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Ellefson Lumber Company

Date: 05 16 1929
Description: Ellefson Lumber Co. store and supply building, located at 2016 Winnebago Street.
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Construction of Pyrofax Plant

Date: 10 09 1929
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.
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The Texas Company U.S.A.

Date: 08 06 1929
Description: Texas Company U.S.A. (Texaco) office building and storage tanks bulk plant, 919 E. Main Street. Text on print reads: "Texas Company, Capitol Oil Co."
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Capitol Oil Company

Date: 04 03 1929
Description: A railroad tanker car is sitting on tracks next to fuel storage tanks at the Capitol Oil Company, 919 East Main Street.
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Tank at Hydraulics Laboratory

Date: 03 05 1929
Description: Tank moving up the ramp at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Building Fire

Date: 01 13 1929
Description: Flames light up the night as fire fighters hose down the Jeffery Brothers Automobile Preparing and Storage building at 621 University Avenue in an attempt ...
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Conveyor Belt

Date: 05 22 1928
Description: Conveyer belt at the General Lab for Wisconsin Foundry.
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Meat Locker

Date: 1922
Description: Sides of beef and hams hang from meathooks in the meat storage area of the Goeden & Krueger market.
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Grignon Warehouse

Date: 1920
Description: The Grignon house was built (at the later address of 1313 Augustine Street) in 1836 by Charles Grignon. Charles Grignon was the son of Augustin Grignon, on...
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International G-61 Storage Company Truck

Date: 1921
Description: International Model G-61 truck being used for the "Long Distance Hauling [of] Central Storage Warehouse, Where Care Saves Wear."
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International Moving Truck

Date: 1929
Description: Men loading boxes from a Rock Island Transfer and Storage building onto an International truck operated by the Allied Van Lines company.
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Men Stacking Twine Fiber

Date: 01 27 1925
Description: Three men use a lift to stack bales of bound fiber in a storage area, possibly at the McCormick Works twine mill. The company used sisal and hemp fiber to ...
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Wisconsin State Capitol and East Washington Avenue

Date: 1929
Description: View up avenue towards the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Automobiles are parked along the street, and a building on the right has advertisements for st...
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Emerson-Brantingham Factory

Date: 02 25 1924
Description: Stored in a large room are rows of tractors. Along the left and right corner are stacked beams. Light streams in from skylights in the ceiling. The factory...
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Vault Entrance

Date: 1922
Description: View of the entrance to the vault at the First National Bank.
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Bank Vault

Date: 1922
Description: A view of the cash and safety deposit vaults in the First National Bank.
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Agricultural Extension Charts for Shipment

Date: 1925
Description: Man working with a collection of Agricultural Extension Department lecture charts in storage ready for shipment.
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Reel Storage and Repair

Date: 1929
Description: Agricultural Extension worker repairing reels of film in a storage room.
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Community Canning Kitchen

Date: 09 1926
Description: Man searching through cans of food piled in a wooden basket on a shelf in the distributing room of a community canning kitchen.
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Receiving Crops for Community Kitchen

Date: 09 1928
Description: Man carrying baskets of field crops in to the receiving room of a community kitchen. A woman wearing an apron is standing near the door.

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