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Working at the Parker Pen Factory

Date: 10 16 1952
Description: A worker is using a machine to cut metal strips for fountain pen nibs at the Parker Pen factory.
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View along the Rock River

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view over houses towards the industrial area along the Rock River.
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View along the Rock River

Date: 1900
Description: Oval-framed view of the industrial area along the Rock River.
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Woman in front of Factory

Date: 
Description: Woman worker with her back turned to the camera standing in front of the Clintonville Four Wheel Drive factory.
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Sewerage Disposal Plant

Date: 1934
Description: Aerial view of Janesville showing the river fill for the new sewerage disposal plant.
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No. 1 Cotton Mill

Date: 1893
Description: The No. 1 Cotton Mill. Plank sidewalk in foreground.
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Parker Pen Screw Machine Department

Date: 1925
Description: Workers in the Parker Pen Screw Machine Department.
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General Motors Parking Lot

Date: 1960
Description: Parking lot at the General Motors plant.
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Highway Trailer Factory

Date: 1917
Description: Original factory of the Highway Trailers Company in Edgerton. Beginning in 1909 the factory was the site of a wagon works, but in 1917 it made a rather ty...
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Box Factory

Date: 
Description: Interior of building with equipment and exposed beams.
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Miss Zelma Purchase

Date: 1948
Description: Miss Zelma Purchase, of the Home Economics Department at International Harvester's Evansville Works, sits at a table with folded hands.
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Janesville — Sinclair Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built in 1925 by A.J. O'Donnell at the cost of five hundred dollars, the filling station located at 720 Center Avenue was designed to resemble a house — al...
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Janesville — Standard Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Standard Oil Company constructed this brick super-service station in 1930 at 101 North Franklin Street. Its Spanish Colonial-style details include decorati...
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Charles Brown at Pump

Date: 1925
Description: Charles E. Brown stands beside a chain and crank operated water pump. Brown was the curator of the museum of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and ...
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On the Stateline

Date: 04 1980
Description: View across stateline road towards a wooden fence lining the road on the opposite side. A few trees and buildings can be seen over the fence.
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Storage Tanks

Date: 
Description: Five large cylindrical tanks. Trees and an industrial metal building are in the background.
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Nutrena Feeds Factory

Date: 
Description: Elevated view over a freight train of the Nutrena Feeds factory.
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Laufenberg Lumber Co.

Date: 05 1981
Description: View across road of building on East Main Street.
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Industrial Building

Date: 05 1981
Description: Industrial building, located at North Main Street at Pease Court.
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Samson Tractor Factory

Date: 
Description: Panoramic view of Samson Tractor Factory with employees in front of building.

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