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Carpenter at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 09 1908
Description: Carpenter standing with his hand on a C. Parker bench vise attached to a work bench at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was b...
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Bass Home on Clay Street

Date: 1897
Description: Two carpenters pose on the front porch of the Bass family home at 207 Clay Street in the fall of 1897. The Gibbs Brothers, of Packwaukee, were the archite...
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Woodworking Shop

Date: 11 18 1937
Description: Workers operate machinery inside a woodworking shop. All equipment in the shop was powered by an International P-12 power unit.
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Men in Wood Shop

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Workers use machinery inside a woodworking shop owned by H.P. Ghent. An International P-12 power unit is on the left side of the room.
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New York State Reformatory

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Description: A view of a trade school carpentry class. Men are in the process of working at their benches. Light comes in through the windows to the left. Caption read...
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Man Standing on Scaffolding

Date: 05 1926
Description: A man stands on makeshift scaffolding while hammering a nail into a door awning. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extens...
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Carpenters at Work

Date: 1874
Description: Photographic reproduction of a lithograph showing carpenters erecting houses.
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Female Marine Carpenter

Date: 02 1945
Description: Private Winnie L. Cockrell, a carpenter from the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve, at the Mauna Loa Ridge encampment in Honolulu. Cockrell is wea...
Print

Carpentry and Wood Working Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Students at work in the carpentry and woodworking shop at the Milwaukee School of Trades.
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Men Building a Barn

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Description: Outdoor scene of a crew of men building a barn. A smaller building is next to the tower structure for a windmill.
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Ossie Reimer in his Workshop

Date: 06 1994
Description: "Ossie Reimer, Lomira handyman, is pictured in his well-stocked workshop. He spends up to 60 hours, 7 days a week, in his shop."
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John Reklau's Workshop

Date: 11 1995
Description: "John Reklau, age 92, was photographed while busily working in his tidy workshop room that once housed his chickens."
Postcard

Gastrow Carpenter Shop

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Description: Color postcard of the carpenter's shop at Stonefield. Carpenters are operating lathes.
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Civil Works Administration Project No. 14

Date: 1934
Description: Public building improvement under the state Civil Works Administration, project number 14. Carpenter and painter at work.
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Barn Raising

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Description: Group of men working on a barn raising, showing some of the workers up on the frame securing the timbers, and other workers carrying more timbers into posi...
Postcard

Workmen Building a Shed

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Description: Photographic postcard of workmen posing with a partially built shed or corn crib. One man in sitting on the roof timbers. Two wagons with lumber are parked...
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Man with Carpentery Tools

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man posing standing and holding wood-working tools on a shaded patch of ground in a field. Displayed around him is a trunk with more ...
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Building Spawning Boxes

Date: 03 09 1936
Description: Two men in work clothes are bending over a box they are constructing from slab wood near Lake Menomin. There is snow on the ground and a park shelter in th...
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Work Crew at New Mill

Date: 1910
Description: A work crew at the new mill, built after the fire.
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Sears Roebuck Store Construction

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Close-up of carpenters Art Thorstad and George Clark working on the new Sears Roebuck store on East Washington Avenue.

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