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WD-40 Bull Gear on Assembly Line

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Factory worker assembles bull gear for a WD-40 tractor on an assembly line at Milwaukee Works. Photograph taken by Don Jones.
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Diesel Engine Cylinder Hardness Demonstration

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: An employee using a file to demonstrate the hardness of a diesel engine cylinder at Milwaukee Works (factory). Photograph taken by Don Jones.
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Ceremonial Tractor on the Assembly Line at Milwaukee Works

Date: 05 06 1929
Description: McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor, No. 119,540-M, photographed as it came off the assembly line at Milwaukee Works. Mr. P.F. Schryer, Superintendent of Milwa...
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Cream Separator Model

Date: 01 30 1928
Description: Men and women gather around a giant model of a cream separator, possibly at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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E.J. Leiser, Superintendent of Milwaukee Works

Date: 01 1936
Description: Original caption reads: "E.J. Leiser, superintendent of Milwaukee Works. Starting as an office clerk in 1905 and transferring to shop work two years later....
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Singer Truck

Date: 1937
Description: A man carrying a box exits the passenger side of an International D-2 panel truck used by the Singer Sewing Machine Company. The text on the box reads: "Si...
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Wisconsin Governor Julius P. Heil Hands Over War Bonds

Date: 04 16 1942
Description: Governor Julius P. Heil sits at a desk surrounded by members of the Wisconsin Salvage Committee.
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Brink's Express Money Truck at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1940
Description: Mr. Collis Dell and Mr. Allen of the Brink's Company stand outdoors with the Brink's Express Money Truck. The Brink's streamlined money wagon created so mu...
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IH Exhibition Hall with Giant Cream Separator

Date: 01 30 1928
Description: A group of men are standing on the left looking up at a giant cream separator on display in an exhibition hall.
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IH Exhibition Hall with Giant Cream Separator

Date: 01 30 1928
Description: A group of men and women are looking at a giant cream separator on display in an exhibition hall.
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IH Exhibition Hall with Giant Cream Separator

Date: 01 30 1928
Description: A group of men and women are looking at a giant cream separator on display in an exhibition hall. A newsboy is holding a stack of "Milwaukee Journal's."

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