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Conklin Ice House

Date: 1912
Description: Men harvesting ice at the Conklin Ice House on Lake Mendota. The men are using pike poles to slide the blocks to the conveyor and U-shaped tools to split p...
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Gardner Bakery Bread Conveyor

Date: 05 09 1931
Description: Bread conveyor manufactured by Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. at Gardner Bakery, 849 E. Washington Avenue.
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Gardner Bakery Bread Conveyor

Date: 05 09 1931
Description: Bread conveyor manufactured by Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. at Gardner Bakery, 849 E. Washington Avenue.
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Gardner Bakery Bread Conveyor

Date: 05 09 1931
Description: Bread conveyor manufactured by Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. at Gardner Bakery, 849 E. Washington Avenue.
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Gravel Pit

Date: 05 04 1929
Description: Carl E. & Paul G. Roth gravel pit with conveying equipment.
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Conveyor Belt

Date: 05 22 1928
Description: Conveyer belt at General Lab for Wisconsin Foundry.
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Stamping Hams

Date: 1945
Description: Women are stamping hams with the USDA grade stamp and the Oscar Mayer label as the hams move by on an assembly line.
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Weiner Processing

Date: 1943
Description: Female employees processing "Yellow Band" weiners at the Oscar Mayer Company during World War II.
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Conveyor at Roth Gravel Pit

Date: 02 16 1931
Description: Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Co. conveyor belt loading gravel into hopper which is filling a C.E. & P.A. Roth truck at their gravel pit, 1910 Roth Street ne...
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Canada Dry Bottling Company Plant

Date: 08 19 1949
Description: Slightly elevated view of the interior of the Canada Dry Bottling Company plant at 3313 University Avenue, showing the bottling line. One person is standin...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Ski Jump

Date: 12 28 1949
Description: Members of the Blackhawk Ski Club prepare the landing area at the club's ski jump at Tomahawk Ridge, located west of Middleton. From left are Jim Jardine, ...
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Depot and Train — Belleville

Date: 1922
Description: View down railroad tracks of the Belleville train depot. A group of people on the platform approach the train.
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Kroger Supermarket Opening

Date: 11 18 1957
Description: Nine electronically controlled check-out counters will be more efficient in the new Kroger Supermarket. Three persons may use each counter at one time.
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Lake Kegonsa Near Lake Kegonsa Log Cabins

Date: 1930
Description: View of Lake Kegonsa shoreline, with cottages and boathouses along the shore, and farm buildings on a hill behind. There is a dock with several rowboats in...
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Oscar Mayer & Co. Sliced Bacon Department

Date: 01 1949
Description: Women preparing sliced bacon at the Oscar Mayer & Co. plant in Madison. At least fifteen women are working, most most of them wearing headscarves. Caption ...

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