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| Date: | 11 1947 |
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| Description: | A worker at Frank Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona, is weighing a turkey as two girls are looking on. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Factory worker weighing parts on a scale at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works. |
| Date: | 02 19 1947 |
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| Description: | Malcolm W. Jensen, age 30, City of Madison Sealer of Weights and Measures, is pictured at his desk in the Madison City Market Building. The objects on his... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Gertrude Satina weighs a piece of steel in the chemical laboratory at the International Harvester Company. The original caption reads: "This photo shows th... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Factory workers pack small metal parts into wooden crates using a conveyor belt and scale at West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the butcher shop section of the Fowler and Holmes Store. There is wood paneling and cabinetry throughout the room, shelving and hooks on t... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A factory worker makes an adjustment to a large weight on a scale in front of a cloth backdrop. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Female factory workers inspect sisal fiber, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. The fibers were stacked in piles and then weighed on a floor scale. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Female factory workers check the weight of bound twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Matching up balls of baler twine to ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Factory workers weigh and pack twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A worker carefully weighs a bale of sisal fiber, possibly at an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Weighing the bale of s... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a cowboy hat is using hooks on the end of a chain to move a bale of sisal fiber on an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. A curved t... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Male and female workers weighing bundles of twine on a scale, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill in Chicago. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A man writes information on a chart as he weighs a can of milk in a barn. A row of cows standing in stalls is behind him. The man may be working at Interna... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man inside a building uses a hanging scale to weigh a can of milk. He writes the weight on a chart hanging adjacent to the scale. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Two women and a girl stand near a counter inside a general store as a man shows them a product. A cat and a dog sleep on the floor in the background, and a... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | The Elk Mound High School band entertaining farmers as they weigh in loads of scrap at Ausman Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. The... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Men baling hay with a hay press inside the open door of a barn. One man is weighing a bale in the foreground. Another well-dressed man appears to be a visi... |
| Date: | 1997 |
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| Description: | Hmong farm family selling vegetables on Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square at Madison's Farmer's Market. |
| Date: | 11 08 1984 |
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| Description: | Students prepare a curried beef dinner in a Waukesha County Technical Institute cooking class led by Juanita Decker (right, in chef's hat). |
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