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| Date: | 1919 |
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| 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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| Description: | Portrait of Henry Mathews, 1866-1941, an early African American resident, holding the tools of his trade in front of a painted backdrop. He was a stone mas... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Workers chipping imperfections from a rough casting. |
| Date: | 03 18 1913 |
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| Description: | Factory workers testing newly manufactured harrow spring teeth at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Compan... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Worker assembling a tank at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 1902. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Factory workers using a pulley to load castings onto a table at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The factory produced tractors (including Farmall A... |
| Date: | 08 1909 |
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| Description: | Workers using a large industrial press to manufacture parts in the tool room of International Harvester's Hamilton Works in Ontario, Canada. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Two workers pouring molten metal from a crane-held vat into a mold to make castings at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Two men working on engine components on an assembly line at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Com... |
| Date: | 05 28 1930 |
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| Description: | Two International Harvester factory workers using a large pneumatic vise to form frame components. The scene may be at the company's Auburn (formerly Osbor... |
| Date: | 09 1908 |
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| Description: | Carpenter standing with his hand on a C. Parker bench vise attached to a work bench at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was b... |
| Date: | 08 18 1943 |
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| Description: | A workman grinds a cylinder head at Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Company, 754 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 08 07 1939 |
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| Description: | Howard Sechrest, of Howard Welding & Machine Co., wears goggles and welds in the boiler at the Loraine Hotel. |
| Date: | 09 20 1934 |
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| Description: | Two men retreading tires at Edwards Tire Company, located at 124 W. Main Street. |
| Date: | 05 26 1933 |
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| Description: | Two men inspecting an automobile on the RITE-Way wheel aligning and axle-straightening machine at Schultz Tire and Battery Co., 1336 Regent Street. |
| Date: | 12 26 1930 |
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| Description: | A machinist working at the Charles H. Halperin machine shop, located at 209 S. Park Street. |
| Date: | 07 05 1929 |
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| Description: | Five men are unloading a vault door from a railroad car onto a truck for the Bank of Wisconsin State Street Branch. |
| Date: | 07 05 1929 |
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| Description: | Five men are unloading a vault door from a railroad car onto a truck for the Bank of Wisconsin State Street Branch. |
| Date: | 11 06 1928 |
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| Description: | A worker is using an air hammer with compressor truck to do work on the road in the 800 block of University Avenue, looking west. Wisconsin Foundry & Machi... |
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