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Woman Inspecting Hot Dogs

Date: 1944
Description: Female employee inspecting the quality of "Yellow Band" weiners at Oscar Mayer plant, 910 Mayer Avenue.
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Oscar Mayer World War II Banner

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Description: View looking up towards the banner above the main entrance at the Oscar Mayer and Company on Commercial Avenue. The sign reads, "Our Job is More Meat, It's...
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Sausage Making

Date: 1944
Description: Four women operating sausage-making equipment at the Oscar Mayer Company during World War II.
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Weiner Processing

Date: 1943
Description: Female employees processing "Yellow Band" weiners at the Oscar Mayer Company during World War II.
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Aerial View of Oscar Mayer Meat Packing Plant

Date: 1932
Description: Aerial view of the Oscar Mayer meat packing plant, looking north, with the surrounding rural countryside.
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Aerial View of Oscar Mayer Meat Packing Plant

Date: 1932
Description: Aerial view of Oscar Mayer Meat Packing Plant and the surrounding countryside.
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Aerial View of Oscar Mayer Meat Packing Plant

Date: 1932
Description: Aerial view of the Oscar Mayer Meat Packing Plant and the surrounding neighborhoods on the east side.
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Oscar Mayer Worker

Date: 03 22 1944
Description: Oscar Mayer worker cutting a pig carcass.
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Meat Inspector at Oscar Mayer Company

Date: 06 22 1945
Description: I.R. Bruley, government meat inspector, is shown applying the circular federal inspection stamp to a side of beef at Oscar Mayer Company.
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Meat Inspector at Oscar Mayer

Date: 06 22 1945
Description: Meat inspector inspecting meat at the Oscar Mayer plant.
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Oscar Mayer Salesmen from Chicago

Date: 04 25 1947
Description: Group portrait of over 25 Oscar Mayer salesmen from Chicago shown in lot in front of Madison Oscar Mayer Plant with trucks, loading docks and billboard sta...
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University of Wisconsin Home Economics Class

Date: 10 28 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin home economics graduate student Louise Page, Payson, Utah, using a meat tenderness machine to test a sample of meat.
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Ragweed Field Near Oscar Mayer and Company Plant

Date: 08 08 1949
Description: A ragweed field near the Oscar Mayer and Company plant at 910 Mayer Avenue. When the ragweed blooms, it will cause misery for Madison's hayfever victims.
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Joyce Bergmann, Secretary

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Joyce Bergmann, Waunakee, opens a file drawer in an office. She is the private secretary for Adolph C. Bolz, vice-president and plant manager of Oscar Maye...
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Can of Oscar Mayer Luncheon Meat

Date: 02 13 1952
Description: Studio photograph of a 12-ounce can of yellow band Oscar Mayer luncheon meat with a drawing of Little Oscar.
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Oscar Mayer Softball Team

Date: 08 01 1952
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Oscar Mayer softball team.
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Employees with Disabilities

Date: 03 22 1954
Description: Portrait of Robert Gaines, an employee at Oscar Mayer and company. Mr. Gaines is part of the 'Madison Story' — the account of the opportunities this city o...
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Klinke's Hatchery's Mini-Turks

Date: 04 07 1954
Description: Dressed turkey with label reading, "Klinke's Mini-Turks; Beltsville Whites; Miniature Turkeys, Ready to Cook, Madison Wis. One meal, Family size, Look insi...
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Oscar Mayer Factory Pipes

Date: 06 24 1954
Description: Three men examine pipes inside the Oscar Mayer plant.
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Union Women

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: Ruby Allman (right), secretary of Local 538 Amalgamated Meat Cutter and Butcher Workmen of North America at Oscar Mayer and Company, signs up Dorothy Braun...

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