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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Men working with hot metal in what appears to be a forge at the McCormick Reaper Works factory. |
| Date: | 04 17 1921 |
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| Description: | Workers shoveling grain, possibly corn, onto a lake vessel. Probably on the lower Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Three construction workers, two in the hole, and one above, digging at the World Trade Center construction site. |
| Date: | 06 13 1913 |
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| Description: | Workmen and machinery at the quarry on Blackhawk Bluff. The gravel was used in construction of the power dam. |
| Date: | 08 05 1947 |
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| Description: | Jonas Staley, 1510 Jenifer Street, a 73-year-old man who enjoyed working outdoors in hot weather. He is shown putting in a sewer at 4226 Beverly Road. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A farmer, standing near a barn and pitchfork for a portrait. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Men cutting and gathering grain by hand. One man appears to be holding a scythe, or possibly a cradle. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | International Model G-61 truck parked on the side of a dirt road where several men spread gravel(?) for the Shenandoah Valley Pipe Company. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | International Model G-61 truck parked on the side of a dirt road where several men spread gravel(?) for the Shenandoah Valley Pipe Company. The trailor att... |
| Date: | 04 19 1921 |
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| Description: | A man working on a residential street with a shovel and an International Model G-61 truck. The truck was operated by the Williams Brother's Concrete and Ce... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Filiberto Almendarez and his children, who are migrant workers, pose in front of cherry trees. The family, including Filiberto and children, Filiberto Jr.,... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Chef Carson Gulley, University of Wisconsin-Madison residence hall chef, chopping vegetables. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Two men, possibly farmers, work with a wheelbarrow, shovel and cement mixer. One man is dressed in overalls, and both have hats and gloves. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Two men loading a crate onto an International truck used by the Interstate Transportation Company. The truck's lettering reads: "Waterbury-Pittsfield-Alban... |
| Date: | 07 21 1936 |
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| Description: | Workers toiling in the sun on the roadside, as a part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). As a program of the New Deal, it was provided to create j... |
| Date: | 01 26 1928 |
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| Description: | A man shovels coal from the bed of an International Model 63 truck onto a conveyor attached to a river boat or steam boat. The truck was used by the "Thos.... |
| Date: | 10 07 1927 |
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| Description: | Two men using a Farmall Regular tractor, a farm wagon, and a lime spreader to spread lime in a field. |
| Date: | 02 18 1948 |
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| Description: | Four teenagers working backstage as apprentices for the Madison Theater Guild. Pictured from the left are: Eugene Van Hekle, Carol Cowan, Bob Hart, and Joa... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Mechanics H.C. Morris and H.F. Clantor grease an International Model A-5 truck at the City of Jacksonville Garage. |
| Date: | 03 29 1937 |
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| Description: | Factory workers seal cork insulation between an inner and an outer steel box at West Pullman Works. |
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