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| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Frank J. Hess and Sons barrel-making factory, 1952 Atwood Avenue at Schenck's Corners. Pictured l to r: Frank Jr., Edward, Joseph, Tony, a... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Back of painting reads: "Madison in June 1837 after photo taken by E.E. Bailey" and "Peck's cabin by Dengel." The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built... |
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| Description: | The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of employees, along with young children, posed around a wagon loaded with barrels of beer in front of Hausmann's Capital Brewery at the corne... |
| Date: | 04 15 1929 |
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| Description: | Man weighing a container on an old scale at the Mautz Paint Company. |
| Date: | 02 28 1928 |
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| Description: | Oscar Mayer plant interior with Toledo Scale. |
| Date: | 06 14 1927 |
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| Description: | Loading barrels into a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad car behind the Hess Barrel Company (cooperage) at about 1950 Atwood Avenue. Stacks of oak barrel h... |
| Date: | 03 03 1927 |
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| Description: | Interior view of shipping department at Mautz Paint Company. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Grocers standing in front of the W.A. Oppel Grocery located at 116 East Main Street. The five men are standing on the sidewalk among bine and crates displa... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Three employees working at the Hess Cooperage sawmill, quarter sawing oak logs to make staves and heads for barrels. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Joe Hess, Eddie Hess, and Foots Hess (l to r) of the Hess Cooperage pose with a large oak log which will be cut into staves and heads for barrels. Houses ... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Two employees of the Hess Cooperage, working at machines that are milling oak lumber into staves for barrels. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Frank "Foots" Hess Jr. using a draw knife to shape an oak barrel stave at the Hess Cooperage. Also known as "schnitzeling on the schnitzelbank". |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Joe Hess finishing barrel heads at the Hess Cooperage. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Frank Hess Sr., owner of Hess Cooperage, trimming cattails, used to cauk oak barrels. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Frank "Foots" Hess Jr. and Tony Hess using a truss hoop driver to install hoops around a barrel at the Hess Cooperage. Also known as "trussing". |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Joe Hess using a crozing machine to shape an oak barrel at the Hess Cooperage. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Frank Hess Sr., owner of Hess Cooperage, finishing the exterior of a barrel on a cooper's lathe. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Frank "Foots" Hess Jr. watching a machine set hoops on a barrel at the Hess Cooperage. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Joe Hess using a circling machine to create a barrel head at the Hess Cooperage. |
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