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Test Kitchen and Laboratory

Date: 10 16 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of five women workers in an Oscar Mayer Company test kitchen and laboratory. A low wall is separating two women working at desks on ...
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Test Kitchen and Laboratory at Oscar Mayer

Date: 10 16 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of five women researchers performing various aspects of food research and related activities in a test kitchen and laboratory at the...
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Measuring for Window

Date: 09 26 1935
Description: Workman measuring for window at Christ Presbyterian Church, 124 Wisconsin Avenue. A woman is taking notes and a man is sweeping.
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Men at Forge at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Men working with hot metal in what appears to be a forge at the McCormick Reaper Works factory.
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Thordarson's Workshop

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Description: Interior view of Chester Thordarson's workshop.
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Knives on Display

Date: 1969
Description: Knives and shears in a display case behind a show window, which is reflecting buildings and clouds in the sky.
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Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
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Leslie Werner's Workshop

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Description: Interior view of Leslie Werner's workshop.
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Side Wall of Country Home

Date: 10 18 1964
Description: View of a side wall and rear entrance of a small country home owned by Mrs. Kay Curtis. A collection of yard tools hang from the siding near a screen door,...
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Restaurant Institute at Madison Vocational School

Date: 01 17 1951
Description: Chef Instructor Eldred Heiser looking on as student William Moran of Boscobel is slicing a leg of veal for noon lunch at the newly-opened Restaurant Instit...
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New York State Reformatory

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Description: A view of a trade school carpentry class. Men are in the process of working at their benches. Light comes in through the windows to the left. Caption read...
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Bakery Panorama

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Description: Wide angle view of the interior of a bakery, with one man standing by the oven on the right and another man standing near the center between racks of bread...
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Leslie Werner's Workshop

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Description: A view of the interior of Leslie Werner's workshop. A print of an image of Leslie Werner's Repair Shop full of bicycles is seen hanging on the wall on the ...
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Four Painters Posing Outdoors

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Description: A portrait of four men posing standing in two pairs in front of a building. Each pair of men have their arms around each others shoulders, and all the men ...
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Kitchen Interior

Date: 1920
Description: View of a corner of a kitchen with an opened window above a stove top. The kitchen is equipped with cupboards that are lined with spices, containers, and o...
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City Employees

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Description: A group of about two dozen male city employees, three carrying shovels, stand in front of the double doors of a large brick building. There is a wooden wal...
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Canning Chicken at Holden's Farm

Date: 1925
Description: Two women working at P.G. Holden's Farm canning chicken. On the table there is canning equipment, chicken, and open cans.
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Groundbreaking Ceremony

Date: 1970
Description: "Pastor Hahn takes a turn with the shovel at the groundbreaking at St. Peter's Lutheran Church."
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Men in Shredder Department at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of factory workers at stations in the Shredder Department at the McCormick Works.
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Leslie Werner's Workshop

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Description: Interior of a workshop, probably owned by Leslie Werner, showing tools on the walls, a drill press, and a workbench in front of a window.

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