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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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Invitation to Ice Chippers Farewell

Date: 1957
Description: Invitation for Ice Chippers, an ice fishing club of Gisholt Machine Company, to a farewell dinner for Albert LaGrille. The cartoon shows warmly dressed men...
Drawing

"Balanced Performace"

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Description: Elevated view of men working on the assembly line at Rayovac. The title is "Balanced Performance." Written in pencil on parts of the drawing are "Pitch," "...
Photograph

Man Operating Hough 90 Pay Loader

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Description: Man operating a Hough 90 Pay Loader to move sand or other material into conveying machinery. A sign on the driver's side door of a truck in the background ...
Drawing

"An Invitation, Automation on Ice!"

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Description: Cartoon of warmly dressed men working on conveyor belt on a frozen lake. Fish on a stringer are being pulled up from a hole in the ice onto the conveyor be...
Photograph

Men Working in Manufacturing Area of Factory

Date: 03 29 1923
Description: Group of men working on equipment in a manufacturing area on a factory floor.
Photograph

Men at Quarry with Horses and Trucks

Date: 06 02 1925
Description: Elevated view of a quarry. Two men in the center are standing behind teams of four horses pulling equipment. Behind them are men posing in trucks parked at...
Photograph

Shera Coal & Oil Co.

Date: 06 13 1925
Description: A delivery truck with a pickup bed piled with material is sitting in the open doorway of the Shera Coal & Oil Co. building. A man is sitting in the open do...
Photograph

Shera Coal & Oil Co.

Date: 06 13 1925
Description: A man is sitting in the open doorway of the driver's seat of a truck at the Shera Coal & Oil Co. Near the truck is a pile of material, and above and behind...
Photograph

Shera Coal & Oil Co.

Date: 06 13 1925
Description: View looking down at a man standing under a hopper near the side of a truck for the Shera Coal & Oil Co. A man is sitting in the driver's seat of the truck...
Photograph

Apparatus for Filling Trucks at Quarry

Date: 07 25 1925
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man driving a truck at a quarry underneath an apparatus for filling the truck beds.
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Oscar Mayer Women Employees Stamping Meat

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Description: View towards a group of women standing in the foreground on either side of a conveyer belt. The women are stamping Oscar Mayer logos into packaged slabs of...
Photograph

Oscar Mayer Pork Storage

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Description: Two men are handling packaged meat, which have a clipped hanger hook, from a conveyer belt and hanging them onto a vertical rack behind them.
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Oscar Mayer Ham Storage

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Description: Three men are handling packaged hams. They are transferring the hams from a conveyer belt and hanging them onto a vertical rack behind them.
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Oscar Mayer Packaging

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Description: A woman wearing a hairnet is standing at a conveyor belt that is holding containers of processed meat. She is using her right hand to compact the meat with...
Photograph

Oscar Mayer Female Employees with Slabs of Meat

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Description: Slightly elevated view of four women standing on both sides of a conveyor belt. Two women are using knives and are holding large pieces of meat, while the ...
Photograph

Women Packaging Yellow Band Wieners

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Description: Slightly elevated view of four women standing near a conveyor belt and racks of wieners. They are wearing long coats and hats, and are labeling and packing...
Photograph

TD-24 — Material Handling

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man driving a TD-24. In the background are cranes, and a ship at the shoreline. Subject: "TD-24 — Material Handling." Where Taken: "MW." Inf...
Photograph

Norris Dam

Date: 1934
Description: Elevated, panoramic view of the Norris Dam.
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Employee Guiding Molded Machine Parts on Conveyor

Date: 1920
Description: A male employee is guiding molded machine parts on a conveyor in a factory.

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