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Women Dump Truck Drivers

Date: 1916
Description: Women drivers of light dump trucks for the highway department in Ashland County during the first World War. The truck in the foreground has a service flag ...
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Digging a Hole for a Flag Pole

Date: 1910
Description: With shovels in hand, a man, woman, and boy are digging a hole in the ground for a flag pole. One young man is holding the pole in place with two hands. A...
Postcard

Co. 638 Mineral Lake C.C.C. Camp

Date: 1935
Description: External view of the barracks for the Civilian Conservation Corps at Marengo.
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Workers Leaving Yard of International Harvester Plant

Date: 09 20 1928
Description: Workers leaving yard of IH plant. Railroad tracks are in the foreground, and a large smokestack is in the background on the right.
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Demonstration of a One Ton Truck, Two Ton Load

Date: 03 06 1929
Description: View towards a man driving a Six Speed special truck up a wooden ramp, on what may be fairgrounds. The sign along the side of the truck reads: "Internation...
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Demonstration of a One Ton Truck, Two Ton Load

Date: 03 06 1929
Description: View towards a man driving a Six Speed special truck up to the top of a wooden ramp, on what may be fairgrounds. The sign along the side of the truck reads...
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World's Largest Insurance Policy

Date: 07 18 1958
Description: Three men next to a large poster with the words: "World's Largest Insurance Policy issued to Milwaukee Braves on behalf of Citizens of Wisconsin. Vernon Th...
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Governor Vernon W. Thomson Receives Membership in the Northwest Airlines' Top Flight Club

Date: 07 17 1958
Description: Governor Vernon W. Thomson (left) receives a membership card, and citation, in the Northwest Airlines Top Flight Club for his support of air transportation...
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Madison Police Chief Bruce Weatherly

Date: 02 04 1959
Description: A Madison City Council investigative committee explores a traffic accident involving Police Chief Bruce Weatherly and witnesses' claims that he was under t...
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Wisconsin GOP Headquarters Staff Prepare to Leave for the Republican National Convention

Date: 07 21 1960
Description: Members of the Wisconsin GOP headquarters staff prepare to leave for the Republican National Convention to be held at the Executive House Hotel in Chicago....
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Vice President Richard Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Richard Nixon addresses a crowd at the Madison Municipal Airport while campaigning for the 1960 Presidential election.
Poster

The March on Washington

Date: 1981
Description: Poster with an illustration of people at the Washington Monument. The background is black, and the color pink is used on a sign that reads: "Solidarity," a...
Photograph

Kohler Strikers

Date: 07 26 1936
Description: Kohler strikers marching along a sidewalk. Handwritten on the photograph: "Kohler Strikers '2 years after' Memorial Picket Line, July 26th, 1936."
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Kansas City Sales Region "Blitz-A-Grand" Program

Date: 04 26 1973
Description: Salesmen are sitting at tables talking on telephones. Caption reads: "Here's the International 'Blitz A Grand' salesmen in action. (From left) John Stills,...
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Interior of Employee Dining Room

Date: 02 06 1919
Description: Slightly elevated view of women eating in the dining room. They are posing for the camera. Flags are hanging from the columns in the room.
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Manufacturing Area

Date: 05 02 1918
Description: Slightly elevated view of a manufacturing area in a factory. Parts are piled in wood bins, and other parts are stacked on wood tables. A man (blurred by mo...
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Men Assembling Products on Assembly Line

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Description: Men are assembling products, Spring tooth harrows, on an assembly line. An American Flag is hanging from the ceiling in the background on the left.
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Manpower, Inc. Sales Promotion "Convention"

Date: 10 31 1968
Description: Several people wearing straw boaters are holding signs and posing with a man dressed as Uncle Sam. Signs include such slogans as: "WIN with WINTER, SHINE w...
Postcard

Granite Cutters in Labor Day Parade

Date: 10 24 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Granite Cutters in Labor Day Parade, Wausau, Wisconsin." Elevated view of a parade on a city street with street car tracks, near an u...
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Plea for Public Power

Date: 06 26 1954
Description: A man stands at a podium and reads from a sheet of paper. Several men are seated at tables and desks, and are looking at him. Caption reads: "PLEA FOR PUBL...

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