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The Illinois Mine

Date: 1907
Description: Iron mines with railroad tracks three miles south of North Freedom, in La Rue. One the left are buildings with three large smokestacks; on the right is mac...
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Cranberry Cleaning Machine

Date: 09 1934
Description: Two men are loading cranberries into a washing machine.
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Monarch Company Machined Parts

Date: 03 04 1947
Description: Three machined parts manufactured by the Monarch Machine Shop, 2530 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Hudson Auto Co. "Motor School"

Date: 02 19 1947
Description: Hudson Auto Co., 1134 E. Washington Avenue, holding a "motor school" to teach the use of Sun diagnostic equipment. Group of men in background, and front e...
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Automobile Crankshaft Machine at Gisholt Machine Company

Date: 08 20 1947
Description: Display of a 50-ton machine, developed by the Gisholt Machine Company, that will help speed up production of automobile crankshafts. W.A. Smlja, on the lef...
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Chemistry Department Open House

Date: 11 05 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Department open house. Three men are looking at equipment on laboratory table.
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Wisconsin State Journal Employees

Date: 12 1947
Description: Wisconsin State Journal employees in the press room with the printing presses.
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Wisconsin State Journal Employees

Date: 12 1947
Description: Wisconsin State Journal employees in the mail room bundling newspapers.
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Madison Vocational and Adult Education School

Date: 01 10 1948
Description: John Reuter, veteran and student, working at a milling machine at Madison Vocational and Adult Education School, 211-213 North Carroll Street.
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Large Special Speed Increaser

Date: 08 24 1971
Description: Special speed increaser that was purchased by Allis Chalmers and used by the United States Corps of Engineers. Falk caption reads, "Low level dam site/gene...
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Castings

Date: 05 23 1983
Description: Eugene Glover, a Falk employee, attends to several castings. Falk caption reads, "To be used in the new (1985) Foundry Capabilities Brochure."
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Shovel Base

Date: 09 12 1985
Description: Shovel base in the Falk foundry. This particular unit was purchased and used by Bucyrus Erie. Original Falk caption reads, "First job on VBM. Large weldmen...
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Kayser Motors Inc. Service Garage

Date: 04 22 1948
Description: Interior view of the "Specialized Lubrication" center at the Kayser Motors Inc. service garage, 701-702 East Washington Avenue.
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Blessed Martin House

Date: 04 22 1948
Description: Four women sewing a 'sleeping garment' at the Blessed Martin House, 746 West Washington Avenue, an interracial and interfaith center sponsored by Madison C...
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Lake Weed Cutter

Date: 08 12 1948
Description: W.J. Rendall, Earl. E. Wheeler, and George C. Hockney operating a small weed cutter in Lake Mendota off the shore of Maple Bluff. Mr. Hockney is the manufa...
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff Member

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: In the newsroom of the "Wisconsin State Journal," an employee with the newly acquired Associated Press wire photo sending and receiving machine.
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 01 31 1949
Description: Four ladies observing a woman demonstrating on a sewing machine at the University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week.
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff Member

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: Carol Patterson compiles the mercantile and stock market sections of the "Wisconsin State Journal".
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Madison Newspapers, Inc.

Date: 08 06 1949
Description: Three men move a Capital Times linotype machine into the new addition to the Wisconsin State Journal building, 115 South Carroll Street. The combined struc...
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Canada Dry Bottling Company Plant

Date: 08 19 1949
Description: Slightly elevated view of the interior of the Canada Dry Bottling Company plant at 3313 University Avenue, showing the bottling line. One person is standin...

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