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Farm Family with Copious Produce

Date: 09 05 1895
Description: Matthew H. Stephenson, his wife Julia Hebert Stephenson, and their son William Clinton pose with vegetables from the Menomonee River Boom Company garden ne...
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The Union House Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: The Union House Tavern, known as Schulkamp's Corner Saloon, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street. A group of men are standing on the porch holdi...
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Buckhorn Cheese Company

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Description: Exterior view of the Buckhorn Cheese Company plant. A sign painted on the exterior of the building reads: "Take One Home."
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Canning Soft Drinks

Date: 1950
Description: A woman production line worker boxes cone-top cans of Tip Top soft drinks as they come off the production line.
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Cutting the Cheese

Date: 1950
Description: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture workers cut large blocks of Swiss cheese.
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Irish Milk Boy

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Description: A young boy drives a donkey-powered cart with a large milk can as cargo in Fermoy, Ireland.
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Dutch Milk Wagon

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Description: A milkman pauses to dispense milk from the tap of a large milk can on his dog-powered delivery cart in Rotterdam, Holland.
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Meat Packing

Date: 08 30 1965
Description: Workers are filling orders of ground steak patties by putting them into corrugated boxes layered with parchment divider paper.
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Cheese Wrapping

Date: 1950
Description: Women wearing white smocks or aprons wrap slabs of cheese for distribution.
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Three's Cake

Date: 07 18 1963
Description: Father, mother and daughter all celebrate their special birthday with three candles on one cake.
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Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane Kitchen

Date: 1893
Description: Freshly-baked loaves of bread are stacked on tables with bowls and trays of other food items in the large kitchen at the Wisconsin State Hospital for the I...
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Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane Pharmacy Laboratory

Date: 1893
Description: Crocks and bottles of various sizes line shelves, while beakers and mortars and pestles rest on counter tops in the brick-floored pharmaceutical lab at the...
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Garden City Brewery

Date: 1860
Description: Exterior view of the Garden City Brewery, built in 1854. A person is on horseback in the yard below on the left, and a man is standing above them in an ope...
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Packinghouse Workers Strike

Date: 04 1948
Description: As an empty truck is entering the Cudahy Packing Company plant in Kansas City, Kansas, striking United Packinghouse employees threaten the drivers by appea...
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Worker Harassment

Date: 06 1955
Description: Private security guards hired by the Colonial Sugar Company photograph striking members of the United Packinghouse Union. As the result of a court restrai...
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Brewery Tour

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Description: Tour of the Potosi Brewery.
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Richard Brackett with Cooler

Date: 1938
Description: Richard Brackett, President of the Wisconsin Dairyman's Association, stands with a milk can near a McCormick-Deering cooler. Original caption states: "Pre...
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Labatt Delivery Truck

Date: 1935
Description: International Harvester truck parked on a city street, possibly in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The truck was used by John Labatt Ltd. to deliver beer. The ...
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American Bakeries Company Truck

Date: 04 08 1935
Description: An International truck used by the American Bakeries Company parked alongside a road near an overpass. The text on the truck reads: "Merita Bread, Cake" an...
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White Star Bakery

Date: 1935
Description: Two International trucks used by the White Star Bakery are parked outside the bakery's storefront at 1473 Main Street. Each truck's driver stands beside hi...

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