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Smashing Illegal Slot Machines

Date: 1948
Description: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines.
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Woman in War Work Window Display

Date: 1944
Description: Female worker using a drill press in a window display at International Harvester's employment office in the company's Michigan Avenue annex. The display ce...
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Smashing Illegal Gambling Devices

Date: 1948
Description: Destroying slot machines and other illegal gambling devices at Law Park. From L to R: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigaret tax division; ...
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How to Use Voting Machine

Date: 03 08 1948
Description: First Step: The voter (Mrs. Thelma Hauser) receives her first instructions from the election official (Arvid Johnson) on a small working model. She must o...
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Lake Weed Cutter

Date: 08 12 1948
Description: W.J. Rendall, Earl. E. Wheeler, and George C. Hockney operating a small weed cutter in Lake Mendota off the shore of Maple Bluff. Mr. Hockney is the manufa...
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Shell Manufacture at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers produce artillery shells at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Original caption reads: "75-Millimeter Shell Manufacture. The convey...
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League of Women Voters

Date: 02 20 1950
Description: Mrs. Robert J. (Joan) Francis of 833 Miami Pass, member of League of Women Voters, listens to City Clerk A.W. Bareis as he explains how to use a voting mac...
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War Work Demonstration

Date: 1944
Description: A woman sits behind a glass wall while operating a piece of machinery as part of an International Harvester display recruiting additional workers during Wo...
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Cartoon "Cutting out the Axis"

Date: 08 1943
Description: A cartoon originally published in the August issue of the "HARVESTER NEWS-LETTER" showing a International Harvester employee working on a lathe cutting out...
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Young America, North and South

Date: 1860
Description: Envelope compares a young man of the North, on the left, to a young man of the South, on the right. The young Northern man is working with an older man on ...
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Men Working in Manufacturing Area

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of men working among large machinery in a factory at McCormick Works. In the background on the right is an American Flag.
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Men Working in Manufacturing Area

Date: 1920
Description: Group of men working in a factory at McCormick Works. There is an American Flag hanging in the background.
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Engine at Construction Site

Date: 07 25 1927
Description: Men are working below street level in the foreground, standing on either side of a pipe. Another man is standing in the street behind an engine powering to...
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Governor Gaylord Nelson Starts Wisconsin State Journal Newpaper Press

Date: 01 29 1959
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson is shown, wearing the traditional pressman's hat, as he pushes the button to start the Wisconsin State Journal press to celebrate t...

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