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Blast Furnaces

Date: 1910
Description: Blast furnaces at McCormick Works.
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Drills at McCormick Works

Date: 07 11 1910
Description: Drills inside a factory building at McCormick Works.
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Railroad Cart in Manufacturing Area

Date: 
Description: In the foreground is a railroad cart tipped over on its side. Two men are working in the background at what may be a forge.
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Carts in Foundry Area at McCormick Works

Date: 05 28 1906
Description: Carts sitting inside a foundry area, loaded with wood and molds.
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Aerial View of Waukesha Works

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of Waukesha Works, a foundry.
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McCormick Works Railroad Yard

Date: 09 09 1912
Description: Elevated view of a man standing near railroad cars which appear to be loaded with coal and ore inside IHC's McCormick Works railroad yard. Other men are wo...
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Prof. Jerzy Leon Nowinski

Date: 10 31 1958
Description: Portrait of Prof. Jerzy Leon Nowinski, a scientist and mathematician who was granted asylum in America in January 1958 from his native Poland. The origina...
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General Office Building and Factory

Date: 1958
Description: Text on reverse reads: "General Office Building and Factory, 1958. West Bend Aluminum Co., West Bend, Wisconsin." Aerial view of the West Bend Aluminum Com...
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Federal Malleable Company

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Federal Malleable Co., West Allis, Wis." A large, multi-building factory with railroad tracks leading to it. According to records, th...
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Types of Sheet Metal Work

Date: 1960
Description: Sheet metal parts displayed on a pegboard. The sign above reads: "International Harvester Co. Supplier of Quality Sheet Metal Parts."
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Forging Equipment with Induction Billet Heating Equipment

Date: 1960
Description: Man are working with equipment set up underneath an opensided, roofed building.
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Maxipress Forging Machine

Date: 1960
Description: Man are working at the forging machine. The sign on the machine reads: "All Steel, National Maxipress." Caption reads: "Maxipress Forging Machine with Indu...
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Aluminum Torque Converter Centrifugal Casting Equipment

Date: 1960
Description: Machinery set up near a wall and an open window in a factory. Caption reads: "Aluminum Torque Converter Centrifugal Casting Equipment."
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Souvenir Folder of Superior Wis.

Date: 1937
Description: Front cover of a souvenir folder of Superior. Caption on front reads: "Largest Iron Ore and Coal Docks in the World." A ship named "Ashcroft" is depicted l...
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Vanishing Ways

Date: 1955
Description: A blacksmith working at his forge. He is wearing a leather apron to protect his clothes from the heat.
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The Blacksmith

Date: 10 20 1951
Description: A man at the forge in Albert Smith's blacksmith shop. On the right is an Aetna No. 25 stove. Tools are hanging on the edge of the forge.
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Photomicroscope View of Allis Chalmers Iron

Date: 
Description: Photomicroscopic view of iron, with notes on physical properties.
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Manufacturing Area at McCormick Works

Date: 05 06 1918
Description: Men bending metal parts on factory floor.
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Forging Area at McCormick Works

Date: 06 20 1913
Description: Interior view of the forging area in the factory. Men are working in the background. There are windows all along the back wall.
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Forging Area at McCormick Works

Date: 06 20 1913
Description: Interior view of the forging area in the factory. Men are working in the background.

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