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Man Carrying Ladder

Date: 11 04 1943
Description: Man in work clothes carrying a folding ladder past a Capitol Cartage truck parked at Straus Printing Company.
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Man on Ladder at Strauss Printing Company

Date: 11 04 1943
Description: Man using collapsible ladder at Strauss Printing Company.
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff Members

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: Dan Roth and August Knoche in the composing room arranging stories into page forms.
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Man Compositing Metal Type

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: Man in an apron, composing metal type to be printed. The man may have been a worker at the Harvester Press.
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Print Shop Interior

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Description: Interior of print shop. The machinery, including printing presses, are belt-driven. The belts are driven by machines attached to the top of the high ceilin...
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Presses in Print Shop

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Description: Printing presses are towards the back of the long, narrow room, and in the foreground are tables with type laid out in form or frame for letterpress printi...
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Vocational Class

Date: 1978
Description: Vocational students at James Williams Junior High School work on a silkscreen project. The screens are laying on the work bench. More students, tables and ...
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Corps of Engineers Lithographic Press

Date: 1918
Description: Four soldiers printing on a press. Two men are reviewing maps, and the other two men are standing at the lithographic press of 310th U.S. Army Engineer Cor...
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Foundry Type

Date: 05 26 1925
Description: Foundry type.

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