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| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of two men servicing oil field equipment. An International model RDF-192 truck owned by "Dowell" is parked in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Man working on a suburban road with an International ID-6 and attached loader. The loader was manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Company. |
| Date: | 06 11 1956 |
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| Description: | Cliff VandenBush, an employee of a Green Bay Mobil station. |
| Date: | 03 02 1950 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Calvin Beverly, age 40, of 807 Mound Street. Beverly was one of seven employees of the Pyramid Motor Company, located at 434 West Gilman Street... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man parks an International L-130 truck owned by the General Tire Company next to the Motor Supply Company building. Two large tires are loaded onto the b... |
| Date: | 11 12 1951 |
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| Description: | Robert Lawrence works as an apprentice mechanic at Royal Typewriter Company after his recovery from tuberculosis. |
| Date: | 12 26 1951 |
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| Description: | A garage mechanic works on a car at Gillespie-Blumer Motors Garage at 802-814 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 05 27 1953 |
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| Description: | Victor Kelley adjusts his home-made lawnmower sharpener to sharpen a reel-type lawn mower for a neighbor. |
| Date: | 01 07 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Ken Tewalt, the "Lubricare" technician at Caves Buick Company, 21 North Park Street. |
| Date: | 01 07 1954 |
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| Description: | Bernie Fischnick is the Lubricare" Technician at Caves Buick Company, 21 North Park Street. |
| Date: | 02 17 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Persh Curran, Service Director at Schappe Motors Incorporated, 801 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 02 17 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of William "Bill" Zurian, in the car-repair business for 34 years. He has been recognized as a Master Technician after graduating from Chrysler Mo... |
| Date: | 01 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Two Madison Gas and Electric Company workmen checking pipes on Main Street in downtown Madison after two gas blasts and fires rocked downtown Madison, kill... |
| Date: | 01 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Workmen from Madison Gas and Electric Company work on Main Street at the Capitol Square to check for gas leaks after two explosions rocked downtown Madison... |
| Date: | 01 05 1958 |
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| Description: | A Madison Gas and Electric Company worker probing for gas leaks with a meter on the Capitol Square after two explosions rocked downtown Madison, killing tw... |
| Date: | 07 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Glass workers repair damage to 14 store windows on State Street after John O'Connor smashed them during the night and stole items from Goodman's Jewelry St... |
| Date: | 07 1951 |
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| Description: | A man repairing fishing nets wound on large reels at a fishery. |
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