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Worker Transporting Parts at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Worker using a motorized shop cart ("shop mule") to transport parts between buildings at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The cart was manufactur...
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Worker at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Worker assembling a tank at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 1902.
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Worker Forms Steel Rod at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Worker forming the tip of a steel rod at International Harvester Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 1902.
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Children Dressed in Halloween Costumes

Date: 1920
Description: Five children dressed in Halloween costumes with jack-o-lanterns hanging overhead. Two of them are Robert J. Taylor's daughters, Ellen and Donna Taylor.
Photograph

Lawson Airplane Company Factory

Date: 1920
Description: Alfred W. Lawson (second from right) and his employees in front of his South Milwaukee factory with the center section of his new airplane, the Lawson Midn...
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Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of crowds strolling through the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. In the background is a Ferris wheel, and a banner encouraging fair goers to "tal...
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Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company

Date: 1920
Description: The Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. One of the largest machinery manufacturing plants in America, which produces turbine engines, gas producer engines, pu...
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Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company

Date: 1920
Description: Aerial view of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. One of the largest machinery manufacturing plants in America, which produces turbine engines, gas produ...
Postcard

St. Francis Seminary

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the seminary of St. Francis of Sales. Caption reads: "Seminary of St. Francis of Sales, St. Francis, Wis."
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Milwaukee Road Pour

Date: 1920
Description: Workers and inspectors of a mechanized concrete pour somewhere in Milwaukee County. By 1920 Milwaukee was famous for its 18-foot wide concrete roads, the c...
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Holstein-Friesian Exhibit

Date: 1920
Description: Exhibit of the Waukesha County Holstein-Friesian Breeders Association at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Milwaukee Works Factory Floor

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of tractors, engines and parts on the floor of International Harvester's Milwaukee Works (factory).
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Crates and Wheels at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Wooden crates and wheels in a large room at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works (factory).
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Employee Working on Titan 10-20 Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: A man works on a Titan 10-20 tractor outside International Harvester's Milwaukee Works (factory).
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Making Cream Separators at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Men working on cream separator parts at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works (factory).
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Man Operating Grain Binder

Date: 1920
Description: Right side view of a farmer driving a team of three horses to pull a Keystone grain binder in a field.
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Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Rows of tractors lined up in the snow outside International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory.
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Tractors at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Rows of Titan tractors lined up inside International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory.
Drawing

Evangelical Deaconess Hospital

Date: 1920
Description: Architect's drawing of the front elevation. Labels of certain parts are written in the image, as well as dimensions. Building has five levels.
Postcard

Evangelical Lutheran Church

Date: 1920
Description: Church on Layton Boulevard between Scott and Greenfield Avenues. Front of church and a side wing is visible from across the road. In the sky area is printe...

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