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| Date: | 09 25 1929 |
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| Description: | Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, looking towards a chain link fence and gate surrounding the plant. R... |
| Date: | 10 09 1929 |
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| Description: | A Chicago & North Western Railroad Bucyrus crane installing a large tank at a Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Company Pyrofax plant, at 130 Fair Oaks Avenue. |
| Date: | 10 16 1929 |
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| Description: | Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, looking north through gates. |
| Date: | 08 1929 |
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| Description: | Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue. Men are pouring a cement floor. |
| Date: | 01 25 1929 |
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| Description: | A tank truck that sprays road oil is parked in front of Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company, located at 613-629 East Main Street. |
| Date: | 01 01 1929 |
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| Description: | A road oil spraying tank truck is parked in front of the Garrick Theatre, located at 113-115 Monona Avenue. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Standard Oil Company's bulk plant on North Broadway Street with trains and tracks, and a train station. |
| Date: | 08 12 1948 |
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| Description: | Two men are scattering barium carbonate rat poison in a city dump located at the end of Fern Drive off Highbury Road near University Avenue. The land was o... |
| Date: | 05 08 1894 |
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| Description: | A man transports nitroglycerin in a boat which has a red danger flag at the bow (unseen against the dark background). |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A man opens the passenger door of an International truck owned by the Chemical Process Company to speak to the truck's driver. The automobile hauls a trai... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A man drives an International LF-192 truck owned by the Chemical Process Company across a dirt field. What appears to be a storage structure is in the back... |
| Date: | 09 1932 |
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| Description: | Two page spread from "World Petroleum" explaining the role of International Harvester trucks and tractors in laying the Iraq pipe line. Black and white pho... |
| Date: | 09 19 1927 |
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| Description: | Right side view of a gasoline delivery truck parked in front of a brick building. The sign painted on the truck reads: "Fuel Oils, Deep-Rock, Shaffer Oil a... |
| Date: | 08 31 1927 |
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| Description: | Oil delivery trucks parked near oil tanks. Signs painted on the tanks on the back of the trucks read: "Cities Service Oil Co." |
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