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Factory Storage Area

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Description: Storage area and hydraulic lift of a Consolidated Papers company factory, probably the company's plastics subsidiary Consoweld.
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Parts

Date: 07 29 1928
Description: Two parts displayed on a backdrop of white paper.
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Machine Parts on Display in Factory

Date: 04 07 1927
Description: Machine parts set up on paper, with a white backdrop in the background.
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Feldman Paper Box Company

Date: 04 22 1931
Description: Interior Feldman Paper Box Company, 21-33 North Charter Street, with women at the machines.
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Gas Tank for Truck

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Description: A gas tank is set up on stands covered with white paper. There is paper against the wall behind the tank for a backdrop.
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Parts Mounted on Wall

Date: 01 29 1910
Description: Parts mounted on paper on brick wall.
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Mower Parts, and Blades

Date: 11 27 1908
Description: Mower parts and blades displayed on sheets of paper.
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Corps of Engineers Letterpress

Date: 1918
Description: Paper from feeder entering the letterpress of 310th U.S. Army Engineer Corps.
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Meat Packing

Date: 08 30 1965
Description: Workers are filling orders of ground steak patties by putting them into corrugated boxes layered with parchment divider paper.
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Women Printing at Harvester Press

Date: 1920
Description: Women printing large sheets of paper at Harvester Press, International Harvester's in-house print shop.
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Great Northern Paper Company

Date: 1930
Description: Two men sit on a roller near a large paper machine at Great Northern Paper Company, which was incorporated in 1898 and soon became one of the largest Ameri...
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Metal Parts on Display at McCormick Works

Date: 1909
Description: Metal parts on display against paper on a brick wall indoors at McCormick Works.
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Paper Chemical Laboratory

Date: 1922
Description: Interior view of two unidentified male scientists working with various paper testing apparatus in the corner of a chemical laboratory.
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Paper Converting

Date: 1952
Description: Interior view of the Bay West Paper Company with paper converting machinery. Men in uniform are running the equipment.
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Newton Minow Portrait

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Description: Formal waist-up portrait of Newton Minow at his desk, holding papers.
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Oscar Mayer Measuring Filler

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Description: A Harrington Measuring Filler by the Allbright-Nell Co., Chicago, Ill, U.S.A. is dispensing processed meat contents into paper boxes.
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5 Foot Harrow Plow

Date: 12 30 1927
Description: 5 Foot Harrow Plow set up on paper on factory floor. A backdrop is hanging behind the plow.
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Oscar Mayer Coal Room

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Description: Coal burning heaters with motors line the wall of a room in the Oscar Mayer manufacturing plant. Pipes, dial gauges, and paper record clipboards are mounte...
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Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co.

Date: 1963
Description: Slightly elevated view of the stockroom (?) of the Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co.
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Testing Paper Apparatus

Date: 1922
Description: View of an unidentified man sitting on a stool demonstrating delicate paper testing apparatus. A poster on the wall reads: "International Metric System."

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