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| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Man in protective gloves and masked helmet against heat and flame works on heavy machinery at the Falk Corporation, known for production of industrial gear... |
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| Description: | Workers operate a hydraulic press and make stacks of mass-produced metal parts. |
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| Description: | A packing house worker demonstrates the revolutionary Thor air-powered cattle stunner that was called the first successful pneumatic stunning tool for the ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized image of the Fairbanks-Morse & Company buildings. |
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| Description: | Elevated winter view of the company buildings and residential area, with smokestacks in the background. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the company buildings and residential area, with view of skyline. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The city of West Allis, including an artist's rendition of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company. One of the largest machinery manufacturing plants in A... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. One of the largest machinery manufacturing plants in America, which produces turbine engines, gas producer engines, pu... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. office building. Caption reads: "Office Building, Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co., West Allis, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. One of the largest machinery manufacturing plants in America, which produces turbine engines, gas produ... |
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| Description: | The erecting floor in the Gisholt Machine Company's shop on East Washington Avenue. |
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| Description: | Elevated panoramic view of the Gisholt Machine Company, 1245 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 12 07 1955 |
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| Description: | A worker welds together sections of a press slide that was later purchased by Federal Engineering and used by the automotive industry. |
| Date: | 03 03 1956 |
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| Description: | Two long-time Falk employees, Bob Quitzow and Frank Ruscitti, work in the gas cutting department. Original Falk caption reads: "View of 'Bug' cutting Depar... |
| Date: | 03 02 1956 |
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| Description: | A seamless pipe fitting sits atop a railroad car, ready to be shipped. Later purchased and used by Elmes & Kings. Original Falk caption reads: "14' high-78... |
| Date: | 04 14 1956 |
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| Description: | View of the manufacturing process of vacuum chucks. Used for skin milling, this particular order, according to an original Falk caption, "covers four dupli... |
| Date: | 04 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Two men simultaneously weld. According to an original Falk caption, "rough weight. 72000 pound est.-Unit was rough machine to with [sic]. 1/4 inch o... |
| Date: | 04 14 1956 |
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| Description: | View of the manufacturing process of vacuum chucks. Used for skin milling, this particular order, according to an original Falk caption, "covers four dupli... |
| Date: | 06 15 1956 |
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| Description: | Single helical mills gear that was later purchased by Nordberg and used by Universal Atlas Cement Company of Milwaukee. Original Falk caption reads: "23/29... |
| Date: | 09 04 1956 |
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| Description: | A view looking west of several workers in the Heat Treating Department of the Falk Corporation. |
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