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Oscar Mayer Freight Car

Date: 08 04 1931
Description: Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad freight car with "Oscar Mayer's Meats of Good Taste" advertisement on the side.
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Oscar Mayer Bacon Truck

Date: 11 09 1930
Description: Profile view of the right side of an Oscar Mayer bacon truck made by Diamond T parked near a building. The sign on the back of the truck reads: "Oscar Maye...
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Gottshalk's First Meat Market

Date: 1863
Description: Exterior view of M. Gottshalk's first meat market.
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Oscar Mayer and Company

Date: 1950
Description: An elevated view of the Oscar Mayer plant.
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Roosevelt Theater and Surrounding Commercial Area

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Description: Looking west on W. North Avenue from N. 14th Sreet. The Roosevelt Theater is on the far right, and the Luick ice cream building is on the far left.
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IBP Labor Strife

Date: 1965
Description: Iowa Beef Packers, later IBP, revolutionized the meat industry during the 1960s by introducing numerous innovations including the hiring of low paid worker...
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Jones' Sausage Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of Jones' Sausage Factory. Two men are leaning out the window above the side of the porch roof. Bicycles are leaning against the side of the brick...
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Street Scene in the Business District

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Description: View down South Dubuque Street featuring Hotel Jefferson in the distance at left, built in 1913 with a Classical Revival influence. Automobiles, cable cars...
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Street Scene

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Description: A busy street scene. Cars are parked at the curbs along the shops. The shops include: a grocery, a bakery/ice cream shop, a cafe, Prentice brothers hardwar...
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Chas. Genge Meat Market

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior view of the meat market. A man wearing a butcher's jacket stands on the porch alongside a platform scale.
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State Bank

Date: 1914
Description: Corner view from unpaved street of the State Bank. A meat market is next door on the left. Flyers on the power poles are for an upcoming fair. A metal and ...
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Group of Women Canvassers of the Oscar Mayer Company

Date: 10 19 1940
Description: Group portrait of a group of Oscar Mayer canvassers posing in front of the Camp Randall Memorial Arch. They are all wearing uniforms and holding baskets of...
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First National Bank and Central Wisconsin Trust Company

Date: 1929
Description: View across street towards the First National Bank and Central Wisconsin Trust Company on the corner of East Washington Avenue and S. Pinckney Street. The ...
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View from Roof of Oscar Mayer Plant

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Description: Elevated view from roof of the Oscar Mayer Plant looking down towards the shipping lot. Trucks are backed up to the loading dock. There is a flag on a flag...
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Oscar Mayer Employees Walking Outdoors

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Description: Oscar Mayer employees are walking near the plant, down the entrance road near a chain link fence. There is a water tower and three American flags on three ...
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Oscar Mayer Plant

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Description: View across lawn and parking lot towards the Oscar Mayer plant. A service flag with a large star with the number "1241" is hanging on the side of the build...
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Oscar Mayer Barn

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Description: View of a barn with two silos on the right.
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Oscar Mayer Cows

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Description: Cattle are grazing in a dirt pen. Behind the cattle is a fence, and in the background is a barn.
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Oscar Mayer Farm

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Description: An man is using a pitchfork to move silage off of a wagon into what may be an ensilage cutter, which is near a silo and barn at the Oscar Mayer farm.
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Oscar Mayer Farms

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Description: View across fence through trees towards fields and farm buildings.

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