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| Description: | French Battery and Carbon Company, later known as Rayovac. The old circle belt in the Madison plant. |
| Date: | 08 07 1939 |
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| Description: | Howard Sechrest, of Howard Welding & Machine Co., wears goggles and welds in the boiler at the Loraine Hotel. |
| Date: | 12 05 1935 |
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| Description: | Three female employees in the CUNA (Credit Union National Association) general office. 142 E. Gilman Street. |
| Date: | 11 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Unidentified man from A.M. Toussaint, heating contractor, fixing a furnace boiler. |
| Date: | 12 20 1944 |
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| Description: | A mechanic in the service department of Hefty Sales Corporation is preparing to do a complete overhaul of a washing machine. |
| Date: | 12 21 1944 |
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| Description: | Three service wives working at Ray-O-Vac. Left to right: Mrs. Emma Perry, Mrs. Frances Sturdy, and Mrs. Amanda Signer. |
| Date: | 01 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Maj. Gen. Harry C. Ingles, Chief Signal Officer, United States Army, watching two women make batteries at Ray-O-Vac, or RMR (Ruben Mallory Ray-O-Vac). |
| Date: | 01 11 1945 |
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| Description: | Lorraine Gray being interviewed by Mrs. R.W. Halvorsen at the RMR plant. The RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac) plant, a division of Ray-O-Vac was located in th... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Lorraine Gray and Mrs. Mildred Lewis on the production line at the RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac) plant, a division of Ray-O-Vac located in the 1400 block o... |
| Date: | 01 10 1945 |
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| Description: | Lorraine Gray in the storage room inspecting some of the more than 300,000 batteries made in one day at the RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac) plant, a division... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Lorraine Gray collecting her pay in cash at the paymaster's office at the RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac) plant, a division of Ray-O-Vac located in the 1400 ... |
| Date: | 02 26 1945 |
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| Description: | William W. Cargill, President of Ray-O-Vac, and a Mr. Krug, watching company employees making electric batteries. |
| Date: | 04 05 1945 |
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| Description: | RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac) factory floor showing workers making batteries. |
| Date: | 04 04 1945 |
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| Description: | People signing up to work at RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac), a battery manufacturer. |
| Date: | 05 02 1945 |
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| Description: | Robert M. Carnes, on the right, expediter at RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac), 1400 East Washington Avenue, with foreman Jack Young. |
| Date: | 12 20 1947 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of men and women at the Madison Dye Works party. Included in the portrait on the left is an accordion player. One man sitting on the floor ... |
| Date: | 05 26 1948 |
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| Description: | WIBA-FM, 45,000 watts, tower was built at Blue Mounds Park, and radiated power starting about June 10, 1948. WIBA was established in 1925 by The Capital... |
| Date: | 12 07 1948 |
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| Description: | Geraldine Sommer, foreground, and Frances Zeier, two operators in the Madison office who have been trained to operate transmitting machines for the new spe... |
| Date: | 01 27 1949 |
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| Description: | August F. Klitzman, elevator operator at the Dane County Courthouse, at the controls in the elevator. |
| Date: | 04 13 1949 |
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| Description: | Five automotive technicians work on engines inside the engine rebuilding department at Kayser Motors. |
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