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Fairbanks-Morse & Company in Beloit

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized image of the Fairbanks-Morse & Company buildings.
Photograph

Toledo Scale

Date: 01 08 1928
Description: Man using a Toledo scale at the Mernick Dairy.
Photograph

Working at the Parker Pen Factory

Date: 10 16 1952
Description: A worker is using a machine to cut metal strips for fountain pen nibs at the Parker Pen factory.
Photograph

View along the Rock River

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view over houses towards the industrial area along the Rock River.
Photograph

View along the Rock River

Date: 1900
Description: Oval-framed view of the industrial area along the Rock River.
Photograph

Sewerage Disposal Plant

Date: 1934
Description: Aerial view of Janesville showing the river fill for the new sewerage disposal plant.
Photograph

Parker Pen Screw Machine Department

Date: 1925
Description: Workers in the Parker Pen Screw Machine Department.
Photograph

General Motors Employees

Date: 1987
Description: Employees of the General Motors plant in head to work.
Photograph

GM Automobile Frame in Factory

Date: 1987
Description: An automobile frame on the assembly line at the General Motors plant.
Photograph

General Motors Parking Lot

Date: 1960
Description: Parking lot at the General Motors plant.
Photograph

Highway Trailer Factory

Date: 1917
Description: Original factory of the Highway Trailers Company in Edgerton. Beginning in 1909 the factory was the site of a wagon works, but in 1917 it made a rather ty...
Photograph

Miss Zelma Purchase

Date: 1948
Description: Miss Zelma Purchase, of the Home Economics Department at International Harvester's Evansville Works, sits at a table with folded hands.
Postcard

Rock River, N.W. Ry. Bridge and Glimpse of Beloit

Date: 1909
Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view through trees of the Rock River, with a railroad bridge and a glimpse of Beloit. There are boaters near sandbars in ...
Postcard

The Dam

Date: 1911
Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view across a dam towards a factory on the Rock River. Dwellings are on the far bank on the right. Caption reads: "The Da...
Postcard

Racine Feet Knitting Company

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized postcard view of a textile factory with large windows and a loading dock on the side. Caption reads: "Racine Feet Knitting Company, Beloit, Wis."
Postcard

Fairbanks-Morse & Co.

Date: 1912
Description: Colorized, elevated view of the Fairbanks-Morse factory complex. Caption reads: "Fairbanks-Morse & Co., Beloit, Wis."
Postcard

Baker Manufacturing Co.

Date: 1909
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Baker Manufacturing Plant. Caption reads: "Evansville, Wis. Baker Manufacturing Co."
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Janesville

Date: 1915
Description: A Sanborn map of a portion of Janesville, including the Rock River Sugar Company.
Postcard

Beet Sugar Factory

Date: 1904
Description: View across field toward the beet sugar factory. Caption reads: "Beet Sugar Factory, Janesville, Wis."
Photograph

Parker Pen Company

Date: 07 1936
Description: Cars are parked on the street in front of the 1915 brick Parker Pen factory and office building. There is a large water tower on the left. The building was...

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