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Crucible Steel Casting Company

Date: 1946
Description: Workers chipping imperfections from a rough casting.
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Worker at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Worker assembling a tank at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 1902.
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Workers Pour Molten Metal into Molds at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1916
Description: Two workers pouring molten metal from a crane-held vat into a mold to make castings at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by ...
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Workers Tend to Engines at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1916
Description: Two men working on engine components on an assembly line at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Com...
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Bicycle Repair

Date: 05 23 1957
Description: Three young men repair a bicycle.
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Factory Worker at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1916
Description: A worker operates a large machine at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works (factory).
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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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Testing Diesel Engine Cylinder Hardness

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Factory worker tests the file-hardness of a diesel engine cylinder at Milwaukee Works. Photograph taken by Don Jones.
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Portrait of Police Officer

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Description: A police officer sitting on a stool in a woodshop.
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Falk Employees in Factory

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Description: Three Falk employees stand inside of the Falk factory. Around them are various steel beams, machines, and tools. Original Falk caption reads, "Centennial h...
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Group of People Digging

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Description: Several people, most wearing goggles and hats, are digging and moving dirt. Three men are behind a wire fence. On the left is a man in a suit. The rest of ...
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Shell Manufacture at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers producing artillery shells at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Original caption reads: "75-Millimeter Shell Manufacture. A set sc...
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P&H 20-Ton Traveling Crane in Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of shop floor of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger 20-ton type "N" dial controlled cab-operated traveling crane. The crane is in machine sho...
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Stationary Engine Test Building at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1912
Description: Men working on the construction site for Stationary Engine Test Building #24 at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory.
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Milwaukee Works Machine Shop

Date: 1907
Description: Factory workers in the machine shop at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works.
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Students in Cabinetmaking Class

Date: 12 20 1961
Description: Three students work in the shop for a cabinetmaking class at Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools.
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Shoe Rebuilding Class

Date: 12 29 1961
Description: Students work in a shoe rebuilding class at the Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools.
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A Structural Technology Student

Date: 12 11 1961
Description: A structural technology student works on a project in a drawing class at the Milwaukee Institute of Technology.
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Carpentry Class

Date: 12 29 1961
Description: Structural Technology students work in a carpentry class at the Milwaukee School of Technology.
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Mason at Work Outdoors

Date: 08 31
Description: A mason at work is putting mortar on a brick.

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