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| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of workers on the bottling line at the Schlitz Brewery. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A young woman dressed in a bathing suit and wading boots poses for a promotional photograph for the Wisconsin cranberry industry at Thunder Lake Marsh. Tw... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Workers assembling crawler tractor (TracTractor) frames at the beginning of an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The factory was lo... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Harry S. Truman in the oval office standing behind his desk. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Herman "Fish" Salmon and his airplane, the "Cosmic Wind," at the 1947 National Air Races. This image is from the collection of Harry Bruno, the publicist f... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | William Brennand of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Brennand piloted Steve Wittman's "Buster" to victory in the 1947 National Air Races. This photograph is from the co... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | The winner of the Goodyear Trophy, Steve Wittman of Oshkosh (on the right) with pilot William Brennand (holding the trophy). With them are Paul Litchfield ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Mr. W.A. Salzmann, general superintendent, congratulating works manager Mr. J.E. Harris (seated atop tractor) on completion of the first Farmall Cub tracto... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Factory worker painting a Farmall Cub tractor in a paint booth at International Harvester's Louisville Works. Original caption notes that the worker is not... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Three executives pose in front of the new International Harvester freezer at International Harvester's Evansville Works. The Evansville Works also produced... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Man operating a McCormick-Deering M-11-H cotton picker in a cotton field. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "Clyde King, Vice President of International Harvester Export Company, bids his son, second officer of the Gatti Hallicrafters Expe... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | National telephone strike, showing one operator in the left half of east switchboard room of Wisconsin Telephone Company, 16 South Carroll Street. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | At a luncheon sponsored by Americans for Democratic Action, Paul Hays, chair of the ADA New York chapter, discusses the congressional investigation of Holl... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | CIO Session at Highlander Folk School featuring Frank McCallister, standing. Graph shows number of Americans employed vs. number of American workers union... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Food, Tobacco and Agriculture Workers session at Highlander. Connie Anderson, Educational Director for the organization, is standing in the center. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A factory worker at West Pullman Works stands behind a counter surrounded by metal pieces in the ball bearing plant. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A male and a female factory worker operating machines in the ball bearing plant at West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Male and female factory workers sitting and standing along an assembly line at West Pullman Works. |
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| Description: | Male and female factory workers use drills or drivers on metal parts at West Pullman Works. |
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