
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Man with Lifting Jack at Champion Works

Date: 08 05 1916
Description: A man wearing a straw hat and a bowtie is posing with a lifting jack set up outdoors against a backdrop on a brick factory wall.
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Machinery at Construction Site

Date: 07 25 1927
Description: A man is working down in a trench with a tool attached by a hose to machinery parked near the top of the trench. Other men are standing above the trench wa...
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Man Tightening Gears

Date: 06 1907
Description: Man tightening gears at McCormick Works.
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Man Attaching Sack to Pipe of Thresher

Date: 07 26 1911
Description: Man attaching sack to pipe of thresher outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background is a brick factory building.
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Piles of Lumber in Plant Yard

Date: 03 12 1914
Description: Men are standing on top of a pile of lumber unloading pieces of wood with a rope and pulley attached to a pole at the top of the pile. At the base of the l...
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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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Man Assembling Wheel

Date: 06 21 1916
Description: A man is standing outdoors assembling a wheel resting on a round platform. Written under the wheel is "ZB-353." Near the center of the wheel is an arrow, a...
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Man Assembling Wheel

Date: 06 21 1916
Description: A man is standing outdoors assembling a wheel resting on a round platform. Written under the wheel is "ZB-353." Near the center of the wheel is an arrow, a...
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Man Assembling Wheel

Date: 06 21 1916
Description: A man is standing outdoors assembling a wheel resting on a round platform. Written under the wheel is "ZB-353." Other parts are stacked on the right, and o...

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