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Flatcars at Madison-Kipp Corporation

Date: 11 20 1945
Description: Madison-Kipp Corporation, 201 Waubesa Street, beside the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad tracks. Shown are three loaded flatcars on a si...
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Spray Bar on a Tractor

Date: 09 26 1947
Description: Man on tractor in field using a spray bar that was fabricated by Kupfer Foundry and Iron Works, Inc., 101-149 Waubesa Street.
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Spray Bar on a Tractor

Date: 09 26 1947
Description: Close-up of a spray bar connection that was fabricated by Kupfer Foundry and Iron Works, Inc., 101-149 Waubesa Street, on a tractor.
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Farmall Tractor

Date: 04 09 1948
Description: Farmall Tractor outside the Kupfer Foundry and Iron Works, 101 Waubesa Street. Photograph taken for R.L. Kulzick advertising agency.
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Monarch Machine Shop, Inc.

Date: 09 09 1948
Description: Monarch Machine Shop at 2530 Pennsylvania Avenue, with metal projects and parts in yard.
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Central High School Trade and Technical Courses

Date: 02 07 1951
Description: Student Bob Reed operates a sheet metal bending machine while his instructor Winfield Martin supervises. They are both participating in the first year Cent...
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Scrap Metal Parade

Date: 11 20 1951
Description: The Cambridge High School marching band goes down North Pinckney Street during the Scrap Metal Parade around the Capitol Square. Shown in the background ar...
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Scrap Metal Parade

Date: 11 20 1951
Description: Scrap metal trucks travel along South Carroll Street during the Cambridge Scrap Metal Parade on the Capitol Square. The Park Hotel is in the background. Pr...
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Labor Day Parade Float

Date: 09 01 1952
Description: Elevated view of the Iron Workers Local 383 float in the Labor Day parade on Capitol Square. It won first place for originality.
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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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Soap Box Steering Wheel

Date: 04 26 1954
Description: Studio shot of a soap box steering wheel showing a machined steel shaft with three flanges and a welded on half wheel for steering.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map Detail of Lake Mendota Area

Date: 1885
Description: A detail of a Sanborn map showing the lake Mendota shore area, including Madison Manufacturing Company.
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Sid Standing with Colleague

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Description: Sid and a colleague standing in what appears to be a work area. Sid is leaning back, while holding a pair of eyeglasses in his right hand and grasping his ...
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Interior View of Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Interior view of Gisholt Machine Company. A man is standing on metal parts and pouring, what is probably molten metal, from a vat into a mold or industrial...
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Gisholt Machine Company Employee Pouring Molten Metal

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Description: A Gisholt Machine Company factory worker, wearing protective glasses, is using a wheel to position a large cauldron for pouring molten metal into a mold to...
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Gisholt Machine Company Employees Working with Molten Metal

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Description: Two employees of Gisholt Machine Company are pouring molten metal from large cauldrons into molds as another worker looks on. A company supervisor is stand...
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Welder at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: A welder wearing a mask and gloves at Gisholt Machine Company.
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Operator of a Rod Cutting Machine at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Elevated view of a worker supervising a rod cutting machine at the Gisholt Machine Company factory.
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Workers Pouring Molten Metal at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Workers pouring liquid metal from large cauldrons at the Gisholt Machine Company foundry.
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Schaerer Machine

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Description: Side view of the Schaerer metalworking (?) machine.

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