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McCormick Works Machine Shop

Date: 1900
Description: Workers operating belt-driven machinery in a machine shop at the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine company ...
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McCormick Works Machine Shop

Date: 1900
Description: Workers machining parts with belt-driven lathes, presses, and other machinery in a machine shop at McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by the McC...
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Madison Royal Airport Repair Shop

Date: 05 26 1932
Description: The repair shop of the Morey Airplane Company at Royal Airport in Madison. Only months after this picture was taken, Howard Morey lost both his hangar and ...
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Truax Field

Date: 1948
Description: Workmen overhauling the engine of a Wisconsin Central airplane in the airline hangar at Truax Field. Formerly known as Madison Municipal Airport, the field...
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Worker Grinds Bearings with Landis Machine

Date: 09 30 1938
Description: Worker operating a hydraulic Landis machine for grinding pin bearings on crankshafts at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. The Indianapolis Work...
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Machine Operators Hone Truck Engine Connecting Rods

Date: 10 1938
Description: Two machine operators honing truck engine connecting rods at International Harvester's Indianapolis Motor Truck Engine Works. Original caption reads: "Two ...
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Punch Pressing Handles

Date: 11 27 1967
Description: A machinist running a punch press at Res Manufacturing Company.
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Bird's-Eye Views of Milwaukee, Wis.

Date: 1882
Description: Bird's-eye views of various sections of Milwaukee.
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Worker Mortises Wagon Wheel Hubs

Date: 1919
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Weber Works working on wooden wagon wheel hubs.
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Workers Machine Tractor Engine Blocks

Date: 1916
Description: Factory workers machine tractor engine blocks at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company before...
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Aircraft Torpedo Manufacture

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Two women inspect a drill press at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "Dust prevention and cleanliness is so important as a factor...
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Grinding Pistons at Tractor Works

Date: 1935
Description: Workers grinding pistons at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Schoelkopf Manufacturing Company Building

Date: 01 29 1946
Description: Schoelkopf Manufacturing Company, 320 North 3rd Street, between East Johnson Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Louis Schoelkopf invented and manufactured the...
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Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Co. Interior

Date: 07 26 1945
Description: Interior of Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Company with workmen and equipment, 754 East Washington Avenue. Large road grader in background.
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Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Co. Interior

Date: 07 26 1945
Description: Workshop of Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Company, without workers, 754 East Washington Avenue.
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Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Co. Interior

Date: 08 01 1945
Description: Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Company workshop with four workmen and equipment, 724 East Washington Avenue. Tractors are in the background.
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Man Standing on Ladder

Date: 11 04 1943
Description: Man standing on folding ladder in Madison-Kipp Corp., with scene of factory floor in the background.
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Nagle-Hart Co. Machine Shop

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: A workman grinds a cylinder head at Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Company, 754 East Washington Avenue.
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Welders

Date: 04 11 1939
Description: Two welders looking at finished welding job in shop at Howard Welding Co., 319-321 E. Wilson Street.
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Halperin Machine Shop

Date: 12 26 1930
Description: A machinist working at the Charles H. Halperin machine shop, located at 209 S. Park Street.

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