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Production Line Worker

Date: 1935
Description: A woman factory worker sorting parts at Globe Union Manufacturing Company, maker of batteries, radio apparatus, and spark plugs.
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Pearl Button Company

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Description: Women shown working inside the La Crosse business.
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Assembling Tires at Uniroyal

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Description: Women assemble tires at the Uniroyal plant. Men are also working in the background.
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The Bead Department

Date: 01 12 1949
Description: Theresa Meyer and Alice Lee cutting and splicing stock in the bead department.
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Attaching Tread to Tire

Date: 01 06 1947
Description: Tire builder Arnold Brandt rolls the tread onto a heavy service truck tire.
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Women Tire Builders

Date: 04 20 1954
Description: Women work in a row on machinery building tires.
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Workers Packing Ice Cream Sticks in Shipping Boxes

Date: 1977
Description: Two women are standing at the end of a machine which is packaging Lilly Ice Cream sticks. The machine is placing ice cream sticks in individual wrappers, a...
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Obey and Aspin at J.I. Case Company Plant

Date: 1988
Description: Congressman David R. Obey and Les Aspin at the J.I. Case Company plant.
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Calendar — December

Date: 1893
Description: Calendar back, with the month of December. Features an illustration of the Buckeye Binders and Mowers Factory buildings. In the foreground on the right a y...
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Obey at O'Mally's Manufacturing

Date: 1978
Description: David Obey (2nd from right) and Harvey Dueholm (left) visit O'Mally's Manufacturing.
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Sid Sitting with Duke

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Description: Portrait of Sid, wearing a sweater vest and a necktie, sitting outdoors in his backyard. He is posing on a bench with his arm around his dog, Duke, sitting...
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Sid Waking Up at Work

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Description: Sid is holding a cigar in his hand while sitting on the floor in the darkroom at the Gisholt Factory on a piece of paper near a sink, looking as if he just...
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Man Sitting in the Gisholt Darkroom

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Description: A man, wearing a suit and a bow tie, is sitting in a chair in the Gisholt darkroom next to a print dryer.
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Bea Eating in Gisholt Machine Company Darkroom

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Description: Bea Walusiak Heitmeyer is sitting and eating in the darkroom of the Gisholt Machine factory. On the table in the foreground is a thermos, coffee cup, wrapp...
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Workers Cleaning Seeds

Date: 1938
Description: A roomful of workers are cleaning seeds using "The Clipper Cleaners" manufactured by A.T. Ferrell & Co., Saginaw, Michigan. The machines are arranged in fo...
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Group Portrait of Employees at McCormick Works

Date: 1911
Description: Group portrait of men, and one woman, posing in front of a brick wall.
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Portrait of Woman

Date: 02 26 1919
Description: Full-length portrait of a young woman in a white dress standing outdoors. There is a building in the background.

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