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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...
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Painting Wagon Trucks at Weber Works

Date: 1919
Description: Worker painting wagon trucks at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works in Auburn Park. The factory was owned by the Weber Wagon Company until 1904, wh...
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Factory Workers at Plano Works

Date: 1919
Description: Factory workers work on a steel wheel at International Harvester's Plano Works. Factory was later known as "West Pullman Works."
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Making Wagon Wheels at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1919
Description: Factory workers making wagon wheels at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works. The men are working near the windows. An American flag is hanging on th...
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Making Wheel Hubs at Weber Works

Date: 1919
Description: Factory worker manufacturing wagon wheel hubs at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works.
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Boone Tire Factory

Date: 1919
Description: Three men use three different pieces of machinery in various stages of the tire-making process at the Boone Tire Factory. Stacks of tires are piled around ...
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Man Using Tire-Making Machinery

Date: 1919
Description: Interior view of the Boone Tire Factory. A man is using a machine to wrap canvas around a rubber tire.
Postcard

Hotel Swoboda, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Date: 1919
Description: Color postcard showing a three-story building, which has several signs indicating it is the Hotel Swoboda. Three cars are parked outside the building, and ...
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Christmas Greetings

Date: 1919
Description: A Christmas greeting card that reads: "Here's a hearty Christmas greeting, and though miles may stretch between, your memory, like the Christmas tree, rema...
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Man Posing with Walking Plow

Date: 1919
Description: Old man with cane in business suit posing with walking plow. He is standing on a wood sidewalk in front of a building. He is holding a hat in his left hand...

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