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Madison-Kipp Company

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior view of the Madison-Kipp Company during winter with a railroad car parked in front.
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Madison Gas & Electric Co. Interior

Date: 02 22 1946
Description: Madison Gas & Electric Company plant, showing stairway, ceiling beams and machinery, at 115 South Blount Street.
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Concrete Block Machine

Date: 03 12 1929
Description: View of a machine that makes concrete blocks at Madison Silo Company.
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Concrete Block Machine

Date: 03 12 1929
Description: Concrete block machine as seen from the front, at Madison Silo Co.
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Southern Wisconsin Sports Show

Date: 04 11 1946
Description: Bernie Larson shown operating an electric boat hoist, manufactured by Gordon Engineering, Madison, at the Madison Marine Service booth, at the Southern Wis...
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Madison Gas & Electric Co.

Date: 02 22 1946
Description: Madison Gas & Electric Company. View from above of machinery to be removed, top floor of the generating plant, 115 South Blount Street.
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Interior of Battery Factory

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Description: French Battery and Carbon Company, later known as Rayovac. The old circle belt in the Madison plant.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Machine Shop

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison machine shop. A large group of men are working various machines in the workshop area. Long wooden work...
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Man Standing on Ladder

Date: 11 04 1943
Description: Man standing on folding ladder in Madison-Kipp Corp., with scene of factory floor in the background.
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Madison Vocational and Adult Education School

Date: 01 10 1948
Description: John Reuter, veteran and student, working at a milling machine at Madison Vocational and Adult Education School, 211-213 North Carroll Street.
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Chemistry Department Open House

Date: 11 05 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Department open house. Three men are looking at equipment on laboratory table.
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Hess Cooperage Sawmill

Date: 1952
Description: Sawmill, for cutting barrel heads and staves out of oak logs, behind the Hess Cooperage.
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City of Madison Water Well No. 4

Date: 02 25 1932
Description: Interior of pumphouse for City of Madison well no. 4, 5 N. Randall Avenue, showing the Electric Machinery Co. motor driven by Sullivan angle compound air c...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Portrait of Stanley Prideaux, worker at the Gisholt Machine Company, who is representing the CIO Dane County Industrial Union council on the 1949 Madison C...
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Man Operating Drill Press

Date: 1944
Description: Man operating a drill press at Madison-Kipp Corporation, 201 Waubesa Street, producing war materiel during World War II.
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Ethel Anderson, Linotype Operator

Date: 08 31 1955
Description: Ethel Anderson at the linotype machine in the composing room of Madison Newspapers Incorporated.
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Union Women

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: Mabel Huffman, a leader in labor activities in Madison, folds and binds issues of the "Union Labor News."
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Vocational School Receives New Welding Unit

Date: 06 11 1958
Description: The Madison Vocational and Adult School is presented with a gas welding machine from Harnischfeger Corp. of Milwaukee.
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Sausage Machine

Date: 06 24 1931
Description: Sausages coming off of the sausage machine at the Madison Packing Company, 307 West Johnson Street. Standing around the machine are eight workers and Oswal...
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Machinery at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Close-up of machinery at Gisholt factory.

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