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Lumber Camp Employees and Lumber

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Description: Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company Camp 15. Lumberjacks posed atop a sled load of logs, scaled at 13,562 board feet of lumber.
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General Labor Strike at Allis Reliance Works

Date: 05 04 1886
Description: Edward P. Allis Reliance Works under the protection of the Wisconsin State Militia during the first general labor strike. The strike is also known as the ...
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Allis-Chalmers Company

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Description: Plate Steel Spiral Casing for 70,000 horse-power Niagara Falls hydraulic turbine unit at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company erecting shop. The castin...
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Tire Factory Interior

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated interior view of the Boone Tire Factory. Men are lined up along a wall with open windows. They are each using a stand to hold a wheel while wrappi...
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Canal at Portage

Date: 1910
Description: View down the canal, with buildings along the shoreline, and a boat coming down the canal.
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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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Fauerbach's Brewery Sign

Date: 1884
Description: A sign for Fauerbach's Brewery depicting a young woman and the brewery.
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Milwaukee Works-Engine Assembly

Date: 1938
Description: Diesel engine assembly line at Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 1902.
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Rockdale Creamery

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys with wagonloads of milk at the Rockdale Creamery.
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Manufacturing Automobile Frames

Date: 1954
Description: Workers at the A.O. Smith Corporation in Milwaukee assembling frames for Cadillac automobiles. In 1902 Arthur O. Smith, son of the company's founder, produ...
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Fire at Atlas Flour Mill

Date: 12 11 1926
Description: Fire destroyed the Atlas Flour Mill, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Thirteen engine companies, six truck companies, and two fire boats fought the...
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Texaco Station

Date: 08 07 1929
Description: Bondi & Sachtjen Texaco service station, 1462 E. Washington Avenue at Thornton Avenue, with Fuller & Johnson buildings in the background. Text with print r...
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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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Bird's-Eye View of Bayfield

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye view of Bayfield, county seat of Bayfield County. On the lower left side is an inset for Bayfield and the Apostle Islands.
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Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee

Date: 1853
Description: Bird's-eye map of Milwaukee looking east toward Lake Michigan from a bluff, long since graded into a slope, at about 6th Street between Wisconsin Avenue an...
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International Harvester Company Parade Float for "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1934
Description: International Harvester Company parade float for the "A Century of Progress" Worlds Fair. The two-section float is parked in front of the Field Museum and ...
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Chassis Assembly

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Description: General Motors chassis assembly. Men are working among the machinery.
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Clock Room at McCormick Works

Date: 11 09 1914
Description: Four men inside the clock and ticker room at International Harvester's McCormick Works. A Chicago White Sox pennant is hanging between two of the clocks. T...
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Deering Works Seen from Waterfront

Date: 07 13 1905
Description: International Harvester's Deering Works as seen from railroad tracks near the waterfront. The factory was located at Fullerton and Clybourn Avenues, across...
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Deering Works Gate Scene

Date: 07 13 1905
Description: Workers milling around the factory gates at the Fullerton Avenue side of International Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was originally built by Willi...

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