Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 25

Photograph

Female Employees Operating Machines at IHC's Chatham Works

Date: 1944
Description: Slightly elevated view of female workers operating machines at International Harvester's Chatham Works in Ontario, Canada. The factory was originally owned...
Photograph

Tree Surgeon Truck

Date: 1939
Description: An International D-300 truck owned by P. Hansling & Son Hartford Forestry Company Tree Surgeons is parked in the drive of a home with a large chimney. A ma...
Photograph

Man Driving Steamroller

Date: 
Description: A man is sitting at the wheel of a long steamroller parked in a gravel lot with a brick building in the background.
Photograph

White Way Laundry Shop Mule

Date: 05 19 1938
Description: A man uses a Hebard shop mule owned by White Way Laundry to haul three-wheeled bins of bagged laundry. The shop mule, powered by an International P-12 powe...
Photograph

Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of men working in the metal finishing room of the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Metal parts are stacked on the floor and the room is suppor...
Photograph

Men with Wagon Outside Brick Building

Date: 1915
Description: Panoramic view of group of men working on and around a flat bed wagon loaded with a large piece of machinery. They are outside a large brick building.
Photograph

Buffington Coke Works

Date: 
Description: The roofs and smokestacks of the power house and hoist house of Buffington Coke Works are behind the coke ovens which are in the foreground. Buffington Cok...
Photograph

Factory Workers at the McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: "Knotter men" work at tables in the McCormick Twine Mill. Windows line one wall of the brick room, and a system of belt-driven machinery is arranged along ...
Photograph

International Sprayer

Date: 1910
Description: An International Harvester "sprayer" mounted on a wagon, possibly intended for pesticide application (or in this context, window washing?). The wagon is pa...
Photograph

Men with Large Poles Atop a Sprayer

Date: 1910
Description: Two men are standing on top of what appears to be a sprayer, probably for use in orchards (though the urban setting suggests the possibility of other appli...
Photograph

Corps of Engineers Lithographic Press

Date: 1918
Description: Four soldiers printing on a press. Two men are reviewing maps, and the other two men are standing at the lithographic press of 310th U.S. Army Engineer Cor...
Photograph

Men Working in a Factory

Date: 1900
Description: Men working with machinery indoors at McCormick Works. Metal parts are piled in wood bins.
Photograph

Manufacturing Area — Binder Attachment

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of men working in the binder attachment room at McCormick Works. The worker's coats and hats are hung up high on the brick wall between the l...
Photograph

Interior View of Gisholt Machine Company

Date: 
Description: Interior view of Gisholt Machine Company. Two men are standing next to large machinery, marked with the name "GRAY."
Photograph

Man Welding Machine at Gisholt Factory

Date: 
Description: A man is welding on a large machine inside the Gisholt factory. On the right a crane is holding another section of the machine.
Photograph

Men Working in Manufacturing Area of Factory

Date: 03 29 1923
Description: Elevated view of men working in the manufacturing area of a factory.
Photograph

Tractor Pulling Industrial Paint Sprayer

Date: 10 05 1923
Description: View across yard towards a man driving a tractor pulling an industrial paint sprayer. Two men are standing behind the sprayer holding two hoses with the no...
Photograph

Tractor Pulling Industrial Paint Sprayer

Date: 10 05 1923
Description: View across yard towards a man driving a tractor pulling an industrial paint sprayer. Two men are standing behind the sprayer holding two hoses with nozzle...
Photograph

Truck with Tow Cable

Date: 03 20 1929
Description: View towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck with a tow cable. A sign on the driver's side door reads: "Thomas Service." The truck is hauling...
Photograph

Employee Working at Hot Metal Press Machine

Date: 1920
Description: View of a male employee working at a hot metal press machine inside a factory.

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: