Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Machinery industry
Filter: Subject of signs and signboards
| Date: | 1942 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Storefront war products exhibit at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. A sign on the window reads: "Mud pies. Today is serious business! This fou... |
| Date: | 05 09 1944 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two Caterpillar diesel electric engines Set 17-85 S on the back of a trailer truck parked in front of Nagle-Hart Tractor and Equipment Company, 754 East Wa... |
| Date: | 02 28 1928 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Hobart Manufacturing Co. Store, showing Toledo Scales, at 407 State Street. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Faribands, Morse & Co. Building, with power lines in the background. |
| Date: | 1923 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A machine and repair shop, 228 East Main Street, shows an example of the Dutch style front. The shop was originally the Frank J. Fleckenstein residence. |
| Date: | 05 1965 |
|---|---|
| Description: | TCD drive that was later purchased by U.S. Steel (Allegheny Project) and used by Gary Steel Works. |
| Date: | 03 31 1905 |
|---|---|
| Description: | An unidentified Falk employee stands next to a large Steel Spur Gear. The sign in the photograph reads: "Cast Steel Spur Gear. Made by The Falk Co. Milwauk... |
| Date: | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Exterior of the Steinle Turret Machine Company. |
| Date: | 1880 |
|---|---|
| Description: | It was in this shop that Christopher Sholes, inventor of the typewriter, did much of his work on various inventions. This photograph may be as early as th... |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A factory worker operates a grinder at International Harvester's 20 millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "The Harvester gun plant management is es... |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Factory workers inspect a gun at International Harvester's 20 (twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "In the test firing department careful... |
| Date: | 03 1974 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A group of male and female workers are posing around a sign and a crankcase sitting on the factory floor. The sign reads "Melrose Park Plant / March, 1974 ... |
| Date: | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Factory worker operates a machine at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. Near the top are two signs: "Dept. 15" and "Dept. 14". Original caption ... |
| Date: | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Factory workers tending to engines at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. Other men are operating overhead cranes labeled "Cleveland Crane-Close ... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of shop floor of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger 20-ton type "N" dial controlled cab-operated traveling crane. The crane is in machine sho... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger 40-ton type "A" outdoor gantry crane located at the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. There are men standing near a horse-drawn cart as wel... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | The exterior of the first Pawling & Harnischfeger storefront from across a street. The text in the windows reads "Panyard Machinery & Pattern Works," "Mfrs... |
| Date: | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Bird-eye view of factory buildings at International Harvester's Akron Works. |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at:
