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Turn of the Century Street Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Horse-drawn wagons, including a water wagon, stand on a street next to a broad sidewalk in a commercial district. The storefronts of P.L. McQuillan and Con...
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Engine Room, Arcade Manufacturing Co.

Date: 09 26 1933
Description: Nine brick layers with supervisor in engine room. Caption on print reads: "Complete Plibrico Jointless Firebrick Lining at Arcade Manufacturing Co., Freepo...
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Furnaces in Boiler Room at Dane County Asylum

Date: 05 09 1933
Description: Elevated view of the furnaces in the boiler room at the Dane County Asylum. Two men are standing in the middle of the room.
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Stoking the Fire

Date: 1950
Description: A man in work clothes gets ready to shove a log into the fire chamber of a boiler.
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Two Men in front of Colonial Heating Service

Date: 10 10 1945
Description: Two men standing in front of the Colonial Heating Service store, 1148 Williamson Street. Photograph taken for Martin Johnsrud?
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Group Portrait of Employees of Regal Products, Ltd.

Date: 02 21 1948
Description: Group portrait of fourteen employees standing at the front door of the Regal Products, Ltd. at Gays Mills. E. Tex Reddick is the company president.
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Buffalo Street Pipe Installation

Date: 10 1914
Description: Buffalo Street construction, showing heating pipes being installed under the cut pavement. A boy is bent over in near a pile of dirt in the background look...
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Ventilation Fans

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Three men stand near ventilation fans for cementing machines on the roof of Building #3.
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National Blower Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of National Blower Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturers of "Steam Hot Blast Apparatus." On the left is an Uncle Sam figure pointing to a...
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Electric Furnace on Truck Bed

Date: 09 03 1927
Description: Three-quarter view of right side of truck. A man is sitting in the driver's seat, and the bed of the truck has a striped awning over the top of the truck b...
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Cell Doors in Hallway

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Description: Stereograph of three men posing in a long prison hallway. Two men are on the first level balcony with one on the inside of the railing and the other man st...
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A Big 'Pipe Job'

Date: 05 27 1959
Description: It takes a special "plumber" to put together pipes the size of these being installed in the heating tunnel under construction on N. Charter Street to carry...
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Men in Boiler Room at McCormick Works

Date: 07 23 1912
Description: Elevated view of two men working in a boiler room.
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Boiler/Turbine Room

Date: 11 07 1920
Description: Interior view of the boiler/turbine room. Men are standing behind the turbine on the right, and a pile of coal is in front of a tall bank of windows in the...
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Man in Boiler/Turbine Room

Date: 12 09 1920
Description: View of a man standing in the boiler/turbine room. A sign on the machine reads: "Oil all spindle bearings at least 4 times a day."

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