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Poster

Farmall Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1950
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick Farmall tractors featuring a color illustration of a man driving a Farmall C tractor on a blue background. Includes the te...
Poster

IH "Milker Service Day" Advertising Poster

Date: 1950
Description: Advertising poster promoting "Milker Service Day" at International Harvester dealerships. Includes the text: "Our trained milker service men will adjust an...
Photograph

Weldering, Agricultural Short Course

Date: 1950
Description: Two students welding at the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Short Course.
Photograph

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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Assembly Work

Date: 1950
Description: A woman looks over parts used as bases for miniature Christmas trees.
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Newspaper Print Shop

Date: 1950
Description: Sports editor and sports reporter from the "Wisconsin State Journal" confer with a printer over trays of lead type.
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Working the Linotype

Date: 1950
Description: A woman types text into a linotype machine.
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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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Precison Cutting

Date: 1950
Description: Two men operate a machine that uses wires to make equal portions out of a large slab of butter.
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Loading Trees into International L-120 Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Vie across drive towards two men loading small trees into an International L-120 truck.
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Unitarian Meeting House Trusses

Date: 1950
Description: Partially erected trusses for the roof of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Interior view of the classroom space in the First Unitarian Society Meeting House during construction. Window openings and the roof construction are shown....
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Roof trusses in auditorium of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House during construction. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of the roof trusses during construction of the Unitarian Meeting House. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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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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Hough HE Payloader Loading Snow into Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Hough HE Payloader loading snow into a truck. The HE was built by Frank G. Hough Company, a Libertyville, Illinois, manufacturer of construction equipment.
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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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