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Farmall Works Assembly Line

Date: 1952
Description: Factory worker tightening bolts on a Farmall tractor on the assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Farmall Works Assembly Line

Date: 1952
Description: Factory workers on the assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works. The men are working on Farmall tractors.
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Cafeteria Line at Farmall Works

Date: 1952
Description: Woman serving meals to factory workers in the cafeteria at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Assembling Tractors at Farmall Works

Date: 1952
Description: Factory worker installing a wheel on a tractor on the assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Farmall Works Office

Date: 1952
Description: Front door of the International Harvester Farmall Works (factory) office.
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Workers Spray Painting Farmall Tractors

Date: 1952
Description: Factory workers painting Farmall tractors at Farmall Works.
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Hough HW Payloader

Date: 1952
Description: The Hough HW Payloader was built by Frank G. Hough Company of Libertyville, Illinois. The construction equipment manufacturer was purchased by Internationa...
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Union Membership Drive

Date: 1952
Description: United Packinghouse Workers of America members at the Armour plant in Atlanta check membership cards in an effort to bring 100 percent membership into loca...
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Lewis Arms and John Berry

Date: 1952
Description: Lewis Arms leans against a car with his arm around his family friend and neighbor John Berry, who he called "Pa Berry".
Book or Pamphlet

Minneapolis Grain Exchange

Date: 1952
Description: Buyers examine samples of grain for sale at the cash trading tables of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange.
Book or Pamphlet

Worker Inspecting Roasted Malt

Date: 1952
Description: A Rahr Malting Company worker oversees malt coming from the roaster, which produces malt of a desired color, aroma, and flavor.
Book or Pamphlet

Barley and Malt Map

Date: 1952
Description: Map of the barley-growing regions of North America, published by the Rahr Malting Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1952.
Print

Wisconsin State Fair Letterhead

Date: 1952
Description: Letterhead for the Wisconsin State Fair, with a state fair ribbon superimposed on a silhouette of the state, and two vignettes of agricultural and industri...
Photograph

South 19th & Washington Street, Facing East

Date: 1952
Description: View of Washington Street from the intersection of South 19th Street, facing east. On the right, a sign identifies the corner location of the Tankar Gas St...
Photograph

Paper Converting

Date: 1952
Description: Interior view of the Bay West Paper Company with paper converting machinery. Men in uniform are running the equipment.
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Industrial Wisconsin

Date: 1952
Description: Solvay Coke and Gas Company with railroad train and tracks, smoke billowing upward. The company was opened in 1906 and closed in 1983.

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