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Chippewa County Rock Crusher

Date: 06 14 1940
Description: Men posing in front of a rock crusher manufactured by Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company, 623 East Main Street.
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Machine Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Exterior view of a machine factory.
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Machine Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Exterior view of a machine factory.
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Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Elevated panoramic view of the Gisholt Machine Company, 1245 East Washington Avenue.
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Gisholt Picnic

Date: 08 06 1944
Description: Five speakers at the Gisholt Machine Company picnic, taken at the Blooming Grove carnival grounds. Left to right: Marion "Red" Borland, president of Gishol...
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Aerial View of Main Plant

Date: 10 30 1990
Description: Original Falk caption reads, "Aerial view [of] main plant (October 1990)."
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Steinle Turret Machine Company

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of the Steinle Turret Machine Company.
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Duplex Hole-Digging Machine

Date: 1938
Description: Three men - one in work clothes and the other two men wearing suits and hats - looking down into a hole near an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tra...
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Norton Grinding Company

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Description: The New Bond Street Section of the Norton Grinding Company showing brick buildings, a road and fenced areas.
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Smith and Winchester Manufacturing Company

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Description: View from across a lawn of Smith and Winchester Manufacturing Company buildings, producers of paper making machinery and laundry equipment. Caption reads: ...
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Machine Shop Workers

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Description: Four men in aprons and a boy stand outside a machine shop.
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Machine Factory

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys pose outside a machine factory in Corliss. Almost all of them are similarly dressed in dark hats, jackets, and pants. A large sign is on the r...
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Allis-Chalmers Factory Gate During Strike

Date: 11 25 1946
Description: Allis-Chalmers factory gate during strike. Railroad tracks are in the foreground and a large group of police officers stand inside of and coming out of the...
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Air-Lec Automatic Sliding Door Opener

Date: 1922
Description: Air-Lec pneumatic automatic door opener set up on a table on a roof. Probably the roof of Schoelkopf's manufacturing plant at 320 N. Third Street.
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Gisholt Factory on East Washington Avenue

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Description: View of Gisholt real estate from the opposite side of the street. Over the door of the building is a sign that reads: "Gisholt Machine Co."
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Gisholt Machine Company lathe

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Description: A large piece of machinery is sitting on planks outdoors at the Gisholt factory.
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Madison-Kipp Corporation

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Description: View towards the building of Plant No. 1 of the Madison-Kipp Corporation on the other side of Waubesa Street. Ivy covers its brick walls. Railroad tracks r...
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Madison-Kipp Corporation

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Description: View across field towards structures in front of the Madison-Kipp Corporation building, pictured in the background. Its smokestack is visible to the right ...
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Delivery Truck

Date: 01 23 1924
Description: Delivery truck parked in front of an International Harvester Company of America motor trucks, sales, and service building. The sign painted on the side of ...
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Gisholt Metal Worker #2

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Description: Portrait oftwo Gisholt laborers. One man is in profile and the other is facing front. They are wearing work aprons, suspenders, boots and brimmed hats. Tak...

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