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Paper Mill Debarker Drum

Date: 06 16 1969
Description: Paper mill debarker drum that was purchased and used by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company. Man in photograph is unidentified.
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Crucible Steel Casting Company

Date: 1946
Description: Workers chipping imperfections from a rough casting.
Manuscript

Badger Brass Manufacturing Company Letter

Date: 12 16 1926
Description: Portion of the dissolution letter regarding the Badger Brass Manufacturing Company.
Print

Brochure Image for Invincible Cabin Monoplane

Date: 1929
Description: An advertising brochure for the Invincible Cabin Monoplane, an airplane briefly manufactured by the Invincible Metal Furniture Company of Manitowoc. Text o...
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Construction Site

Date: 1957
Description: Group of men posing in front of a structure on a steel plant construction plant in Bhilai, India.
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Dual Output Shaft Speed Reducer

Date: 08 22 1969
Description: Speed reducer that is a component of a paper mill drive. This product was purchased by Black Clawson-Kennedy Limited and used by Consolidated Bathurst Limi...
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Steelworkers Costume Party

Date: 12 20 1947
Description: Members of Local 1114, United Steelworkers of America (Harnischfeger Corporation) at a holiday costume party.
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Vulcan Materials Company Officials

Date: 07 26 1968
Description: Two men are looking at large papers. One of the men has a pipe in his mouth, and the other is wearing eyeglasses and is smiling and pointing to the sheet o...
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Steelworkers Costume Party Winners

Date: 11 08 1947
Description: Prize winners at a costume dance sponsored by Local 1114, United Steelworkers of America (Harnischfeger Corporation).
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National Zinc Separating Company Plant

Date: 1925
Description: View down railroad tracks of the National Zinc Separating Company grounds. There is a large mound of ores, railroad cars, industrial buildings and a tall b...
Photograph

Edgar W. Thompson Steel Works

Date: 05 06 1894
Description: View from the Monongahela River of the Edgar W. Thompson steel works. An oar from Thwaites' boat is visible in the foreground.
Document

Champion Buckle Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of Champion Buckle of Janesville, Wisconsin, a buckle manufacturer, with an image of leather strapping fastened with a buckle. Various buckles a...
Photograph

The Illinois Mine

Date: 1907
Description: Iron mines with railroad tracks three miles south of North Freedom, in La Rue. One the left are buildings with three large smokestacks; on the right is mac...
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Lip Ring Casting

Date: 08 14 1973
Description: View of a lip ring casting that is a component of a basic oxygen furnace. This particular unit was purchased by Chicago Bridge and Iron of Greenville, Penn...
Photograph

Rosie the Riveter

Date: 09 1943
Description: A real-life Rosie the Riveter instructs journalists on the Aviation Writers' Tour at the Goodyear Aircraft Factory. This plant manufactured Martin Marauder...
Print

Chas. Goehner Racine Wire Works Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the Racine Wire Cloth Works (previously named Chas. Goehner's Wire Works) of Racine, Wisconsin, a manufacturer of wire cloth and wire goods, ...
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Mixing Fermenter

Date: 10 18 1974
Description: Overhead view of a mixing fermenter that was later purchased by the Mixing Equipment Company Incorporated and used by Italproteine of Sardinia, Italy. Orig...

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