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Quitting Time at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve...
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Buckhorn Cheese Company

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Description: Exterior view of the Buckhorn Cheese Company plant. A sign painted on the exterior of the building reads: "Take One Home."
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Man on Tall Ladder

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Description: Fire fighting scene in which a man is at the top of a very tall ladder mounted on a hook and ladder fire truck. A group of men observe. A haze of smoke fil...
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McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1847
Description: Engraving of the McCormick Reaper Works as it appeared in 1847. The factory was located on the north bank of the Chicago River, east of the Michigan Avenue...
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Weber Wagon at McCormick Works

Date: 11 1906
Description: New Weber wagon parked in front of a fence.
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Experimental 15-30 Tractor

Date: 04 04 1924
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor taken in a factory rail yard. A man in a suit and hat is sitting at the wheel of ...
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Manitowoc, Wis.

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of the city of Manitowoc with a population of 5,168 inhabitants as it appears in 1870, the year the village was granted a city charter by t...
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Oscar Mayer Refrigerated Rail Car

Date: 06 22 1943
Description: Elevated view of the top of an Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad car, Chicago & Northwestern #URTX 5365 with a view of the Oscar Mayer rail yards. There is...
Print

Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1854
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee looking east toward Lake Michigan from a bluff, long since graded into a slope, at about 6th Street between Wisconsin Avenue a...
Print

Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee in 1853

Date: 1937
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee in 1853 details building features and city layout from southwest. Important buildings are numbered in a silhouette drawing bel...
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Famous Beverwyck Beer Delivery Truck and Wagon

Date: 07 24 1933
Description: International Model A-4 motor truck with a 185-inch wheel base, and a horse-drawn wagon hauling Famous Beverwyck Beer. The horse-drawn trailer contains bee...
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Menasha Factories View

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: View down railroad tracks towards the railroad bridge, with industrial plants on Doty Island.
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Horses Entering and Trucks Exiting McCormick Works Gate

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: A line of horses are entering the McCormick Works (factory) gate as a line of trucks and a tractor are exiting. The tractor appears to be an industrial tra...
Painting

Flersheim's Whisky Distillery and Cattle Farm

Date: 1858
Description: Friedrich Flersheim immigrated from Mecklenburg to Illinois in the early 1850s, and after farming for a time built this distillery on the Black River in Wi...
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Esterly Harvesting Machine Company

Date: 1890
Description: Esterly Harvesting Machine Company looking north across Milwaukee Street. Buildings shown include the Packing and Shipping Department (far left), the Paint...
Postcard

G. Heileman Brewing Company

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the brewery with the Mississippi River in the background. Caption reads: "G. Heileman Brewing Co., La Crosse, Wis."
Postcard

Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory. A driveway on the right leads up a small hill to the right side of the factory. Caption reads: "Van Camp Conde...
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Red Cedar or Menomonie River and the Mills

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of Red Cedar (or Menomonie) River and the Knapp, Stout & Co., mills from the top of present day Meadow Hill Dr. looking Southeast.
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Employee Receiving Paycheck

Date: 1945
Description: Lorraine Gray collecting her pay in cash at the paymaster's office at the RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac) plant, a division of Ray-O-Vac located in the 1400 ...
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Oscar Mayer Plant

Date: 07 29 1941
Description: Oscar Mayer Company processing plant.

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