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Dipping Mower Wheels at Deering Works

Date: 1919
Description: Two workers dipping mower wheels in paint at International Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was owned by the Deering Harvester Company before 1902. I...
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Mower Wheel Paint Shop

Date: 1900
Description: Workers handling mower wheels during painting process in the mower wheel paint shop at the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick H...
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Technician Repainting Ensilage Cutter Wheels

Date: 11 02 1937
Description: Technician repainting McCormick-Deering ensilage cutter wheels inside the paint shop at an International Harvester dealership.
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Painting Wagon Trucks at Weber Works

Date: 1919
Description: Worker painting wagon trucks at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works in Auburn Park. The factory was owned by the Weber Wagon Company until 1904, wh...
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Sprayguns and Compressors for Auto Painting

Date: 04 04 1946
Description: Sprayguns and compressors for painting automobiles at Winnebago Auto Replacement Company, 103 North Park Street.
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Mautz Paint & Glass Co. Decorator

Date: 03 21 1934
Description: Beatrice Conley, staff director of the Mautz Home Decoration Service, sitting at a desk in her office at 939 East Washington Avenue.
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Wisco Hardware Company

Date: 01 11 1932
Description: Wisco Hardware Company, 1435 E Washington Avenue, Lucas Paints stockroom.
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Wisco Hardware Company

Date: 01 11 1932
Description: Wisco Hardware Company, 1435 E Washington Avenue, showing an aisle in the stockroom.
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Nilles Hardware and Paints Co. Interior

Date: 07 03 1929
Description: Interior view of the Nilles Hardware and Paints Co., 2330 Atwood Avenue.
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Mautz Paint & Glass Co. Office

Date: 04 24 1929
Description: Office staff at work in Mautz Paint & Glass Company office, 939 East Washington Avenue. There is a spiral staircase on the left leading up to the next floo...
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Mautz Paint & Glass Company Chemist

Date: 04 24 1929
Description: Chemist at workbench at the Mautz Paint & Glass Company, 939 E. Washington Avenue.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 04 15 1929
Description: Man weighing Mautz paint pails at Mautz Paint Company with a new Toledo scale.
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Workers Mixing Paint at Mautz Paint Company

Date: 03 03 1927
Description: Workers in the mixing room, with mixers running, at Mautz Paint and Glass Company. There are bins and other accoutrements used in the manufacture of paint ...
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Fire Damaged Car

Date: 03 14 1945
Description: In the recently completed paint department of Royal Body Co., 9-13 N. Brooks Street, a worker is preparing a sedan, the body and fenders of which are going...
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Paint Room of International Harvester Dealership

Date: 04 11 1935
Description: Eddie Pearce, foreman of the paint shop at the Orange State Motor Company, works on an International truck.
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Ray Kessenich

Date: 12 20 1945
Description: Ray Kessenich, Klein-Dickert Co. foreman, painting the trim in a Ray-O-Vac office at 212 East Washington Avenue.
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Kayser Motors Mechanic

Date: 02 13 1948
Description: A mechanic spray painting a vehicle at Kayser Motors, located at 701 East Washington Avenue.
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Paint Department at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: An factory worker in the Paint Department at McCormick Works discharges 100-gallon ball mills. Another man works in the background on a raised platform in ...
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Filling and Labeling Machine

Date: 1939
Description: An factory worker at McCormick Works uses an automatic filling and labeling machine.
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Paint Department at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: Factory workers in the Paint Department of McCormick Works charge vehicles and pigment into large ball units.

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