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Vending Machines

Date: 04 20 1967
Description: High school freshman use vending machines for lunch.
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Skilled Hands at Work

Date: 01 27 1968
Description: Woman working on a wire harness for the lunar module section of an Apollo spacecraft at the AC Electronics division of General Motors Corp. plant.
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Punch Pressing Handles

Date: 11 27 1967
Description: A machinist running a punch press at Res Manufacturing Company.
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Top Construction of World Trade Center

Date: 1969
Description: The top portion of construction on the World Trade Center, looking past a street lamp post and up into the network of cranes and metal.
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Construction of World Trade Center

Date: 1969
Description: Looking up at the construction of the two towers of the World Trade Center.
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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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Construction Equipment

Date: 1969
Description: Construction machinery at the construction site of the World Trade Center.
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Boring Mill Table

Date: 02 14 1961
Description: Two men crouch atop of the large gear, while another stands at the side overseeing the lift. This gear was purchased and used by the Ladish Company of Cuda...
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Welding of an Upper Chamber

Date: 03 27 1963
Description: A man welds at the base of an upper chamber. This upper chamber or pressure vessel was purchased by Adamson-United Company of Akron, Ohio, and used by B.F....
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Single Helical Hub Gears

Date: 06 07 1963
Description: Single helical hub gear that was a component of an oxygen furnace drive. This gear was purchased by Morgan Engineering Company and used by Pittsburgh Steel...
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Fabric Wind Up

Date: 07 27 1963
Description: Fabric wind up that was later purchased and used by B.F. Goodrich of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Falk caption reads,"6F Steelflex coupling black fabric with coati...
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Cross Rail

Date: 12 02 1963
Description: An employee stands near a cross rail that was later purchased by Onnsud Machine Works and used by Avco Corporation for cargo planes. Falk caption reads,"Ma...
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Aluminum Rolling Mill Drive

Date: 01 07 1964
Description: Employees in protective clothing near aluminum rolling mill drive. Falk caption reads,"Drawing number 415731 and 415732, patent number 605385. View shows b...
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Employee at Test Stand

Date: 07 29 1966
Description: Ron Kudlewski, a Falk employee, attends to the test stand for large motors in the High Speed Department. This motor was later purchased and used by the Lou...
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Industry Drive

Date: 04 30 1965
Description: This drive was purchased by Pennsylvania Engineering and used by Republic Steel Cleveland. Falk caption reads,"BOF drive, for specifications see Engineerin...
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Bridge Drives

Date: 04 23 1965
Description: Bridge drives that the City of Milwaukee purchased and used. Falk caption reads,"Unit drives the opening of Broadway Street. Unit opens each half of the br...
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Spacer Coupling

Date: 08 30 1965
Description: Man standing near spacer coupling that Chicago Bridge and Iron-East Chicago Industry later purchased and Inland Steel later used. Falk caption reads, "3340...
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Men Working on Pinion Stand

Date: 05 1965
Description: Pinion stand that was later purchased by U.S. Steel (Allegheny Project) and used by Gary Steel Works. Falk caption reads, "Various manufacturing and assemb...
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Employee with Bowl Casting

Date: 10 29 1965
Description: A male employee inspects a discharge bowl that was later purchased by Fairbanks Morse and Company of Beloit, Wisconsin, and used by the Department of the I...
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Men Inspecting Pinion Stands

Date: 05 1965
Description: The pinion stand depicted was purchased by U.S. Steel (Allegheny Project) and then used by Gary Steel Works. The two men in the photograph are R. Haag and...

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