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Road Equipment Exhibit

Date: 02 01 1929
Description: A crushing machine is displayed as part of a Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company road equipment exhibit on Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Blvd.).
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Duplex Hole-Digging Machine

Date: 1938
Description: Three men - one in work clothes and the other two men wearing suits and hats - looking down into a hole near an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tra...
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Man Driving Bulldozer

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Description: A man is sitting at the wheel of a gas powered bulldozer. In the background are equipment, supplies, and a truck with the "US Dept of Agriculture / Farm Se...
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Road Grader

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Description: A grader manufactured by The Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. sits in a lot. Trucks and equipment are parked in the background near industrial buildings an...
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Men Working at Alberta Sawmill

Date: 03 07 1938
Description: Men working at a sawmill. An International PD-80 power unit is used to power machinery.
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 1931
Description: View from shoreline of a crane lifting machinery to workers at the top of the bridge during construction. Words on the crane reads, "Stevens Brothers and S...
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Snow Blowing Sidewalk

Date: 1963
Description: Winter scene of Ralph Widmer, the photographer's brother, using a snow blower. Caption: "Ralph Widmer blows snow off the sidewalk along Wisconsin Street....
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Snow Blower

Date: 1963
Description: Winter scene of Ralph Widmer, the photographer's brother, using a snow blower to clear a walkway on Wisconsin Street, Theresa, Wisconsin. Written on back,...
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View from 8th Street Bridge

Date: 01 08 1958
Description: Elevated view from 8th Street Bridge over the Manitowoc River towards Lake Michigan. There is a lighthouse in the distance. Ice is floating on the water. A...
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Ice Harvesting Machine

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Description: A man stands near an ice harvesting machine on a lake. A label on the machine reads: "Wisconsin." There is open water behind him, and in the far background...
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Brand New Ice Harvesting Machine

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Description: Left side view of a brand new ice harvesting machine sitting on a frozen lake covered with snow. The machine is sitting over tracks and cuts in the ice, pr...
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Ice Harvesting Machine

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Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of an ice harvesting machine on a frozen lake. The sled legs are in tracks in the snow, and the circular saw is shown cut...
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Racine Harbor

Date: 12 20 1957
Description: View across harbor from small boat ramp towards far shoreline. On the far shoreline is industrial machinery, piles of coal, and other buildings.
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Filling an Ice House

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Description: Caption reads: "Filling an ice house on Lake Wingra--Wisconsin." A large scaffold holds up the conveyor into the ice house, and a group of men are standing...
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Aerating Potter's Lake

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is standing behind a snow fence next to a surface aerator. Water is pouring down or up the machine, breaking the surface tension of the lake. Snow is...
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Taking Oxygen Samples

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is kneeling on the ice and snow at Potter's Lake. He is running a machine that is testing the oxygen levels in the water, while recording the results...
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Drilling for Water

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Description: A man is operating a drill to connect a house to a water supply.
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Well Digging

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Description: A man is operating a drill to create a well near a home under construction.
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UD-9A — Oil Field Pumping

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "UD-9A — Oil Field Pumping." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "International UD-9 engine owned by Overton Refining Co., Kilgo...
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Snow Blower in Front of Capitol Building

Date: 02 11 1959
Description: "What All Hope Snow Will Do: Blow" is the caption. As much snow on the ground as there was at anytime during the past two winters. A man is pushing the sno...

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