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Cheese in Storage

Date: 1952
Description: Cheesemaker standing on ladder putting cheese on storage shelf, along with rows of other cheeses.
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Information Filing and Storage

Date: 04 17 1964
Description: A clerk checks real estate property information in a vast filing system housed in a vault.
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Fur Storage Vault

Date: 03 18 1933
Description: Kessnich's Department Store fur storage vault, 201-203 State Street.
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Berlin Warehouse

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Description: Crated farm machines and parts in an International Harvester warehouse in Berlin, Germany.
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Men Stacking Twine Fiber

Date: 01 27 1925
Description: Three men use a lift to stack bales of bound fiber in a storage area, possibly at the McCormick Works twine mill. The company used sisal and hemp fiber to ...
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Farmall Works Storekeeper, W.E. Ray

Date: 09 30 1935
Description: W.E. Ray, Storekeeper at the Farmall Works factory, stands near a stack of boxes.
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MEC&MC Lumber Crane in Lumber Storage Area

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company lumber crane in a lumber storage area at the Long Bell Lumber Company. The sign on the crane reads "The Mi...
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McCormick Reaper Delivery

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers are guiding a crated McCormick reaper on pulley ropes through an opening in the floor, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works. The text ...
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Cold Storage Room

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Description: CEO Joe Widmer stand in the 40-degree cold storage room where Widmer's ages their award winning Cheddar, Brick, and Colby Cheese.
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Agricultural Extension Charts for Shipment

Date: 1925
Description: Man working with a collection of Agricultural Extension Department lecture charts in storage ready for shipment.
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Reel Storage and Repair

Date: 1929
Description: Agricultural Extension worker repairing reels of film in a storage room.
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Community Canning Kitchen

Date: 09 1926
Description: Man searching through cans of food piled in a wooden basket on a shelf in the distributing room of a community canning kitchen.
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Receiving Crops for Community Kitchen

Date: 09 1928
Description: Man carrying baskets of field crops in to the receiving room of a community kitchen. A woman wearing an apron is standing near the door.
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Vandals Cause $5,000 Damage at New Dane County Fairgrounds Stock Pavilion

Date: 12 07 1965
Description: Vandals caused an estimated $5,000 worth of damage to a new stock pavilion at the Dane County Fairgrounds. Damaged were overhead garage doors, walls, and h...
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Clerks in Storehouse of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store

Date: 09 1974
Description: Elevated view of two clerks wearing aprons working in the storehouse of the thrift store. One man is reupholstering an old armchair, and the other man is h...

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