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Osborne Works Cafeteria

Date: 1913
Description: Factory workers sitting at tables in a cafeteria at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Company until 1903, ...
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Women's Lunch Room at IHC Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of female workers gathered in the women's lunch room at the International Harvester's Osborne Works twine mill. The factory was owne...
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West Pullman Works Cafeteria

Date: 1930
Description: Male and female factory and office workers sitting in the cafeteria at International Harvester's West Pullman Works.
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West Pullman Works Factory Workers

Date: 1930
Description: Male and female workers inspecting(?) parts at International Harvester's West Pullman Works.
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Wisconsin Power & Light Company — Veteran Employees

Date: 04 11 1946
Description: Wisconsin Power & Light Company banquet for Veteran employees at the Hotel Loraine.
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Oscar Mayer Co. Cafeteria

Date: 10 15 1943
Description: Oscar Mayer Company cafeteria showing men and women workers in line for food, and sitting at tables.
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Oscar Mayer Co. Cafeteria

Date: 10 15 1943
Description: Oscar Mayer Company cafeteria, showing food line in the background on the far left, and workers sitting at tables in the foreground.
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Oscar Mayer Co. Cafeteria

Date: 10 15 1943
Description: Oscar Mayer Company cafeteria, with workers standing in a food line in the background, and in the foreground people sitting at tables.
Poster

Health and Safety Poster Illustrating Employee Lunch Rooms

Date: 1916
Description: Poster or signboard with the title: "Lunch Rooms - A Clean and Neat Place to Eat: Makes Food More Palatable." Includes images of lunch rooms or cafeterias ...
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West Pullman Works Assembly Line

Date: 1947
Description: Male and female factory workers sitting and standing along an assembly line at West Pullman Works.
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Aircraft Torpedo Manufacture

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Factory workers inspecting aircraft torpedo parts at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "Women are employed by the company to insp...
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Robert Garvey, Bus Driver

Date: 08 31 1955
Description: Portrait of Robert P. Garvey, a bus driver for the Madison Bus Company, seated behind the steering wheel.
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Robert "Bob" Mahnke Celebrates Eightieth Birthday

Date: 03 17 1951
Description: Robert "Bob" Mahnke of 1155 Williamson Street admires a special birthday card signed by 127 of his fellow employees at the Gisholt Machine Company, where h...
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Ray-O-Vac Initiates 25-Year Members

Date: 11 15 1951
Description: New members of the Ray-O-Vac Company's 25 Year Club were initiated during ceremonies at the organization's annual banquet at Hotel Loraine.
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Red Cross Blood Bank Drive

Date: 12 13 1951
Description: Dane County Highway Department employees line up to donate blood during the annual Red Cross blood bank drive. Left to right: James O'Connell, Russell Roed...
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Men with Teetzel Company Truck

Date: 07 13 1937
Description: View from street of two men removing a sofa from the back of an International D-30 truck owned by Teetzel Company Interior Designers.
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Ladies Cafeteria at Osbourne Works

Date: 07 16 1912
Description: Slightly elevated view of a canteen filled with women dressed in work clothes and hats. The room is equipped with wooden tables, chairs, and white dishes. ...
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Women Workers in Osborne Works Cafeteria

Date: 03 25 1914
Description: Elevated view of a large group of female factory workers sitting at tables in a cafeteria at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The women likely work...
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Worker Affixing Fabric to Chair with Stapler

Date: 1972
Description: A man is affixing fabric to a chair with a pneumatic stapler. He is leaning forward and is wearing an apron. Piles around him are chairs, pieces of partial...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 359-369

Date: 
Description: Everybody was wonderful

Stars kept rising, pink and gold
Trailing threads of breathless music
barely out of reach
Hand to hand around the n...

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