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McCormick Works Paint(?) Laboratory

Date: 1900
Description: Technicians standing and sitting in the paint(?) laboratory at the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Tables are equipped with burners, beakers and other supp...
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Rogers Truck & Implement Company Service Shop

Date: 1942
Description: Two mechanics working on tractors and implements in the service shop of Rogers Truck & Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. The tracto...
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Farmer Cuts Wood with Power Saw

Date: 05 16 1928
Description: Farmer cutting wood with a circular saw powered by a McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 HP engine.
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 02 24 1950
Description: A group of workmen posing in front of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House during construction. This is one of two "work days" the men donated to the ...
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Service Shop of International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1930
Description: Mechanic working on a tractor in the service station at T.A. Rhudy and Son, an International Harvester farm equipment and truck dealership.
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L-120 Truck with Pickup Body

Date: 1949
Description: View of an International L-120 truck with pickup body parked at a residential construction site. Two men in work clothes and hats stand near the truck.
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Man Working with Metal at Workbench

Date: 01 18 1921
Description: A man wearing overalls shaping a piece of metal at a workbench. A variety of hand tools are on the bench and the wall. The man is likely working at Interna...
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Winnebago Auto Replacement Company Machine Shop

Date: 04 02 1947
Description: Winnebago Auto Replacement Company, 103 North Park Street. Interior view showing machine shop with five machinists at work.
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Building Site

Date: 03 27 1947
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Co. building site, 122 West Main Street, looking north across basement and first floor with part of the second floor under construction...
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Construction Workers Jackhammering

Date: 1969
Description: Two construction workers jackhammer through a sidewalk at the construction site of the World Trade Center.
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Construction Workers at World Trade Center

Date: 1969
Description: Two construction workers with hard hats at the World Trade Center.
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Richard Ela Company

Date: 03 03 1954
Description: Interior of Richard Ela Company, 744 Williamson Street, showing a sales counter with a large display of tools. Three clerks and one customer are standing n...
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Richard Ela Company

Date: 03 03 1954
Description: Interior of Richard Ela Company, 744 Williamson Street, showing a sales counter with a large display of tools and three clerks and one customer. Alternate ...
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Carnes Company Testing Room

Date: 11 05 1954
Description: Man standing on a platform ladder adjusting a ceiling ventilator in the testing room at W.R. Carnes Company, wide angle view.
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Sheep Shearing Contest

Date: 1951
Description: Winner Melvin Walker at work during a sheep shearing competition.
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Polperro Undergoing Restoration

Date: 1940
Description: A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, built in the 1840s, on Shake Rag Street undergoing restoration. The house was temporarily covered with s...
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New Deal Road Work

Date: 02 27 1934
Description: CWA road crew leveling a grade on a county road near Westfield. The CWA undertook many road and utility projects during the Great Depression in order to p...
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Ice Harvesting

Date: 1910
Description: Poling ice blocks to the hoist on the Milwaukee River.
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Washing Machine Mechanic

Date: 12 20 1944
Description: A mechanic in the service department of Hefty Sales Corporation is preparing to do a complete overhaul of a washing machine.
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Chef Frosting a Cake

Date: 12 21 1944
Description: Otto Wiedholz, Vienna French Pastry Shop, 334 State Street, frosting a cake. Otto and his wife, Elsie, 414 Chestnut Street, are the owners of the pastry sh...

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