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Shopping at Kroger's

Date: 07 1943
Description: A woman shopping in the meat department at the Kroger store at Union Corners, 2541 Winnebago Street. She is there to promote the wartime Oscar Mayer Health...
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Klinke Hatchery and Truck

Date: 11 1935
Description: Klinke Hatchery, 1918 Winnebago Street, with truck in front loaded with incubators from the Petersime Incubator Co., Gettysburg, Ohio.
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Weiner Processing

Date: 1943
Description: Female employees processing "Yellow Band" weiners at the Oscar Mayer Company during World War II.
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Hartmeyer Building

Date: 10 15 1947
Description: Exterior view of Hartmeyer Meat Market building, located at the corner of North Hamilton and East Mifflin Streets.
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National Food Store in Shorewood Shopping Center

Date: 12 27 1951
Description: A woman shops for meat at the National Food Store in the Shorewood Shopping Center, located at 3244 University Avenue in Shorewood Hills.
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Oregon Business Section and Water Tower

Date: 1912
Description: View across road of the central business section. The commerical buildings along the sidewalk include a printer, butcher, barber and jeweler. Above the sho...
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Oscar Mayer & Co. Sliced Bacon Department

Date: 01 1949
Description: Women preparing sliced bacon at the Oscar Mayer & Co. plant in Madison. At least fifteen women are working, most most of them wearing headscarves. Caption ...
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Oscar Mayer Ham Storage

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Description: Three men are handling packaged hams. They are transferring the hams from a conveyer belt and hanging them onto a vertical rack behind them.
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Oscar Mayer Meat Processing

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Description: A man is operating the lever of a meat (lard) mixing machine to redirect contents into a wheeled container inside the Oscar Mayer plant.
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Oscar Mayer Female Employees with Slabs of Meat

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Description: Slightly elevated view of four women standing on both sides of a conveyor belt. Two women are using knives and are holding large pieces of meat, while the ...
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Women Packaging Yellow Band Wieners

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Description: Slightly elevated view of four women standing near a conveyor belt and racks of wieners. They are wearing long coats and hats, and are labeling and packing...
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Weiner Indexing/Labeling Machine

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Description: View of an Oscar Mayer wiener indexing and labeling machine, which has an attached sorting and holding section. Links of wieners are hanging on racks in th...
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Weiner Indexing/Labeling Machine

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Description: Side view of an Oscar Mayer wiener indexing and labeling machine, with an attached sorting and holding section. Links of wieners are hanging on racks in th...
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Wiener Indexing/Labeling Machine

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Description: Side view of an Oscar Mayer Wiener wiener indexing and labeling machine, without the attached sorting and holding section. Links of wieners are hanging on ...
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Oscar Mayer Yellow Band Wieners on Conveyor Belt

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Description: Close-up view of labeled Yellow Band Wieners in grouped in row of thirteen after exiting the labeling machine. The label reads: "Oscar Mayer, Chicago, Ill....
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Indexing Wieners

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Description: Close-up view of individual wieners on a conveyor belt moving towards an indexing and labeling machine.
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Meat Boxing Line

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Description: Employees are standing in a row at a long counter filling different types of packaged meat into shipping boxes. In the foreground on a cart are boxes and p...

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