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Lumber Camp Employees and Lumber

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Description: Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company Camp 15. Lumberjacks posed atop a sled load of logs, scaled at 13,562 board feet of lumber.
Photograph

Hooping the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: Workers hooping the curd to make cheddar cheese at the Plymouth Cheese factory.
Photograph

General Labor Strike at Allis Reliance Works

Date: 05 04 1886
Description: Edward P. Allis Reliance Works under the protection of the Wisconsin State Militia during the first general labor strike. The strike is also known as the ...
Photograph

Interior of Battery Factory

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Description: French Battery and Carbon Company, later known as Rayovac. The old circle belt in the Madison plant.
Photograph

Franklin D. Roosevelt Tours the Allis-Chalmers Plant

Date: 1940
Description: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wisconsin Governor Julius P. Heil, and other officials touring the Allis-Chalmers plant.
Photograph

Female Auto Workers

Date: 1918
Description: Women working on the automobile assembly line at Nash Motors (later American Motors) during World War I.
Photograph

Allis-Chalmers Company

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Description: Plate Steel Spiral Casing for 70,000 horse-power Niagara Falls hydraulic turbine unit at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company erecting shop. The castin...
Photograph

Tire Factory Interior

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated interior view of the Boone Tire Factory. Men are lined up along a wall with open windows. They are each using a stand to hold a wheel while wrappi...
Photograph

Reliance Iron Works Interior

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Description: Interior of the Reliance Iron Works.
Painting

Horlick's Malted Milk Factory

Date: 1914
Description: Horlick's Malted Milk Factory.
Photograph

Fire at Atlas Flour Mill

Date: 12 11 1926
Description: Fire destroyed the Atlas Flour Mill, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Thirteen engine companies, six truck companies, and two fire boats fought the...
Photograph

Allis Steam Pump

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Description: Men standing on and around an Allis steam pump in a factory.
Photograph

View Northwest from Exposition Building - Anaglyph

Date: 1874
Description: Stereograph of elevated view looking northwest from Exposition Building. There is a church on a street corner on the left, and the Best Brewing Company in ...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1894
Description: Sanborn map of Milwaukee, with the Milwaukee River on the left, and Water Street in the center. There are two iron draw bridges over the river.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Onalaska

Date: 05 1894
Description: Sheet 3 of an Onalaska Sanborn map.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Janesville

Date: 1915
Description: A Sanborn map of a portion of Janesville, including the Rock River Sugar Company.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Cadott

Date: 1912
Description: Sanborn map of Cadott.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Cambria

Date: 1914
Description: A Sanborn fire map of Cambria.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Juneau

Date: 1904
Description: A Sanborn map of Juneau.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Juneau

Date: 1897
Description: A Sanborn map of Juneau.

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