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| Description: | Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F... |
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| Description: | A man holding a bottle of milk is standing and posing next to a horse-drawn Gridley Dairy milk wagon. Two other men are standing on the left near a brick b... |
| Date: | 01 02 1934 |
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| Description: | Two workmen use a McCormick-Deering I-30 industrial tractor to attach railroad cars carrying Miller High Life beer. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Milwaukee River from Walker's Point Bridge. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A large crowd assembled outside International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The crowd is composed mostly of men, but includes a few boys and at least one gi... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Workers relaxing outside International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. One group is crowded around a stage listening to a band while others are playing baseba... |
| Date: | 02 20 1963 |
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| Description: | Union members of Local 317 in Milwaukee strike outside the Electric Co.'s N. Edison Street plant. It was a very cold night. |
| Date: | 04 20 1967 |
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| Description: | High school freshman use vending machines for lunch. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | McCormick Harvesting Machine Company branch house building. |
| Date: | 06 15 1936 |
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| Description: | Two workers loading large steel castings into the back of an International C-15 truck outside a Wehr Steel Company building. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op... |
| Date: | 02 1907 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Milwaukee Harvester Works, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #212, also known as the Waukesha Scoot, at Milwaukee's Union Depot. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Milwaukee River with large sailing ship - a two-masted schooner - entering the port. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A Chicago & Northwestern train crossing a railroad bridge. |
| Date: | 09 20 1930 |
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| Description: | View over crowd towards Philip La Follette, the son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., campaigning for governor before a large crowd of workers near the Allis ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of industrial area. The building in the foreground has a sign that reads: "Machine Shop" on it roof. People are working in a large open area,... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Panorama of International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory building. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company before 1902. |
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| Description: | The original shop in the Davidson family backyard where the first Harley-Davidson motorcycles were assembled. There is snow on the ground. The sign on the ... |
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| Description: | Kunzelmann-Esser furniture store at South 9th and West Mitchell Streets. |
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