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Cutting the Cheese

Date: 1950
Description: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture workers cut large blocks of Swiss cheese.
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Pharmacist

Date: 1950
Description: A pharmacist working in the lab area of a pharmacy.
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Weather Radar

Date: 1950
Description: Meteorologists using radar equipment outdoors.
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Threshing Grain

Date: 1950
Description: A stationary McCormick-Deering thresher in action at the E.J. Shuster Farm.
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Unitarian Church's Work Day

Date: 1950
Description: People gather around a table of food for the First Unitarian Society's "Work Day". The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and some of the construc...
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Truax Field

Date: 1948
Description: Workmen overhauling the engine of a Wisconsin Central airplane in the airline hangar at Truax Field. Formerly known as Madison Municipal Airport, the field...
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Truax Field

Date: 1948
Description: A Beechcraft 18 in the former Air Force hangar at Truax Field. This photograph was taken shortly after Wisconsin Central Airlines moved its headquarters fr...
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Truax Field Lunch Counter

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Description: The lunch counter at Truax Field, formerly Madison Municipal Airport. Two men are sitting at the counter, probably airport employees, and a waitress is po...
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Truax Field Radar

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Description: Radar equipment at Truax Field, formerly Madison Municipal Airport.
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Girder Climbing

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Description: Construction workers sitting atop a steel girder placed by a crane, bolting it together at the corners.
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Oiling the Machine

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Description: A man uses an oil can to lubricate equipment in a machine shop.
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Stoking the Fire

Date: 1950
Description: A man in work clothes gets ready to shove a log into the fire chamber of a boiler.
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Visiting a Lead Mine

Date: 1950
Description: Students from Platteville, Wisconsin tour a mine to see how lead is extracted.
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

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Description: Workers erecting scaffolding outside the First Unitarian Society Meeting House during construction. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and the...
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Looking Northeast up Washington Avenue

Date: 1950
Description: Looking northeast, towards the Wisconsin State Capitol from West Washington Avenue at its intersection with 503 Regent Street. At the left is the Hoffman F...
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Armory Gymnasium Annex Demolition

Date: 1956
Description: Gymnasium annex undergoing demolition on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is on the left. Three men are working...
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Armory Gymnasium Annex Demolition

Date: 1956
Description: Gymnasium annex undergoing demolition near Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A man is working in the lower center of t...
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Truax Field Radar

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Description: Man wearing microphone and headphones seated before a radar screen.
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Cranberry Processing

Date: 1955
Description: Professor Kenneth Weckel of the University of Wisconsin demonstrates his new method of preserving and canning cranberries whole without smashing them. The ...
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Plowing with Oxen

Date: 09 1946
Description: Team of oxen pulling a hand plow with farmer, Oscar Sayles, walking behind. The animals are named Tom and Jerry.

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