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Boy Scouts on Bicycles

Date: 1942
Description: WW II scrap metal drive. Scoutmaster Edward G. Shaw and his troop of boy scouts on bicycles and on a trailer loaded with scrap metal. The trailer is hitche...
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John Street Bridge

Date: 1960
Description: View looking down at people working on John Street Bridge during the razing. There is a crane on the bridge.
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Reliance Motor Truck Factory

Date: 1919
Description: Interior of the Reliance Motor Truck Company in Appleton, in which the absence of assembly line construction is notable.
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Collecting Scrap at IH Dealership

Date: 1942
Description: Four men outside R.H. Gehrke Company, an International Harvester dealership. The men are, (left to right): H.P. Patheal, assistant manager of the Green Bay...
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Scrap Drive at R.H. Gehrke Company

Date: 1942
Description: International truck with a trailer full of scrap metal parked outside the R.H. Gehrke Company, an International Harvester dealership. William Le Capitaine,...
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Relocating a House

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Description: View down street of movers relocating a house. A two-story wood house, with front porch still attached, sits on the flatbed of a truck as it moves down Wes...
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Packaging Onions

Date: 1965
Description: Farmers package onions for shipping. Two women and a man pack and sew closed mesh bags of onions. Another man hoists full bags onto a conveyor belt, while ...
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Stokely Van Camp Canning Factory

Date: 1960
Description: A Wisconsin State Canners Truck parked under a chute at Stokely Van Camp canning factory on West College Avenue.
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Olsen's Mill (Wayne Feeds)

Date: 1960
Description: Exterior of Olsen's Mill (Wayne Feeds) on Hwy 49, just north of Hwy 21.
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Atlas Paper Mill

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Description: Elevated view from hill of the Atlas Paper Mill owned by the Kimberly Clark Paper Company.

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