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Mr. Mullarkey with Glider Display

Date: 04 02 1946
Description: Mr. Mullarkey (probably Leo R. Mullarkey) standing beside Glider Home Laundry and Dry Cleaning Agitator, Washer and steam garment press with Vel Colgate so...
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Chemist Testing Paint

Date: 06 24 1944
Description: Female chemist using C.M. Ambrose Company paint mixer for testing paint, with a man looking on at the Mautz Paint and Varnish Company, 939 East Washington ...
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Paint Testing

Date: 06 28 1944
Description: Female chemist using C.M. Ambrose Company paint mixer for testing paint at the Mautz Paint and Varnish Company, 939 East Washington Avenue.
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Ladder at Madison-Kipp Corp.

Date: 11 04 1943
Description: Closed ladder against trade shelves at Madison-Kipp Corp., 201-231 Waubesa Street.
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Woman Shopping at Kroger Store

Date: 07 09 1943
Description: A woman shopping in the produce department at the Kroger store at Union Corners, 2541 Winnebago Street. She was promoting the Oscar Mayer Health for Victor...
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Wisconsin Dairy & Food Division Laboratory

Date: 06 23 1936
Description: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Markets, Dairy and Food Division biological laboratory, 1 W. Wilson Street.
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Wisconsin Dairy & Food Division Laboratory

Date: 06 23 1936
Description: The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Markets, Dairy and Food Division biological laboratory, 1 W. Wilson Street.
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Wisconsin Dairy & Food Division Laboratory

Date: 06 23 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Markets, Dairy and Food Division chemical laboratory, at 1 West Wilson Street.
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CUNA Mailing Room

Date: 02 26 1936
Description: Three men in CUNA (Credit Union National Association) mailing room, Raiffeisen House, located at 142 East Gilman Street.
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Teacher and Girls Looking at Chart

Date: 10 12 1935
Description: Teacher and two girls looking at rat growth chart.
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Kroger Produce Warehouse

Date: 08 07 1934
Description: Interior of produce warehouse, Kroger Grocery and Baking Company, 634 West Washington Avenue, with sacks of sugar and a large Fairbanks scale.
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Stripping and Printing a Negative

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: A man exposing a negative onto a zinc plate, in preparation for making a zinc etching at Wisconsin Engraving Co., 109 S. Carroll Street.
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Preparing a Negative for Stripping

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: A man in the camera room at the Wisconsin Engraving Company plant, 109 S. Carroll Street, is coating the wet plate negative with rubber and collodion to ma...
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George Trayer with Plywood Panel

Date: 06 23 1933
Description: U.S. Forest Products engineer, George W. Trayer, in the laboratory with a plywood panel, newly developed to provide strength and durability in construction...
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Student Nurses in Laboratory

Date: 09 30 1932
Description: Three student nurses in a laboratory at Wisconsin General Hospital.
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Looking in the Microscope

Date: 10 30 1931
Description: A food scientist looking through a microscope at Oscar Mayer.
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Edison Movie Projector

Date: 10 19 1931
Description: Edison kinetascope, patented in 1897, one of the first motion picture projectors invented by Thomas A. Edison. It is hand cranked and chain driven.
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Oscar Mayer Laboratory

Date: 09 09 1931
Description: Lab worker conducting a test at the Oscar Mayer laboratory.
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Dr. Claude Reading

Date: 09 02 1931
Description: Dr. Claude Reading, new director of the state veterinary control laboratory in Agriculture Hall at the University of Wisconsin, at work in his laboratory.
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Large Cabbage Mushroom on Toledo Scale

Date: 08 19 1931
Description: A large Grifola frondosus or cabbage mushroom, 10" high and 14" by 28" thick, weighing 36 pounds, being weighed on a Toledo scale, was found growing betwee...

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