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Milking machine

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Description: Man in hat posing with milking machine.
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Madison Consumers Dairy Co-operative

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior of the Madison Consumers Dairy Co-operative, probably located at 102 South Dickinson Street, with the milkmen posing next to their home delivery t...
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Kennedy Dairy Wagons

Date: 1926
Description: A line of Kennedy Dairy horse-drawn wagons with drivers posing beside them. For Quaker Oats Farm.
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Dining Room at Lumber Camp

Date: 1885
Description: Dining room, probably at D. Sullivan's lumber camp.
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University of Wisconsin Dairy Class

Date: 1916
Description: University of Wisconsin Dairy Class.
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Phoenix Log Hauler

Date: 1914
Description: Steam log hauler made by Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Eau Claire, pulling loaded skids through snow. Rice Lake lumber camp, overland spur.
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Men Delivering Milk to Creamery

Date: 1922
Description: Two men deliver milk in cans to a creamery from the back of a milk truck.
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Nutrition Lab

Date: 1931
Description: Two students work in the nutrition lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Red Dot Potato Chip Plant

Date: 1939
Description: Man working with machinery at the Red Dot Potato Chip plant.
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Horse-Drawn Road Grader

Date: 1920
Description: Advanced, horse-drawn road grader in action. Here, excess dirt moves up a conveyor belt and is dumped in a wagon next to the grader.
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Road Construction

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Description: Road construction just north of the Crawford-Vernon County line on State Highway 27, showing both the new and old routes. According to the caption on the ...
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Road Construction Steam Shovel

Date: 1920
Description: Road construction crew of the Nelson Weber Construction Company and steam shovel. This construction was photographed for the Wisconsin Good Roads Associati...
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Seed Company Grounds

Date: 06 23 1936
Description: Workers in trial fields of the Leonard Seed Company, with the processing plant in the background.
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Power Mower

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Description: Cutting the grass with a large lawn mower near the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House (currently Camp Randall Stadium).
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Judging Butter

Date: 07 1915
Description: Group of men, perhaps participants in a University of Wisconsin short course, tasting butter.
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Red Dot Potato Chip Workers

Date: 1939
Description: A group portrait of female workers at the Red Dot Potato Chip Company. Fourth from the left in the top row is Vivian Harrison Matheson, identified by Ellis...
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Crushing Rock for Road Resurfacing

Date: 1910
Description: A crew of men crushing rock for Senator James H. Stout's improved highway.
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Stacking Sheaves of Grain

Date: 1930
Description: A man is standing in a field and stacks sheaves of grain. He is wearing a hat and is smoking a cigarette.
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Clam Fishing

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of six men on the shore of a river, with piles of clam shells inside loose wooden fences near a pile of firewood and an axe. The firewood may...
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Trailer Truck and Body Co.

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Description: View of exterior of Trailer Truck and Body Co. repair services. Four men are posed in front of garage. One man is wearing a suit, the others wear work clot...

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