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Sara Sound Productions

Date: 1965
Description: James Kirchstein, Wisconsin's Very Live Radio (WVLR) station chief engineer and originator, inside his recording company, Sara Sound Productions, Inc. WVLR...
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Refrigeration Plant at Orpheum Theatre

Date: 06 18 1931
Description: Eugene F. Smith, chief engineer of Madison's RKO theaters (left) is explaining the refrigeration (air conditioning) plant at the Orpheum Theatre to Floyd C...
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Radio Station Master Control

Date: 10 03 1930
Description: Everett Marshall, engineer, standing at the control panel of the radio station, WIBA.
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Engineer Tests International Tractor Engines

Date: 02 16 1961
Description: Engineer in a dyno booth testing International tractor engines.
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Railroad Engineer and Fireman

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Description: An unidentified engineer and fireman in the cab of a Wisconsin & Michigan locomotive.
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CM&StP Railroad Locomotive

Date: 1903
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad locomotive #1100, a class I engine, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1873 and originally numbered #199. Th...
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Harry Dyer and Models

Date: 10 05 1944
Description: Captain Harry Dyer, age 80, admiring his model log raft and steam boat in his basement workshop. For 20 years he was a raft boat mate. He left the river in...
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Bert Benjamin

Date: 1910
Description: Bert R. Benjamin (1870-1969). Benjamin was hired by McCormick Harvesting Machine Company after he graduated from Ames College (later Iowa State College) wi...
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Consoweld Begins Operations

Date: 1954
Description: Officials of the Consoweld Company (formerly the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company) make a final inspection of the equipment in the new plast...
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Wartime Salvage

Date: 10 1918
Description: While engaged in road construction near Aubreville, France, the 310th Engineers came upon this scene and helped themselves. Photographer Victor Morris labe...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Portrait of Francis F. Bowman Jr., chair of the 1949 Madison Community Chest budget committee. Mr. Bowman is a mining engineer with the Mesabi-Mineral Asso...
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Farmall Works Employees Inspect Engine

Date: 1935
Description: Two well-dressed men inspect an engine at the Farmall Works factory. Original caption reads: "Farmall Works, G.H. Jantg (left) chief inspector and S.A. Sha...
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Verona School Children and Train Engine

Date: 05 06 1949
Description: Thirty-six Verona first and second grade pupils rode the Chicago and North Western train from Verona to Madison, for twenty-two it was a first train ride. ...
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Television Station

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Description: Michael Henry is seated at the mixing board at a local television station. There is a cable access program playing on the monitor above him called "Glad To...
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Frederick N. Finney

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Frederick N. Finney, Milwaukee civil engineer.
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Nelson P. Hulst

Date: 09 26 1914
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Nelson P. Hulst, Milwaukee engineer.
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Edward James Kearney

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Description: Waist-up seated studio portrait of Edward James Kearney, Milwaukee engineer.
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William Robbins McGovern

Date: 03 08 1937
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of William Robbins McGovern, Milwaukee engineer.
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William Robbins McGovern

Date: 05 04 1921
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of William Robbins McGovern, Milwaukee engineer.
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Bruno V. Nordberg

Date: 09 28 1914
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Bruno V. Nordberg, Milwaukee mechanical engineer.

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