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Paving North Main Street

Date: 1901
Description: A crew of construction workers paving North Main Street with brick.
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Frank Lloyd Wright on the Building Site

Date: 1936
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright conferring with another man on the site of one of his great designs, the Johnson Wax Building.
Photograph

Bottling Line at Horlick's Malted Milk Corporation

Date: 
Description: Caption on rear: "Modern production line methods such as this are praised by packaging experts for their efficiency and cleanliness."
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Railroad Repair Work

Date: 
Description: Group of men repairing railroad track near Racine.
Photograph

Johnson Wax Building

Date: 1935
Description: Tapered columns in the Johnson Wax Building during construction. Workmen are working on scaffolding built around one of the columns. The building was desig...
Photograph

Johnson Wax Building

Date: 1935
Description: Construction workers at the Johnson Wax Building.
Photograph

Horlick's Stone Quarry

Date: 1888
Description: Men working in Horlick's stone quarry. Teams of horses pull wagons. There is a steam pump at right. A man in a hat and coat, possibly William Horlick, stan...
Photograph

Painting and Decorating Class

Date: 1910
Description: Two young boys work on a wall in a school room as part of a vocational painting and decorating class.
Print

Wallis Model D Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1912
Description: Advertisement produced by the Wallis Tractor Company of Racine, Wisconsin advertising the Wallis Model D "The Cub" tractor. An illustration of a man using ...
Print

Wallis Tractors Brochure

Date: 1920
Description: Back cover of a booklet produced by the Massey-Harris Company to advertise Wallis Certified Tractors. The page features photographs of tractors in use on f...
Print

The Tractor Years Ahead of Its Time

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for Wallis tractors featuring an a side-view illustration of a man using a tractor in a farm field. The farmer is waving to a train running a...
Book or Pamphlet

Wallis Tractor Pamphlet

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising Wallis tractors: "The Tractor years Ahead of its Time." The cover features an illustration of a man standing near a W...
Book or Pamphlet

America's Foremost Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior panel of a pamphlet advertising the Wallis tractor: "America's Foremost Tractor." The pamphlet features a color illustration of a farmer using a W...
Photograph

Wright and Vand Der Rohe

Date: 1938
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies Van Der Rohe, and others at the Johnson Wax building construction site.

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