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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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James Melton on Plant Tour

Date: 1950
Description: "Harvest of Stars" radio and stage personality James "Jimmie" Melton talking with African American workers during a tour of an International Harvester's In...
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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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L-185 International Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Businessmen standing next to an International L-185 truck owned by the Max Branovan Shoe Company. The trailer is labeled "A. O. Smith Company Shoemobile".
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1950
Description: An aerial view of town, showing a major industrial area.
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Oscar Mayer and Company

Date: 1950
Description: An elevated view of the Oscar Mayer plant.
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Ernest Albert Hilfiker, Cheesemaker

Date: 1950
Description: Ernest Albert Hilfiker (1905-1993) poses with copper kettles in the making room of the Tuscobia cheese factory.
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Workers at Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: Two factory workers are loading boxes into crates at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Worker at Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: A factory worker at International Harvester's Tractor Works is using a forklift with a small crane to transport materials.
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Men Working with Crates at Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: Two factory workers are loading (or unloading) wooden shipping crates at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: Two men are moving boxes along a conveyor belt at International Harvester's Tractor Works, while others are working in the background.
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Forklift at Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: A man is using a forklift to load a wooden crate onto a conveyor belt at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: Two men are looking through wooden shipping crates in a room at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Rail Shipment at Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: Several men are loading boxes and pallets from International Harvester's Tractor Works onto a train.
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Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: Factory workers at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Women at Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: Two female factory workers at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Secretaries at Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: Three women are performing secretarial work in an office at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: A woman and two men work with wooden crates at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory).
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Worker at Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: Factory worker Charles Coseniro(?) examines the contents of a box in a warehouse at International Harvester's Tractor Works.

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