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| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Arnold Batson works with natural and synthetic rubbers in the rubber laboratory at the Gas Power Engineering Department. The original caption reads: "Exper... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A military half-track redesigned and improved by International Harvester automotive engineers parked in the snow. The original caption reads: "At the Army'... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Men sit behind desks in the drafting room of International Harvester Company's farm machinery engineering department. The original caption reads: "A portio... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men working at stations in the machine shop of International Harvester Company's engineering department. The original caption reads: "Scen... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | William Koppa uses a microscope to examine a specimen of steel. The original caption reads: "Micro-photography is employed at International Harvester's Gas... |
| Date: | 02 06 1943 |
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| Description: | Employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company preparing for a strength and deflection test of a plastic product being developed by the co... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | An employee of the Consolidated Paper Company watches what is apparently a test of a part being manufactured by the company as part of its contract to deve... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | An unidentified employee of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company prepares for a strength test of a product being developed by the compan... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Prototype glider floor turned on its side on two saw horses to be photographed. The glider was being developed by the Plastics Division of the Consolidate... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of the construction of the glider floor manufactured by the Consolidated Paper Company as part of its war effort during World War II. |
| Date: | 06 24 1944 |
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| Description: | Strength test being performed by an employee of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company. The company developed a number of laminated plast... |
| Date: | 10 12 1943 |
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| Description: | Earl Otto, an executive of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper, takes a turn during the machine gun test of the laminate plastic panels being devel... |
| Date: | 08 10 1944 |
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| Description: | Laboratory of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids. The man on the left has been identified as chemist Jay Somers, ... |
| Date: | 04 22 1944 |
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| Description: | Employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids contemplates a die for fabricating tapered paper-based plastic laminat... |
| Date: | 04 22 1944 |
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| Description: | Plastic laminate development work. This may be a die for fabricating tapered panels. |
| Date: | 07 19 1948 |
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| Description: | Norman Hahn, chief engineer for WIBA and WIBA-FM, is shown at one section of the 10,000 watt transmitter. |
| Date: | 02 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Cover of booklet containing remarks made by D.B. Baker, Manager of Engineering Industrial Power Division, International Harvester Company. The remarks were... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View from Bascom Hill of front entrance to the Engineering Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Model of the new Engineering Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Designed by the State Bureau of Architecture. |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
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| Description: | Factory inspectors at International Harvester's 20 mm gun plant. A woman also stands in the background using a piece of equipment. Original caption reads: ... |
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