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Machining Parts at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: Workers machining parts with turret lathes at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company before 19...
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Workers at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1915
Description: Employees working on cream separator(?) components at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company u...
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Engine Assembly at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: Employees working on stationary engines at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 1902.
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Engine Assembly at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1908
Description: Men working on stationary engines at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Some of the engines are marked with the letters "FAM" which may refer to th...
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Window Washer

Date: 05 14 1989
Description: A man leans out a window to clean the outside glass.
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Mitchell Weather Watching

Date: 12 29 1987
Description: Bored travelers at General Mitchell International Airport, apparently taking their cue from a droopy travel poster advertising vacations in the sunny Carib...
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Manufacturing Cream Separators at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1910
Description: Factory workers assemble cream separators at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works.
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Factory Workers at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1914
Description: Factory workers machine parts at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works.
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Factory Workers Milwaukee Works

Date: 04 1914
Description: Factory workers operate machinery at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works.
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Workers in the Milwaukee Works Factory

Date: 1916
Description: Workers stand at their stations in International Harvester's Milwaukee Works (factory).
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Men Working at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1921
Description: Workers handling long rows of parts at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works.
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Milwaukee Works Cream Separator Production

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers assembling cream separators at Milwaukee Works.
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Factory Workers at Milwaukee works

Date: 1921
Description: Factory workers standing at work stations at Milwaukee Works. Large windows are along the left wall.
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Fixing a Screen

Date: 10 01 1938
Description: J. Robert Taylor leaning out of a doorway, fixing a screen door with a hammer in his right hand. Another door is leaning against the house to the left of ...
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Fixing a Screen Door

Date: 10 01 1938
Description: J. Robert Taylor fixing a screen door. He is standing on the inside of the door, with a hammer in his right hand.
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May Day Rally

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: May Day rally with a crowd of Union members on the steps of a large stone building. Banners read "United Labor 51st May Day: 1886-1937" "German-American W...
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John Johnston in his Library

Date: 1900
Description: John Johnston (1836-1904) sits with his feet up on a hassock in his library while reading a paper. Johnston, a successful Milwaukee banker, lived at 645 Fr...
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522 First Avenue

Date: 1908
Description: View from the street of three people standing in front of a small house. There is a small Oeil-de-boeuf window in the upper story. The windows have shutter...
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Bride and Groom Posing in front of a Window

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: Mary (Kustermann) Esser (b. 1934) and J. Thomas Esser (b. 1934) stand together looking out a window. She is wearing a white satin princess-style gown with ...
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Behnke's Grocery

Date: 1960
Description: William Behnke selling out after 60 years as the neighborhood grocer at North Avenue and 29th Street. There are four people behind the counter, and custome...

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