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Making Pills

Date: 07 02 1942
Description: Pharmacist Edward Burke uses a small metal machine to help him make capsules of medicine. A woman is sitting at a table in the background.
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Skilled Hands at Work

Date: 01 27 1968
Description: Woman working on a wire harness for the lunar module section of an Apollo spacecraft at the AC Electronics division of General Motors Corp. plant.
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Punch Pressing Handles

Date: 11 27 1967
Description: A machinist running a punch press at Res Manufacturing Company.
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Electric Switchboard

Date: 08 09 1931
Description: Electric switchboard at Dependent Children's Home.
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Three F Laundry

Date: 06 06 1930
Description: Two women operating the Purity Sun Ray System pressing iron at Three F Steam Laundry, 731 E. Dayton Street.
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General Laboratories Mailing & Filing Room

Date: 07 16 1929
Description: Nine women working in General Laboratories mailing and filing room, located at 124 South Dickinson Street.
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General Laboratories Mailing and Filing Room

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: Women work at various work stations in the General Laboratories mailing and filing room, located at 124 South Dickinson Street.
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Women Working at Harvester Press

Date: 03 26 1925
Description: Female workers binding publications Harvester Press, International Harvester's in-house print shop.
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Women Binding Publications at Harvester Press

Date: 1920
Description: Women sewing the bindings of publications at Harvester Press, International Harvester's in-house print shop.
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Ethel Anderson, Linotype Operator

Date: 08 31 1955
Description: Ethel Anderson at the linotype machine in the composing room of Madison Newspapers Incorporated.
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Diesel Engine Cylinder Hardness Demonstration

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: An employee using a file to demonstrate the hardness of a diesel engine cylinder at Milwaukee Works (factory). Photograph taken by Don Jones.
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Pharmacy School Open House

Date: 10 26 1950
Description: Pharmacy student Mohit Gubta works at a spray drier during the University of Wisconsin pharmacy school open house.
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Winnebago County Asylum Power Supply Room

Date: 1930
Description: Power supply room at the Winnebago County Asylum. In the foreground are what appear to be generators and other related machinery, and on the far wall are s...
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Polio Resistance Exerciser

Date: 10 16 1951
Description: Close-up of a polio resistance exerciser. Dick Murphy, captain of the U.W. boxing team, is shown receiving "treatment" on the machine given by Frank Lam of...
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Employees with Disabilities

Date: 03 22 1954
Description: Portrait of Eldon Vondra at his job as as engraver at the Varigraph Company, makers of mechanical lettering instruments. Five of the 10 Varigraph employees...
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First Governor's Conference on Aging Population

Date: 05 28 1956
Description: Employment of older adults is one of the topics of discussion at the First Governor's Conference on an Aging Population. 76 year old James Jordan works on ...
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Photo Enactors from the Dane County Association for Mental Health

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Staged work environment for employees in an industrial setting. In the foreground a man wearing work coveralls is standing at a lathe on a plant floor. Beh...
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Precious Sight

Date: 09 1952
Description: A lens grinder working with specialized equipment in a lab.
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Power Generators Inside Plant

Date: 05 05 1924
Description: View over railing looking down over generators inside the plant. A man is standing in the center among the machinery. Tall windows are along the brick fact...

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