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International D-Line Truck used by Astrodome Groundskeepers

Date: 04 12 1966
Description: Color photograph of Houston Astrodome groundskeepers dressed in "moon suits" getting the field ready for the 1966 baseball season. An International D-Line ...
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American Optical Co. Exhibit

Date: 10 09 1931
Description: American Optical Co. exhibit of welding goggles, helmets and shields at the 2nd welding conference in the U.W. engineering building.
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Trimming Poultry

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Description: A woman worker on the poultry line at an unidentified packer, probably in Chicago. All of the other workers, all of whom were represented by the Amalgamate...
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University of Wisconsin Boxer

Date: 01 16 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing team member Nick Collias.
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University of Wisconsin Boxer

Date: 01 16 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing team member Robert Ranck.
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University of Wisconsin Boxer

Date: 01 16 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing team member Fred Krueger.
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University of Wisconsin Boxer

Date: 01 16 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing team member Al Blinder.
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College Champion Boxers Contending for Olympics Team

Date: 06 19 1948
Description: Group portrait of college champion boxers and coaches training for the Olympic trials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Pictured left to right: John ...
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Branch Service Managers at Tractor Works

Date: 11 1935
Description: Branch service managers watch welding at Tractor Works. Original caption reads: "Tractor Works, Branch service managers watching welding of wheels. Taken b...
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Branch Service Managers at Tractor Works

Date: 11 1935
Description: Branch service managers watching the forging of a crank shaft at Tractor Works (factory). Original caption reads (in part): "Taken by McQuinn".
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Shell Manufacture at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers producing artillery shells at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Original caption reads: "75-Millimeter Shell Manufacture. In this ...
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Davern's Bottling Works

Date: 05 12 1938
Description: Workers standing at a machine putting bottles into crates. One of the workers is wearing an apron and rubber knee-high boots. A McCormick-Deering eight can...
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20 Millimeter Gun Plant

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Factory worker at IH 20mm gun plant. Original caption states: "Nearly all of the men employees of the plant also were trained by the company in special tra...
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Truck Engine Works

Date: 1938
Description: Factory workers tending to engines at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. Other men are operating overhead cranes labeled "Cleveland Crane-Close ...
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Early P&H 5-Ton Traveling Crane

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger crane design with cab-operated dial controls. The stencil on the crane says "Pawling and Harnischfeger ...
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J.M. Smucker Company Quality Control Department

Date: 1970
Description: Two women in paper "Smucker's" hats are watching a man at work in a laboratory beyond a set of windows, presumably at J.M. Smucker Company's Quality Contro...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 06 28 1952
Description: Roddy Botts, the 1951 soap box derby champion, is shown dressed in his champion's uniform and holding the trophy for the city champion in the 1952 race. In...
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Binder Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Male and female factory workers wear protective hair bonnets while working in a room where twine is wound, weighed, and inspected. The workers stand in a r...
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Man Constructing Cub Cadet

Date: 06 1961
Description: A factory worker with an International Cub Cadet lawn tractor at International Harvester's Louisville Works.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 08 1946
Description: Paul R. Anderson of DeForest, Wisconsin, winner of the 1946 Madison Soap Box Derby, who went on to race at the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. ...

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