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| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Oscar Mayer & Company, 910 Mayer Avenue at Packers Avenue. Shows stock yards, railroad cars and automobile parking lot. Also shows C.E. & P.... |
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| Description: | A group of men near the Koss railroad depot, the majority of whom are seated on the ground. One of the men is sitting on a piano stool. To the right of the... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Man hauling barrels of water(?) in the back of an International motor truck. The truck may be a Model F or Model H. The truck appears to be pulling away fr... |
| Date: | 06 09 1938 |
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| Description: | View from across road of six men and one woman standing outside the Webster and Stonehouse flour mill. Another man stands in the back of a truck to the rig... |
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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: | 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: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View across road of the central business section. The commerical buildings along the sidewalk include a printer, butcher, barber and jeweler. Above the sho... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A view of the depot and yards. A windmill and water tower in the distance. Carts with sacks of flour and milk cans next to the depot. Signs for Western Uni... |
| Date: | 09 1902 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of farmers with horse-drawn wagons waiting to ship their harvest goods, probably potatoes, at an unidentified town. There are railroad tracks... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Panoramic elevated view to the east from the Capitol Square. |
| 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: | 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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