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Boring Mill Table

Date: 02 14 1961
Description: Two men crouch atop of the large gear, while another stands at the side overseeing the lift. This gear was purchased and used by the Ladish Company of Cuda...
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Split Ring Gear

Date: 09 15 1966
Description: Falk caption reads, "Photos of ring gear to be displayed at the Association of Iron and Steel Engineers (AISE) show in Cleveland, Ohio, September 26th thro...
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Loading an International Coal Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Man in a shed releases coal from a chute into the back of an International KB-11-F truck owned by the Coal Service Corporation. Another man is in the drive...
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Federal Yeast Corporation Truck

Date: 10 28 1936
Description: Men loading boxes of yeast into the back of an International truck owned by the Federal Yeast Company. The truck is parked on a sidewalk in front of the ga...
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Lucky Lager Trucks

Date: 1961
Description: Two International DF-405 trucks with Fruehauf trailers owned by the Lucky Lager Corporation are parked in a loading area of a building. Two men stand near ...
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Kimberly-Clark Paper Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of the Kimberly-Clark Paper Mill on the Fox River, just east of Appleton.
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Cullen Landis in a Racing Car

Date: 1921
Description: Goldwyn silent film star Cullen Landis behind the wheel of a racing car with 1921 California license plates. Original caption: "Here's Cullen Landis in...
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Wooden Line Car

Date: 08 08 1918
Description: A wooden line streetcar, number A-2, plate number 732. for The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company (T.M.E.R. & L. Co.)
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P&H Gantry Crane Lifting Railroad Car

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Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger gantry crane with a specifically designed drive for handling railroad cars. Two men stand below the crane.
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Inching Drive

Date: 06 06 1977
Description: Tim Wollenziehr, a Falk employee drives a fork-lift carrying an inching drive, a later component of a coal pulverizer. This unit was purchased by Babcock a...
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Conveyor Drive

Date: 03 1979
Description: James Blaesius, a Falk employee, operates a fork-lift that carries a component of a conveyor drive. This unit was purchased by Kaisers Engineers and used b...
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Welding a Milk Truck

Date: 1949
Description: Welding a milk truck at the Heil Corporation in Milwaukee. The Heil company was founded by German-born Julius P. Heil in 1901. As the Heil Rail Joint Wel...
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Large Ring Gear

Date: 01 19 1971
Description: View of a 29 foot in diameter ring gear that is a component of a ball mill drive on a truck. This ring gear was purchased by Koppers and used by Hannah Min...
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Plane Crash Scene Still for "Foreign Correspondent"

Date: 1940
Description: Scene still of a crashed airplane in the water from the film "Foreign Correspondent." Water is bursting through the screen.
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Charles Ray and broken bike, scene still

Date: 1919
Description: It is a disastrous day for traveling salesman Bill Henry Jenkins (played by Charles Ray) who has just wrecked his bicycle in a scene still for the silent c...
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Milwaukee Streetcar

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Description: Milwaukee streetcar and its passengers. Original Falk caption reads, "Photos borrowed from Milwaukee County Transport for use in brochure 850801. Originals...
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Front of a Streetcar

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Description: Front end of a streetcar on a Milwaukee street. Original Falk caption reads, "Photos borrowed from Milwaukee County Transport for use in brochure 850801. O...
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Coal Handling Tower

Date: 11 11 1985
Description: Original Falk caption reads, "Coal handling tower resources. All product taken by Jim Nowicki, local photographer."
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Street Cleaning Truck

Date: 1914
Description: Side view of a man driving a street cleaning truck with water reservoir, sprayer, pump and brushes. Tracks are running down the street, perhaps for a cable...
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Two Men Delivering Couch

Date: 1972
Description: View through window of two men delivering a couch or sofa from Mastercraft Furniture Corporation of Omaha, Nebraska. Inside the room is a couch with tags o...

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