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Test Kitchen and Laboratory

Date: 10 16 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of five women workers in an Oscar Mayer Company test kitchen and laboratory. A low wall is separating two women working at desks on ...
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Test Kitchen and Laboratory at Oscar Mayer

Date: 10 16 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of five women researchers performing various aspects of food research and related activities in a test kitchen and laboratory at the...
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Gottshalk's First Meat Market

Date: 1863
Description: Exterior view of M. Gottshalk's first meat market.
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Oscar Mayer and Company

Date: 1950
Description: An elevated view of the Oscar Mayer plant.
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Meat Packers Parade Float

Date: 1931
Description: A large float decorated with a farm scene and blanketed with flowers moves down a city street (possibly Michigan Avenue in Chicago). The float is part of t...
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Fehr Baking Company Truck

Date: 1950
Description: An International L-150 truck owned by the Fehr Baking Company parked in front of Joe's Meat Market. The side of the truck advertises "Fairmade; Fairmade is...
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IBP Labor Strife

Date: 1965
Description: Iowa Beef Packers, later IBP, revolutionized the meat industry during the 1960s by introducing numerous innovations including the hiring of low paid worker...
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Aerial View of Oscar Mayer Plant

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Description: Aerial view of the Prairie du Chien plant of Oscar Mayer & Co.
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First National Bank and Central Wisconsin Trust Company

Date: 1929
Description: View across street towards the First National Bank and Central Wisconsin Trust Company on the corner of East Washington Avenue and S. Pinckney Street. The ...
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Oscar Mayer Plant

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Description: View across lawn and parking lot towards the Oscar Mayer plant. A service flag with a large star with the number "1241" is hanging on the side of the build...
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View from Roof of Oscar Mayer Plant

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Description: Elevated view from roof of the Oscar Mayer Plant looking down towards the shipping lot. Trucks are backed up to the loading dock. There is a flag on a flag...
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Oscar Mayer Employees Walking Outdoors

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Description: Oscar Mayer employees are walking near the plant, down the entrance road near a chain link fence. There is a water tower and three American flags on three ...
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Oscar Mayer Plant

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Description: View across lawn and parking lot towards the Oscar Mayer plant. A service flag with a large star with the number "1241" is hanging on the side of the build...
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Oscar Mayer Barn

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Description: View of a barn with two silos on the right.
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Oscar Mayer Cows

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Description: Cattle are grazing in a dirt pen. Behind the cattle is a fence, and in the background is a barn.
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Oscar Mayer Farm

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Description: An man is using a pitchfork to move silage off of a wagon into what may be an ensilage cutter, which is near a silo and barn at the Oscar Mayer farm.
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Oscar Mayer Farms

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Description: View across fence through trees towards fields and farm buildings.

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