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Kiln for Producing Molten Metal

Date: 09 15 1951
Description: A man operates a natural gas fired kiln used to case metal rods from molten metal (?). Molds are visible at the base of the kiln.
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Scrap Metal Parade

Date: 11 20 1951
Description: Scrap metal trucks travel along South Carroll Street during the Cambridge Scrap Metal Parade on the Capitol Square. The Park Hotel is in the background. Pr...
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Scrap Metal Parade

Date: 11 20 1951
Description: The Cambridge High School marching band goes down North Pinckney Street during the Scrap Metal Parade around the Capitol Square. Shown in the background ar...
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Monarch Machine Shop, Inc.

Date: 09 09 1948
Description: Monarch Machine Shop at 2530 Pennsylvania Avenue, with metal projects and parts in yard.
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Collins Table

Date: 03 08 1954
Description: Modern table with metal legs. Designed/built by Collins(?).
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Perkins Sheet Metal Company

Date: 03 14 1950
Description: Exterior of Perkins Sheet Metal Company at 2803 University Avenue (University Avenue and Franklin Street). Lenox dealer.
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Scrap Metal Parade

Date: 11 20 1951
Description: Governor Walter Kohler and Sonja Iverson, Cambridge High School drum majorette, standing on West Mifflin Street during the Cambridge scrap metal parade aro...
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Modern Table

Date: 03 08 1954
Description: A man, possibly Mr. Collins, attaches metal legs to a wooden table top.
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Town and Country House Store and Warehouse

Date: 02 01 1957
Description: A metal store building and a metal warehouse building at 3320 University Avenue. In the background is a tree lined ridge. In the foreground is a two-lane r...
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Mautz Floor Varnish Can

Date: 10 15 1945
Description: Metal can for Mautz Floor Varnish for Mautz Paint and Varnish Company.
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East High School Shop Class

Date: 03 01 1945
Description: Members of the general metals classes at Madison East High School make canes for injured veterans returning from the war. Students Robert Safranek and Merl...
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Central High School Trade and Technical Courses

Date: 02 07 1951
Description: Student Bob Reed operates a sheet metal bending machine while his instructor Winfield Martin supervises. They are both participating in the first year Cent...
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Art Guild Yule Gifts

Date: 11 1954
Description: This metal wall-hanging candle holder was made from a trivet and a pendulum by Mrs. Winfield Martin for the Art Guild gift exhibit. Winfield made the candl...
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East High School Shop Class

Date: 03 01 1945
Description: Two East High School students, Raymond Grinde and Kenneth Roll, working on a cane head in the metals class. The canes are given to disabled veterans.
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Dane County Jail - Circular Stairway

Date: 06 01 1948
Description: Dane County Jail showing metal circular stairway, the only exit from the cell blocks of the jail's second and third floors.
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Engraver Paul Hennie

Date: 08 08 1950
Description: Paul Hennie, wholesale metal engraver, working on a large trophy in his office at 23 North Pickney Street.
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Dane Co. Home For The Aged

Date: 02 23 1950
Description: Metal fire escape at rear of the Dane County Home For The Aged. Newspaper calls building a "fire trap."
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UW Crew On Yahara River

Date: 04 17 1950
Description: A University of Wisconsin rowing crew prepares for a workout in the Yahara River aboard a scull. Trachte metal boat houses line the shore at right, and the...
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Emery Butterfield and Possible Cannonball

Date: 05 03 1955
Description: Emery Butterfield of 1614 Regent Street examines a heavy metal ball his wife found on their property, a one-time Civil War battlefield site. Experts doubt ...
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Fisherman Lester Shore

Date: 04 09 1948
Description: Police Officer Lester Shore, holding a "River Shiner" fishing lure, for which he holds a patent. It is a casting plug that has a metal lip and shaft and im...

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