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Woman Wringing Clothes with Early Washing Machine

Date: 10 1923
Description: Mrs. Granere wringing clothes with a Maytag washing machine at Harvester Farm.
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Shooting a Refrigerator Advertisement

Date: 07 31 1950
Description: A woman wearing an apron posing with a refrigerator in a photography studio while a photographer takes a picture for advertising.
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Mr. Gannon and Cook in Transient Home

Date: 08 04 1933
Description: Director Tom C. Gannon, (on the right) and Assistant Chef Ed Masury in apron, who is drawing a cup of coffee, standing at the stove in the transient home k...
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Cooking Turkey

Date: 11 23 1932
Description: Blanche Taylor, dietician at Madison General Hospital, testing turkey in commercial oven in hospital kitchen.
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Tom Brown, Cartoonist

Date: 11 10 1932
Description: Tom Brown, cartoonist, drawing at his kitchen table beside a large Queen's Best wood burning stove.
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C.E. Bates Plumbing Co. Show Window

Date: 10 01 1931
Description: Exterior view of the window display of C.E. Bates Plumbing Co., 1425 Regent Street.
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Railroad Car of Refrigerators

Date: 08 12 1928
Description: Men unloading Frigidaire refrigerators from New York Central/Cincinnati Northern railroad box car to truck. The delivery is for the Gay Brothers Apartments...
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Evansville Works Warehouse

Date: 03 1947
Description: View of north section of International Harvester's Evansville Works warehouse testing of new conveyor line. The Evansville Works also produced refrigerator...
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Executives Examine New International Freezer

Date: 1947
Description: Three executives pose in front of the new International Harvester freezer at International Harvester's Evansville Works. The Evansville Works also produced...
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Evansville Works Home Economics Kitchen

Date: 1948
Description: Three women in the home economics model kitchen at International Harvester's Evansville Works. Zelma Purchase is wrapping a food product at the table. Lori...
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Evansville Works Home Economics Kitchen in "International Harvester World"

Date: 02 1948
Description: Cover of "International Harvester World" magazine, with an image of three women in the home economics model kitchen at International Harvester's Evansville...
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Maytag Washing Machines on Truck

Date: 08 07 1928
Description: A young man is driving an International truck outfitted with a display of Maytag aluminum washers. The truck is on a residential street and has a Manitoba ...
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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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Men Loading International G-61 Truck

Date: 1921
Description: An International Harvester Model G-61 truck owned by the One Minute Manufacturing Co. carrying a shipment of One Minute Washers. The truck is parked in an ...
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Man near Oven at Memorial Union Kitchen

Date: 10 08 1947
Description: Man standing at an oven at the Memorial Union kitchen, University of Wisconsin-Madison. A person can be seen standing on the right with a camera or light.
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J. Robert Taylor

Date: 10 01 1938
Description: Taylor is relaxing, sitting in a chair tilted back, and smoking his pipe and reading his paper in front of an open heater. A kerchief is covering his head....
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Colonel Haskell Receiving Millionth Shell

Date: 06 1953
Description: Col. Robert K. Haskell (left) receiving the one millionth shell manufactured by the Malleable Iron Range Co. of Beaver Dam in a ceremony at the manufacturi...
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Woman Chopping Wood

Date: 10 04 1923
Description: A woman wearing a dress using an axe to split a log into firewood. A hand-operated washing machine is standing in the yard of a farmhouse in the background...
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Chef Carson Gulley

Date: 03 22 1954
Description: Carson Gulley, senior chef at the University of Wisconsin residence halls, putting on a cooking demonstration at the Loraine Hotel as part of a Norge home ...
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Men Loading Washing Machine

Date: 09 08 1937
Description: Two employees of the Sibley, Lindsay, and Curr Company (Sibley's) department store load a washing machine from a loading dock onto the bed of an Internatio...

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