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| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Frank J. Hess and Sons barrel-making factory, 1952 Atwood Avenue at Schenck's Corners. Pictured l to r: Frank Jr., Edward, Joseph, Tony, a... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | A worker cuts curd to make Swiss cheese at the Jorden Cheese factory. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Workers hooping the curd to make cheddar cheese at the Plymouth Cheese factory. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wisconsin Governor Julius P. Heil, and other officials touring the Allis-Chalmers plant. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Women working on the automobile assembly line at Nash Motors (later American Motors) during World War I. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down the canal, with buildings along the shoreline, and a boat coming down the canal. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Two men pose at the Barron Coop Creamery next to the churns full of butter, which is ready to be packed into the small barrels nearby. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Men and boys with wagonloads of milk at the Rockdale Creamery. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Workers at the A.O. Smith Corporation in Milwaukee assembling frames for Cadillac automobiles. In 1902 Arthur O. Smith, son of the company's founder, produ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Alfred W. Lawson (second from right) and his employees in front of his South Milwaukee factory with the center section of his new airplane, the Lawson Midn... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Workers in the General Assembly Department of the Wright Brothers' airplane factory. |
| Date: | 07 1917 |
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| Description: | A factory worker painting the United States insignia on a bi-plane wing. |
| Date: | 09 18 1929 |
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| Description: | Floralo Incense Company, located at 1212 Regent Street. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the United States Sugar Company factory next to railroad tracks on Atwood Avenue. The building was occupied in 1980 by Garver Feed & Suppl... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of the Marathon Paper Mills Company in winter. In 1956, Marathon sold the Ashland plant to the American Can Company, before that, the Menasha Company ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over houses towards the industrial area along the Rock River. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Oval-framed view of the industrial area along the Rock River. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Interior shot of a group of men, women and boys at the Gillette Tire Company. The Gillette Safety Tire Company was founded in Eau Claire in 1916 and the cr... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Red Star Yeast and Products Company. |
| Date: | 09 20 1930 |
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| Description: | View over crowd towards Philip La Follette, the son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., campaigning for governor before a large crowd of workers near the Allis ... |
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