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Production Line Worker

Date: 1935
Description: A woman factory worker sorting parts at Globe Union Manufacturing Company, maker of batteries, radio apparatus, and spark plugs.
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Winnebago Auto Replacement Co. Parts Department Counter

Date: 04 04 1946
Description: The parts department counter at Winnebago Auto Replacement Co., 103 North Park Street, which boasted it was the "Largest Automotive Parts and Equipment Hou...
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Winnebago Auto Replacement Company Machine Shop

Date: 02 04 1946
Description: Three workers standing beside their machines in the machine shop at Winnebago Auto Replacement Company, 103 North Park Street.
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Automotives Trades Council

Date: 12 18 1944
Description: Group portrait of Automotive Trades Council members at Turner Hall, 21 South Butler Street, with Ben and Alvina Bergor, entertainers, sitting in the front ...
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Tires in the Licari Garage

Date: 08 17 1933
Description: A worker fixing a tire in front of racks of Gillette tires in the Licari garage, 767 W. Washington Avenue, in the Greenbush neighborhood.
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Four Mechanics at Winnebago Auto Replacement

Date: 09 07 1946
Description: Winnebago Auto Parts Replacement Parts Company, 103 North Park Street. Four mechanics are standing in the shop in front of repair equipment.
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Rubber Workers at Ajax Rubber Company

Date: 1928
Description: Rubber workers making tires at the Ajax Rubber Company plant in Racine.
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Tire Assembly Line

Date: 1928
Description: Cutting machine at the Ajax Rubber Company of Racine. In the foreground the cutting machine automatically cuts frictioned fabric on the bias, then women w...
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Waters Motor Company Parts Department

Date: 04 27 1946
Description: Roy Riese, parts department manager, shown behind a service counter in the new parts department at Waters Motor Company, 802 East Washington Avenue.
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International Model F Truck

Date: 1916
Description: A man sits in a parked International Model F (or 31) truck filled with cylindrical packages outside of Studebaker Wagons and Buggies dealership, where a gr...
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Automobile Crankshaft Machine at Gisholt Machine Company

Date: 08 20 1947
Description: Display of a 50-ton machine, developed by the Gisholt Machine Company, that will help speed up production of automobile crankshafts. W.A. Smlja, on the lef...
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Bowes Automotive Metro Truck

Date: 1950
Description: A man drives an International truck with Metro body owned by the Bowes Automotive Products company. The text on the side of the truck reads, "Bowes Dependa...
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International Harvester Parts Counter

Date: 1937
Description: Two male customers stand at the parts counter of International Harvester's New York Manhattan truck branch. An employee behind the counter speaks on the te...
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Mechanics' Parts Counter

Date: 05 25 1937
Description: Two men wearing International jumpsuits wait to be assisted at the mechanics' parts counter at International's New York Manhattan truck branch. Two men wor...
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Parts Department at Manhattan Branch

Date: 05 24 1937
Description: Repairs helper Thomas K. Chalmers handles a truck grille in a dumb waiter or service elevator in the parts department on the first floor of International H...
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Core Slinger at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1940
Description: Factory workers making cylinder block barrel cores with a Beardsley and Piper core slinger at International Harvester's Indianapolis Truck Engine Works.
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Ideal Body Company Workers and Car

Date: 1934
Description: Employees of the Ideal Body Company sitting in and around a car.
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Ideal Body Company Employees and Car

Date: 1934
Description: Three Ideal Body Company employees standing on and around a car. Possibly in the Ideal Body Company shop on Park Street.
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Ideal Body Company Employees

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Description: Four men, probably employees of the Ideal Body Company, standing in the doorway of the company's building on Park Street.
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Ideal Body Company Employees

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Description: Ideal Body Company employees (left to right) Norbert Dottl, unidentified, Javie Neumeyer, Al Voight, and Harld Zarboch.

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