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Man Operating Drill Press

Date: 1944
Description: Man operating a drill press at Madison-Kipp Corporation, 201 Waubesa Street, producing war materiel during World War II.
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Men Processing Hemp Fibers

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Two men processing hemp in a DeForest plant for use as cord and rope during World War II. The men are feeding hemp into a rolling machine which crushes the...
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Butchering Beef

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Description: Using a power tool, a member of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen of North America is cutting up a hanging beef carcass.
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Sorting Onions

Date: 1972
Description: White onions are bouncing along a conveyor belt on their way to be inspected, sorted, and bagged.
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Prison Industries

Date: 1961
Description: Punch press equipment at one of the Wisconsin prisons used for the manufacture of license plates and traffic signs. This photograph appeared in a 1961 publ...
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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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Frank Deischel with Slot Machine

Date: 02 27 1942
Description: Frank Deischel, Wausau, President of the Tavern League of Wisconsin, standing with an illegal slot machine in Deischel's tavern.
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Leonard Smith at Forsberg Box Company

Date: 02 01 1945
Description: Leonard Smith, a blind employee, working at Forsberg Box Company.
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Ira Cole, Retiring Gisholt Employee

Date: 02 02 1945
Description: Ira Cole, Gisholt employee for forty-six years, standing at his locker in his work clothes as he retires from work.
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Charence L. Greiber with World War II Veteran

Date: 04 12 1945
Description: Clarence L. Greiber, Director of the Wisconsin State Board of Vocational and Adult Education, with Lester Morrisey, a discharged World War II veteran, show...
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Robert M. Carnes and Jack Young

Date: 05 02 1945
Description: Robert M. Carnes, on the right, expediter at RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac), 1400 East Washington Avenue, with foreman Jack Young.
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Otto Wolff at Butter Churn

Date: 05 08 1945
Description: Otto Wolff, supervisior of butter making for the Madison Dairy Produce Company, 1018 East Washington Avenue, at the butter churn. Left to right: Otto Wolff...
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Patrolman on Wisconsin Road

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Description: Wisconsin highway patrolman grading with a team of horses. Image taken for the Wisconsin Good Roads Association.
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Road Construction

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Description: Road construction just north of the Crawford-Vernon County line on State Highway 27, showing both the new and old routes. According to the caption on the ...
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Road Construction Steam Shovel

Date: 1920
Description: Road construction crew of the Nelson Weber Construction Company and steam shovel. This construction was photographed for the Wisconsin Good Roads Associati...
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Cranberry Cleaning Machine

Date: 09 1934
Description: Two men are loading cranberries into a washing machine.
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Black River Falls Powerhouse

Date: 1910
Description: Man in the interior of the Black River Falls powerhouse.
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Balling Machine in Operation

Date: 1905
Description: A man operates a balling machine while another handles spools of binder twine. The men may have been working at the McCormick twine mill in Chicago.
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Southern Wisconsin Sports Show

Date: 04 11 1946
Description: Bernie Larson shown operating an electric boat hoist, manufactured by Gordon Engineering, Madison, at the Madison Marine Service booth, at the Southern Wis...
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Factory Worker at Plano Works

Date: 1919
Description: Factory worker operating machinery at International Harvester's Plano Works. The factory was later known as "West Pullman Works."

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