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Public Service Commission Meeting

Date: 03 16 1954
Description: Public Service Commission members are sitting around a long table before papers, taking up a proposal for a rate increase for the Madison Bus Company. A fe...
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Board of Directors of the Madison Improvement Corporation

Date: 06 04 1958
Description: Members of the board of directors of the Madison Improvement Corporation that unwrapped plans to increase the industrial potential of the Madison metropoli...
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Profits Outpaced Sales

Date: 01 06 1951
Description: A man stands in front of a poster on an easel and points to a line. The poster reads: TEXTILE SALES WENT UP IN '50 BUT PROFITS WENT THROUGH THE ROOF. Poste...
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Gov. Gaylord Nelson

Date: 01 22 1959
Description: Photograph of Gov. Gaylord Nelson delivering a speech at a podium asking the state's lawmakers to help create a Wisconsin Economic Resources Commission to ...
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The Late Major J.W. Powell

Date: 1902
Description: Waist-up studio portrait, with accompanying obituary entry, of Major John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), American soldier, explorer, and geologist. Best known ...
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Senator William Proxmire Talks at Postal Wage Rally

Date: 03 13 1960
Description: Senator William Proxmire stands at a podium to address an overflow crowd of about 600 federal employees in the second congressional district at the wage in...
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International DTA-466 Diesel Engine

Date: 1985
Description: Studio photograph of an International DTA-466 in-line, six-cylinder diesel engine set against a white background.
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Social Security Board Chairman Testifies

Date: 02 24 1939
Description: Arthur J. Altmeyer (center), Chairman of the Social Security Board, pictured as he appeared before the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee. Altmeyer e...
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Organ for Mendota Hospital

Date: 12 13 1957
Description: Three men examine an electric organ placed upon a wheeled platform. The caption states, a new portable chord organ for patients at Mendota State Hospital a...
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Mendota State Hospital Award Presentation

Date: 01 16 1944
Description: Ralph Runge, Local #1 Chairman of the WSDA membership committee, presenting the President Zander Membership Cup to Jay D. Ferguson, Chairman of the winning...
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Crawler Tractors at IH Factory

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of men walking among crawler tractors (TracTracTors) inside an International Harvester factory, possibly Tractor Works.
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Men in Construction Equipment Division

Date: 1959
Description: Men work on crawlers inside an International Harvester factory, possibly Tractor Works.
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Studio Portrait of Amos Wallace and Wife Annie Bearchief

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Amos Wallace (WeeKah), a Ho-Chunk-Menominee and his Ho-Chunk wife, Annie Bearchief Wallace Bearheart Redbird (MaHaNaKayWinKa...
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Crawler Tractors in IH Factory

Date: 1959
Description: Workers steady a crawler tractor (TracTracTor) as it is moved by a ceiling-mounted conveyor at an International Harvester factory, possibly Tractor Works.
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Crawler Tractors at Tractor Works

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of a man walking down a dirt aisle between rows of International Harvester crawler tractors (TracTracTors) in a factory - most likely Tractor...
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Men Work on a Crawler Tractor at Tractor Works

Date: 1959
Description: Two men working on a crawler tractor (TracTracTor) at an International Harvester factory - most likely Tractor Works.
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Crawler Tractors and Loaders at Tractor Works

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of multiple rows of crawler tractors lined up inside a factory - most likely Tractor Works. A group of men are working in the far background....

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