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| Date: | 10 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Herman Elies slashing the twine ties from the hemp bundles to be processed into cordage for rope during World War II at a hemp mill on Highway 51 in DeFore... |
| Date: | 10 06 1944 |
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| Description: | A woman is feeding hemp stalks into a crusher for rope production during World War II. |
| Date: | 10 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Two women processing hemp fibers at the DeForest hemp mill during World War II. |
| Date: | 10 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Lula Lawrence, lsft, and Esther Gunderson combing hemp fibers. In the background two women are sorting hemp fiber bundles for rope and cordage during Worl... |
| Date: | 06 26 1946 |
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| Description: | A gas station attendant talks to a customer in a car at the H.W. Risberg & Sons Black Eagle Service Station, 1200 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Man operating a drill press at Madison-Kipp Corporation, 201 Waubesa Street, producing war materiel during World War II. |
| Date: | 10 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Two men processing hemp in a DeForest plant for use as cord and rope during World War II. The men are feeding hemp into a rolling machine which crushes the... |
| Date: | 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Men scalding turkeys to remove feathers in the production area at the Frank Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Four women operating sausage-making equipment at the Oscar Mayer Company during World War II. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Female employees processing "Yellow Band" weiners at the Oscar Mayer Company during World War II. |
| Date: | 11 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Mary Hawkins, assisted by Thorwald Anderson, Checker Cab driver, arrives for a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its... |
| Date: | 11 11 1952 |
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| Description: | Franz Haas, sheriff elect, washing the windshield of a car at his Standard Gas Station, 318 South Park Street. |
| Date: | 11 11 1952 |
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| Description: | Franz Haas, sheriff elect, working under the hood of a car at his Standard Gas Station, 318 South Park Street. |
| Date: | 02 20 1944 |
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| Description: | Pyramid Motors mechanic Wells "Slim" Kleinfeldt turning an "under cutting," a starting motor armature, in the service shop at 434 West Gilman Street. |
| Date: | 02 13 1944 |
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| Description: | A man is putting loaves of bread in an oven at the Heilman Baking Company. |
| Date: | 03 01 1944 |
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| Description: | Michael G. O'Neill sitting in a chair with a railroad lantern. He lived at 526 West Wilson Street and worked 40 years for the Milwaukee Road. |
| Date: | 03 11 1944 |
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| Description: | Ben Stitgen, who in 1943 was business agent of Carpenters Local #314, and in 1946 was training officer of the U.S. Veterans Administration. |
| Date: | 11 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Unidentified man from A.M. Toussaint, heating contractor, fixing a furnace boiler. |
| Date: | 11 10 1944 |
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| Description: | Madison branch of the Filmite Oil Corporation building (a Trachte metal building), located at 828 East Main Street. Also pictured is W.K. Wilson, warehous... |
| Date: | 12 20 1944 |
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| Description: | A mechanic in the service department of Hefty Sales Corporation is preparing to do a complete overhaul of a washing machine. |
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