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Hog Butchering

Date: 1921
Description: Man butchering a hog, which is hanging on a meat hook.
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Counting Pennies at the Bank

Date: 11 09 1955
Description: A banker pours 12,320 pennies into a change maker. The man had saved the coins for over four years.
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Alimony Payment

Date: 09 19 1958
Description: County worker collects alimony payment from an ex-husband.
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Portable Fan

Date: 06 14 1956
Description: Sam Adair of 4380 N Wildwood Av., Shorewood, Wisconsin wearing fan labeled Rheem Personal Portable Air Conditioner around his neck to stay cool.
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Atomic Plant Demonstration

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Description: Elevated view of a demonstration of a nuclear reactor driven energy plant.
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Chemistry Experiment

Date: 05 25 1951
Description: Chemistry experiment by two men being conducted with steam rising from equipment.
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Locomotive Artifacts

Date: 03 29 1958
Description: A young boy rings a locomotive bell. Other artifacts of locomotive history are on the table before him with members of the Milwaukee chapter of the Nationa...
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Boxer

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Description: The boxer, Jacob LaMotta shadow boxing.
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Foundry Operations at Tractor Works

Date: 07 29 1936
Description: Workers pouring alloy into a stream of iron in the foundry of International Harvester's Tractor Works. The factory was located at 2600 West 1st Blvd.
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Drilling TracTracTor Main Frame at Tractor Works

Date: 07 1935
Description: Worker drilling the main frame of a TracTracTor (crawler tractor) at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The factory was located at 2600 West 1st Blvd...
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Milling Gear Centers at Tractor Works

Date: 1935
Description: Worker using machines to mill gear centers of a TracTracTor (crawler tractor) main frame at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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International 8-16 Tractors on Assembly Line

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Description: Workers tending to International 8-16 tractors on an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The factory was located at 2600 West 1st Blv...
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Season Ticket Sorting

Date: 09 25 1956
Description: A man and two women with piles of paper tickets being sorted for the upcoming theater season at the Fred Miller theater.
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Weldering, Agricultural Short Course

Date: 1950
Description: Two students welding at the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Short Course.
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Family Cast

Date: 02 12 1963
Description: Six members of the same family form the complete cast of a library playhouse production that was to be televised.
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Osborne Works Foundry Room

Date: 1913
Description: Men standing among molds in a section of the malleable foundry at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Compan...
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Judo Throw

Date: 10 26 1966
Description: Woman student instructor throwing a male instructor in a class demonstration.
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Future Drafters

Date: 10 16 1965
Description: High school boys in an industrial drafting class using drafting machines and compasses.
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Manufacturing Implements at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers assembling hay rakes at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works. The factory was owned by the Keystone Manufacturing Company until it wa...
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Machining Parts at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory worker machining implement parts at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works. The factory was owned by the Keystone Manufacturing Company until 1...

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