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| Description: | Horse-drawn wagons, also known as milk buggies, dropping off cans of milk at the country cheese factory during summer. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | The site of the Klindt-Geiger Canning Company, operated from 1893 to 1950. The factory features a water tower. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | The back of the Klindt-Geiger Canning Company grounds. The site includes a two-story factory, a silo, and a water tower. There is a reel lawn mower lying o... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Cobb Canning Company. The factory features a water tower and chimney. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Deerfield Creamery Company. Two cars are parked in the lot in front of the factory. There are storage tanks in the background on the r... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Nestle Food Condensery plant. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Site of Libby McNeil and Libby canning company. In 1968, workers in Hartford staged a walkout to support Obreros Unidos (United Workers) to show dissatisfa... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view down curving road and fields toward the works. Caption reads: "Milwaukee Vinegar Works And Red Star Yeast Company, Cudahy, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across field towards a cheese factory and a water tower. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Butter & Cheese Co., Elkhorn, Wis." |
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| Description: | Elevated view from roof of the Oscar Mayer plant. There is a water tower on the roof with a sign painted on it that reads: "Oscar Mayer." Automobiles are p... |
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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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| Description: | View from a fenced-off area towards the parking lot of the Oscar Mayer manufacturing plant. A flag with a large star with the number "1241" is hanging on t... |
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| Description: | View looking up between buildings and other structures towards the water tower at Oscar Mayer. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of pigs grazing inside the outdoor pig pen attached to a large industrial building. A man is standing outside the pen in the foreground on th... |
| Date: | 05 25 1931 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Canning Factory, Saukville, Wis." Brick factory buildings with a tall chimney and a water tower. A man and an automobile can be seen ... |
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