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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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Heil Basketball Team

Date: 01 28 1948
Description: Basketball game between the electrical shop and machine shop employees of the Heil Company in Milwaukee.
Property Record

2844 S 29TH ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Heil Factory
Reference Number: 232558
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Highway Commission Truck

Date: 1921
Description: Highway Commission dump truck photographed outside the Heil Company factory in Milwaukee. The truck was a Nash four-wheel drive model with the body built ...
Property Record

3000 W MONTANA ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Heil Company Office
Reference Number: 232557
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Heil Men's Bowling Team

Date: 11 07 1947
Description: Team portrait of the Heil Local 1344 Social League "Truck Tanks" bowling team. From left to right are Ray Werra, team captain Tony Lidwin, George Karolowsk...
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President Roosevelt and Governor Heil

Date: 09 19 1942
Description: Governor Julius Heil with his back to the camera shakes the hand of President Franklin Roosevelt who was on a surprise visit to Milwaukee for a tour of the...
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Heil Bowling Team

Date: 11 07 1947
Description: Team portrait of the Heil "Water Systems" bowling team who played at Antlers Hall. From left to right are Rolamel Schmidt, team captain Jack Burns, Leo Hus...
Property Record

2024-28 E GREENWICH

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 99755
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Tours the Allis-Chalmers Plant

Date: 1940
Description: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wisconsin Governor Julius P. Heil, and other officials touring the Allis-Chalmers plant.
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Worker Driving Dump Truck

Date: 11 20 1925
Description: A man driving a Heil dump truck.
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Governor Heil Squirting Milk

Date: 06 08 1939
Description: Governor Julius Heil squirting milk from a cow on a parade float. The Governor climbed aboard the float during the dairyland parade, a part of Milwaukee's ...
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Wisconsin Governor Julius P. Heil Hands Over War Bonds

Date: 04 16 1942
Description: Governor Julius P. Heil sits at a desk surrounded by members of the Wisconsin Salvage Committee.
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Enola the Welder

Date: 02 1943
Description: Enola O'Connell, the only woman welder at the Heil Company during World War II, working on gasoline trailer tanks. A 32-year-old widow and the mother of o...
Property Record

2121 N TERRACE AVE

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Clement Clare Smith House
Reference Number: 82914
Property Record

216-218 S 2ND ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Schueppert-Zoeller Printing Co.
Reference Number: 108617
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Franklin Roosevelt Visiting the Allis Chalmers Plant

Date: 09 19 1942
Description: Presidential Tour - Series IV. Official party views women at work in Allis Chalmers factory.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt is looking through rear wind...

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Material Transit Company Truck

Date: 1939
Description: A man from the Material Transit Company drives an International D-50 dump truck to unload what appears to be gravel or rocks. There are houses on a hill in...
Property Record

2527 N WAHL AVE

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Charles W. Ott House
Reference Number: 111449
Property Record

2861 N 1ST ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Gustav and Ruby Mueller house
Reference Number: 243856

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