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Women Cleaning a Canada Goose

Date: 10 22 1984
Description: Two women are working in a kitchen plucking feathers from a goose. Caption reads: Dorothy Pautsch (left) and Jean Kuenzi cleaned a Canada goose at Louis Pa...
Postcard

Rear of Plant

Date: 1920
Description: Postcard with of two views for the Cudahy Bros. Meat Packing Co. The top is of a billboard with a peacock in a tree, and the words: "The Home of the Peaco...
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Certified Professional Secretaries

Date: 11 06 1961
Description: Certified professional secretary Anita Lary, who is secretary to Allan C. Mayer, vice-president and general plant manager of Oscar Mayer and Company.
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J.E. Rhodes & Co., Pork and Beef Packers

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Description: View from street of the front of the J.E. Rhodes & Co., Pork and Beef Packers building on Main Street. A group of men, with a cat and a dog, are posing in ...
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Exterior of Dealership

Date: 1900
Description: View across street towards the dealership. Next door on the right is Julius Eckhardt's Meat Market.
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Oscar G. Mayer Jr. Giving a Report

Date: 01 25 1964
Description: Oscar G. Mayer Jr., president of the Oscar Mayer Company, at a podium on the stage of the Orpheum Theatre. On the screen is a large map of United States wi...
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Oscar Mayer's Test Kitchens

Date: 02 26 1964
Description: Rose Kepler demonstrates how easy it is to cut a boneless ham developed in Oscar Mayer's test kitchens in Madison.
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National Farmers Organization Demonstration

Date: 04 08 1964
Description: Part of the crowd of National Farmers Organization demonstrators who assembled near the Oscar Mayer and Company plant as a "show of strength" to get higher...
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First National Bank and Central Wisconsin Trust Company

Date: 1929
Description: View across street towards the First National Bank and Central Wisconsin Trust Company on the corner of East Washington Avenue and S. Pinckney Street. The ...
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Meat Cutters Union Local 444 Strikers

Date: 07 03 1964
Description: Striking members of Meat Cutters Union Local 444 employed at Neesvig's Packing Co. picketing in front of the Park Motor Inn, a customer of the meat process...
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J.L. Miller and Co.

Date: 1889
Description: Outdoor group portrait of, left to right, William F. Fuller, James L. Miller, and Albert Zimmerman standing outside their shop at 24 W. Mifflin Street. In ...
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Men with Chickens at the Madison Packing Company

Date: 1926
Description: Three men inspecting chickens in front of the Madison Packing Company located at 307 West Johnson Street. One of the men is identified as Norbert J. Noltne...
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Woman Buying Chickens at Madison Packing Company

Date: 1926
Description: View towards a woman standing at the meat counter of the Madison Packing Company. She is buying chickens from a man standing behind the counter which has a...
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Sid at Oscar Mayer Company

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Description: Sid talking to two employees in the Oscar Mayer Company. All three men are wearing long white coats and hats. Sid is standing in the middle next to meat ha...
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Sid in the Oscar Mayer Company

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Description: Sid talking to two employees in the Oscar Mayer Company. All three men are wearing long white coats and hats. Sid is standing in the middle next to meat ha...
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Oscar Mayer's Wieners Truck

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Description: Delivery truck parked on the street of a residential neighborhood. The writing on the truck's front reads: "Oscar Mayer's/Meats of Good Taste." The writing...
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Oscar Mayer & Co. Sausage Kitchen

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Description: Elevated view of about 29 employees manufacturing sausages at the Oscar Mayer & Co. plant. Caption reads: "This view of the sparkling Sausage Kitchen at Os...
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Oscar Mayer & Co. Sliced Bacon Department

Date: 01 1949
Description: Women preparing sliced bacon at the Oscar Mayer & Co. plant in Madison. At least fifteen women are working, most most of them wearing headscarves. Caption ...
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Oscar Mayer Company Laboratory

Date: 1938
Description: Two man and one woman are working in the laboratory of the Oscar Mayer Company plant. In the foreground the woman is writing in a book at a desk with a tel...
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Butcher Shop

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Description: Interior view of the M.E. Lawrence butcher shop. Meat carcasses are hanging along the wall on the left behind a wood and wire barrier. Stools are along the...

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