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Capital Buick Co. Machine Shop

Date: 11 07 1929
Description: The Capital Buick Co. machine shop, 750 E. Washington Avenue, with two mechanics repairing an automobile.
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Mautz Paint Factory with Trucks

Date: 03 06 1928
Description: View across street towrds the Mautz Paint and Glass Company, located at 116-124 North Murray Street. A sign on the building reads: "Factory and Office." Th...
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Men Greasing Cars

Date: 07 01 1927
Description: Men greasing cars in the Klean Rite Auto Laundry, located at 739 East Mifflin Street.
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Railroad Repair Work

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Description: Group of men repairing railroad track near Racine.
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Worker Moves Harvester-Thresher with Tractor

Date: 03 19 1926
Description: Worker transporting a McCormick-Deering No. 8 power-drive harvester-thresher (combine) with a McCormick-Deering tractor. The harvester-thresher is equipped...
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Applying Top Dressing to Used Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Mechanic reconditioning a used truck at an International Harvester dealership(?). The man is applying top dressing to the roof of the truck.
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Burgess Battery Company Office

Date: 05 23 1939
Description: Elevated view of the Burgess Battery Company Office Building at 15 South Brearly Street.
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Filmite Oil Corporation Building and Employee

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: Madison branch of the Filmite Oil Corporation building (a Trachte metal building), located at 828 East Main Street. Also pictured is W.K. Wilson, warehous...
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Worker Driving Dump Truck

Date: 11 20 1925
Description: A man driving a Heil dump truck.
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Chappell Implement Company

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: A man kneels to work on an automobile in front of the Chappell Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. The sign above the building reads:...
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Kayser Motors Mechanic

Date: 02 13 1948
Description: A mechanic spray painting a vehicle at Kayser Motors, located at 701 East Washington Avenue.
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Hamilton Works Office

Date: 03 28 1933
Description: Two automobiles are parked on the street in front of International Harvester's Hamilton Works factory office.
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Repair Shop

Date: 1930
Description: Two men work in the repair shop of Wertz S. Shaw, an International Harvester dealership.
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Wisconsin State Journal Paper Carriers

Date: 06 29 1948
Description: Group portrait of 110 Wisconsin State Journal paper carriers taken prior to leaving for Blue Mounds State Park for the annual all-day outing.
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Gun Carriage at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1941
Description: Milwaukee Works foremen and supervisors posing in front of a "high-speed, modernized gun carriage." At the right is Superintendent V.A. Guebard, and next t...
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P&H Exterior Type "AN" Hoist with Grab Bucket

Date: 1914
Description: A Pawling & Harnischfeger type "AN" hoist with a grab bucket and an enclosed trolley over railroad tracks with a train car underneath it. The crane is stam...
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City Wholesale Grocery Truck

Date: 03 06 1926
Description: A man is sitting behind the wheel of an International truck used by the City Wholesale Grocery Company. The truck is near the doorway of a brick building, ...
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Ascher's Knit Goods Truck

Date: 05 05 1926
Description: An International truck used by Ascher's 100% Pure Wool Knit Goods Company parked in front of a building marked: "Gerosa Haulage & Warehouse." One man is si...
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Decatur Cartage Company Loading Docks

Date: 01 03 1939
Description: Elevated view through window of multiple International trucks used by the Decatur Cartage Company parked in a loading dock. Two men are standing in the for...
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Frank Hurn with International D-40 Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Frank Hurn, driver for Davidson Transfer & Storage Company, wiping the windshield of an International D-40 truck. The truck appears to be parked near a har...

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