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Sara Sound Productions

Date: 1965
Description: James Kirchstein, Wisconsin's Very Live Radio (WVLR) station chief engineer and originator, inside his recording company, Sara Sound Productions, Inc. WVLR...
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Engineers Examine Part at IHC Tractor Works

Date: 1930
Description: Four engineers(?) gathered around an office table to examine a part at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Testing the International Transtar Semi

Date: 1969
Description: Color photograph of an engineer attaching a Transtar nameplate to an International semi-truck during testing.
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Gemini Interview

Date: 08 17 1965
Description: NBC News broadcaster Merrill Mueller interviewing Lockheed engineer Bud Zeller about the Gemini Agena Target Vehicle. The interview was part of a public re...
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Refrigeration Plant at Orpheum Theatre

Date: 06 18 1931
Description: Eugene F. Smith, chief engineer of Madison's RKO theaters (left) is explaining the refrigeration (air conditioning) plant at the Orpheum Theatre to Floyd C...
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Radio Station Master Control

Date: 10 03 1930
Description: Everett Marshall, engineer, standing at the control panel of the radio station, WIBA.
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Early Experimental IHC Tractor

Date: 06 21 1911
Description: Man sitting on an experimental lightweight tractor. The photograph was probably taken outside International Harvester's McCormick Works. Original caption i...
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Engineer Tests International Tractor Engines

Date: 02 16 1961
Description: Engineer in a dyno booth testing International tractor engines.
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U.S. Marines

Date: 1944
Description: U.S. Marine Corps engineers excavating sand and rock with a steam shovel and a fleet of International trucks in the Pavuvu Islands. The International Harve...
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The Old Wood Train

Date: 03 29 1933
Description: "The old wood train." It is a class H3 train built in 1880 by Manchester Locomotive Works. John Rhine, the engineer, is shown. A large group of men are sta...
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International 824 Tractor

Date: 1971
Description: View towards a man plowing a field with an International 824 tractor in Germany. The picture commemorates the launch of the 824 tractor at Neuss Works in E...
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Locomotive

Date: 1910
Description: Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie railroad locomotive #2024, originally the Wisconsin Central Railroad #89, built by the Schenectady Locomotive Wo...
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CM&StP Railroad Locomotive

Date: 1903
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad locomotive #1100, a class I engine, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1873 and originally numbered #199. Th...
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Milwaukee Road Railroad

Date: 08 1974
Description: View down double set of railroad tracks towards a Milwaukee Road train, with the engineer about to board. Other men are standing in the background.
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Harry Dyer and Robert Draves

Date: 08 06 1941
Description: Singer Harry Dyer (b.1864), right, and sound engineer Robert Draves.
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Harry Dyer and Models

Date: 10 05 1944
Description: Captain Harry Dyer, age 80, admiring his model log raft and steam boat in his basement workshop. For 20 years he was a raft boat mate. He left the river in...
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Bert Benjamin

Date: 1910
Description: Bert R. Benjamin (1870-1969). Benjamin was hired by McCormick Harvesting Machine Company after he graduated from Ames College (later Iowa State College) wi...
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Lake Park Streetcar Terminal

Date: 1900
Description: Lake Park streetcar terminal. There is a streetcar in the station with engineers standing in front.
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Automobile Crankshaft Machine at Gisholt Machine Company

Date: 08 20 1947
Description: Display of a 50-ton machine, developed by the Gisholt Machine Company, that will help speed up production of automobile crankshafts. W.A. Smlja, on the lef...
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WHA Radio Station

Date: 01 1948
Description: Robert Wickhen, recording engineer, is cutting a recording at WHA Radio Station.

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