click zoom to display a high-res image
Publication Information
| Date Created | circa 1923-1929 |
|---|
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | unknown |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Rayovac records, 1907-2004 (bulk 1920s-1990s) |
|---|---|
| Call Number | PH 3796 |
| Media Number | Box 1,Folder 1 |
| Catalog Record | https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999464974602121 |
| Finding Aid | https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss01170 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT UNDETERMINED |
|---|---|
| Rights Holder | Wisconsin Historical Society |
W013K7O
WHi 2007
Image
Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
Loading French Battery Company crates onto Railroad Cars
circa 1926-1934
Two men loading wooden crates of batteries onto railroad cars with a conveyor belt. French Battery Co. became the Ray-O-Vac Company in 1934.
French Battery Company Analytical Lab, 1926
March 1926
Elevated view of six men standing behind a lab table in the analytical lab of the French Battery Company in Madison, Wisconsin. There is lab equipment on the table and three shelves in the center ...
Women Soldering Radio Battery Packs, 1944
December 1, 1944
Women assemble radio battery packs for the Ray-O-Vac Company. Six women seated on opposite sides of a narrow work surface melt solder wire across the contacts of multiple dry cell batteries arran...
American Soldier using Battery Powered Walkie-Talkie, 1945
March 9, 1945
Amid the rubble of war, PFC Harold C. Schreckengost, commanding officer's runner, uses a battery-powered handie-talkie to direct the movements of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Division, 1st U.S. Ar...
Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac Factory Floor
April 5, 1945
RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac) factory floor showing workers making batteries.
Madison Businesses
1929
Photograph composite of Madison businesses including Gisholt Machine Company, French Battery and Carbon, Fuller & Johnson MFG., Oscar Mayer, Burgess Battery Company, and Madison Kipp Corporation.
