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Manufacturing Automobile Frames

Date: 1954
Description: Workers at the A.O. Smith Corporation in Milwaukee assembling frames for Cadillac automobiles. In 1902 Arthur O. Smith, son of the company's founder, produ...
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Nash Motors Assembly Line

Date: 1935
Description: A nearly-completed automobile on the assembly line at Nash Motors in Kenosha.
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Warner and his Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Arthur Pratt Warner, Wisconsin's first aviator, in front of the office of the Warner Instrument Company in Beloit. Warner, who held the patent for an autom...
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Delavan Chevy Dealership

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of the Chevrolet dealership in Delavan in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall. During the 1860s and 1870s the building was known as the...
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Side view of an early rotary snowplow truck manufactured by the Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Side view of an early rotary snowplow manufactured by the Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: A side view of vehicle manufactured by the Winther Motor and Truck Company, used to carry employees to and from work in mines. This vehicle was apparently ...
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Streetcar manufactured by the Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Gasoline rail car manufactured by the Winther Motor and Truck Company, situated on railroad tracks.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Front view of gasoline rail car manufactured by the Winther Motor and Truck Company, situated on railroad tracks.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Rotary snowplow with special spiked tires manufactured by the Winther Motors company, with factories in Kenosha, Wisconsin and Winthrop Harbor, Illinois.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Rotary snowplow manufactured by the Winther Motors Inc., factory.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Gasoline rail car manufactured by the Winther Motors Inc., factory.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Truck with attached crane manufactured by the Winther Motors Inc., factory.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Front view of a snowplow with four wheel drive manufactured by the Winther Motors Inc., factory.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: A truck with a posthole digger mounted on back on the side of the road, manufactured by Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Four Women and Truck

Date: 1918
Description: Pictured here are four of the women who joined the work force at the Four Wheel Drive Company in Clintonville in order to build trucks for the American and...
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Jeffery Car

Date: 1915
Description: A 1915 Jeffery, with a special body made by the W.S. Seaman Company parked in front of the company's Milwaukee plant. The Seaman company manufactured bodi...
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Waukesha Motor Works

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view of the Waukesha Motor Works.
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GM Automobile Frame in Factory

Date: 1987
Description: An automobile frame on the assembly line at the General Motors plant.

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