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| Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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| Description: | Edward P. Allis Reliance Works under the protection of the Wisconsin State Militia during the first general labor strike. The strike is also known as the ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wisconsin Governor Julius P. Heil, and other officials touring the Allis-Chalmers plant. |
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| Description: | Plate Steel Spiral Casing for 70,000 horse-power Niagara Falls hydraulic turbine unit at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company erecting shop. The castin... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Workers at the A.O. Smith Corporation in Milwaukee assembling frames for Cadillac automobiles. In 1902 Arthur O. Smith, son of the company's founder, produ... |
| Date: | 1833 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the Solomon Juneau fur trading post at Milwaukee in 1833. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Alfred W. Lawson (second from right) and his employees in front of his South Milwaukee factory with the center section of his new airplane, the Lawson Midn... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | E.P. Allis & Co's Reliance Works: steam cranes and ovens. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | St. Josaphat's Church in Milwaukee under construction. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Highway Commission dump truck photographed outside the Heil Company factory in Milwaukee. The truck was a Nash four-wheel drive model with the body built ... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Welding a milk truck at the Heil Corporation in Milwaukee. The Heil company was founded by German-born Julius P. Heil in 1901. As the Heil Rail Joint Wel... |
| Date: | 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Enola O'Connell, the only woman welder at the Heil Company during World War II, working on gasoline trailer tanks. A 32-year-old widow and the mother of o... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Dousman Warehouse, East Water Street. Originally located on the wharf parallel with the river. Built and used by George and Talbot, brothers of Hercules Do... |
| Date: | 04 13 1961 |
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| Description: | Donald Davidson (left), Director of Public Relations for the Milwaukee Braves, talks with pitcher Lew Burdette at an Elks club dinner. |
| Date: | 08 28 1957 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Braves first baseman Frank Torre enjoys a cigar in the Braves lockerroom. A left-handed defensive specialist, Torre filled in for the injured Jo... |
| Date: | 12 07 1955 |
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| Description: | A worker welds together sections of a press slide that was later purchased by Federal Engineering and used by the automotive industry. |
| Date: | 03 03 1956 |
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| Description: | Two long-time Falk employees, Bob Quitzow and Frank Ruscitti, work in the gas cutting department. Original Falk caption reads: "View of 'Bug' cutting Depar... |
| Date: | 04 14 1956 |
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| Description: | View of the manufacturing process of vacuum chucks. Used for skin milling, this particular order, according to an original Falk caption, "covers four dupli... |
| Date: | 04 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Two men simultaneously weld. According to an original Falk caption, "rough weight. 72000 pound est.-Unit was rough machine to with [sic]. 1/4 inch o... |
| Date: | 04 14 1956 |
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| Description: | View of the manufacturing process of vacuum chucks. Used for skin milling, this particular order, according to an original Falk caption, "covers four dupli... |
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