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Erecting Generators in Power House at Power Dam

Date: 08 04 1914
Description: An interior view of the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam, showing assembly of the generators, identified by the manufacturer, the Allis-Chalmers Compa...
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Man Standing by Generators in Power House

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a man standing near the generators inside the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam. The base of the generators is marked with the name of...
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Sisal Fiber Processing

Date: 1949
Description: Factory worker hangs sisal fiber over a railing, possibly at an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "The fiber as it comes ...
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Filling Seed Corn Bags

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Description: Two men in barn use corn bagging machines to fill and seal canvas bags of seed corn. One kneels next to a machine to the left filling the bags while anothe...
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Tire Factory Interior

Date: 1919
Description: Interior view of room at the Boone Tire Factory. Tires are stacked on the floor and in racks. In the left foreground is a large desk with hutch and two cha...
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Lapham School Children at Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 11 1953
Description: Lapham School third grade children observing milking machinery during a tour of the Bowman Farm Dairy on Fish Hatchery Road. Identified left to right are C...
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Factory of Comet Aircraft Engines

Date: 11 07 1929
Description: Interior view of a factory floor. Machinery by Whitcomb Manufacturing Company is in the right foreground, and a Comet 7-cylinder aircraft engine is in the ...

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