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Shop at Eilert Farm Equipment Company

Date: 1938
Description: Interior view of the shop in Eilert Farm Equipment Company, showing the drill press and the big vise, in the center.
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Packing Bacon

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Description: Three women packing "All Good" brand bacon.
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Ballot Machine

Date: 1956
Description: Close-up view of a women's hand touching a ballot machine with names of candidates from the 1956 Wisconsin election.
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Vending Machines

Date: 04 20 1967
Description: High school freshman use vending machines for lunch.
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Woman in War Work Window Display

Date: 1944
Description: Female worker using a drill press in a window display at International Harvester's employment office in the company's Michigan Avenue annex. The display ce...
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Gosling's Display at W.S.B.M. Festival

Date: 09 05 1943
Description: Gosling's Sales and Service display at West Side Business Men's Association harvest festival featuring coffee grinders, meat grinders and Holcomb & Hoke Ma...
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Rock Crusher

Date: 06 18 1940
Description: Elevated view of a truck-pulled rock crusher at Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company, 623 East Main Street. In the background can be seen the International ...
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Rock Crusher

Date: 06 18 1940
Description: Truck-pulled rock crusher manufactured by Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company, 623 East Main Street. Left rear view of the unit parked along railroad track...
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Gabbei Motor Co.

Date: 09 28 1934
Description: At Gabbei Motor Co. at 412 East Washington Avenue, one man works on the engine of a car while another machines a part in the company garage.
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Dane County Tug of War Champions

Date: 08 20
Description: Dane County tug of war champion team, dressed in overalls, with ropes used in competition. The team went to the 1934 Chicago World's Fair.
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J.A. Brady Garage, Interior

Date: 05 04 1934
Description: J.A. Brady Garage interior showing National Safety Clinic inspection machines. Joseph A. "Doc" Brady died in 1931. John Eichman became manager.
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J.A. Brady Garage

Date: 04 19 1934
Description: Interior of the J.A. Brady Garage, 1307 Williamson Street, with racks to elevate cars and the following signs: "Quaker State Oil" and "Cowdrey Brake Testin...
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Motor Analyzer Machine

Date: 10 14 1932
Description: Weidenhoff Motor Analyzer, portable testing bench connected to motor of automobile, with mechanic present, at Automotive Electric Sales Co., 754 E. Washing...
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Road Work on University Avenue

Date: 08 19 1929
Description: Workers lay pipe and repave University Avenue, looking east along the 2400 block.
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Groundbreaking Ceremony

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Description: Developers, local dignitaries, and other businessmen participate in a ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the Park Tower Apartments.
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"Good Night" on Machinery at McCormick Works

Date: 05 08 1918
Description: Machinery at International Harvester's McCormick Works. Parts are layed out in front of the machine, and "Good Night" is written on the side in chalk.
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Concrete Pour at Clintonville

Date: 1914
Description: Paving the main street with concrete was an occasion that brought out a large part of the Clintonville community to watch.
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Prison Industries

Date: 1961
Description: Punch press equipment at one of the Wisconsin prisons used for the manufacture of license plates and traffic signs. This photograph appeared in a 1961 publ...
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Chemistry Department Open House

Date: 11 05 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Department open house. Three men are looking at equipment on laboratory table.
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McCormick-Deering Service Managers

Date: 11 14 1937
Description: A group of "service managers" inspect engines at Milwaukee Works (factory). Photograph taken by McQuinn.

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