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Child Worker Removing Twine from Machine - Safety Screen Added

Date: 1910
Description: Boy removing a bundle of twine from a decorticator machine at an International Harvester factory in the Yucatan, Mexico.
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Child Worker Removing Twine from Machine

Date: 1910
Description: Boy removing a bundle of twine from a decorticator machine at an International Harvester factory in the Yucatan, Mexico. Accompanying text reads: "No guard...
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Mechanic Punches Time Clock at Service Station

Date: 02 15 1929
Description: Mechanic punching a ticket at a time clock for a service job at one of International Harvester's motor truck branch service stations. A poster warning of t...
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Theater Ushers

Date: 02 01 1931
Description: Orpheum and Capitol theatre ushers listening to a talk about fire prevention as they are standing beneath a marquee that advertises the epic "Cimarron."
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CUNA Office after Fire

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: Roy F. Bergengren's CUNA (Credit Union National Association) office after fire, 142 East Gilman Street.
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CUNA Office after Fire

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: C.U.N.A. (Credit Union National Association) upstairs office, Raiffeisen House 142 E. Gilman Street, after fire.
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CUNA Office after Fire

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: Roy F. Bergengren's CUNA (Credit Union National Association) office after fire, 142 East Gilman Street.
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Cuna Office after Fire

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: Roy F. Bergengren's CUNA (Credit Union National Association) office after fire, 142 East Gilman Street.
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CUNA Office Staff in Hallway

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: CUNA (Credit Union National Association) office staff working in hallway after fire, Raiffeisen House, 142 East Gilman Street.
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C.U.N.A. Office Staff in Hallway

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: C.U.N.A. (Credit Union National Association) office staff working in hallway after fire, Raiffeisen House, 142 E. Gilman Street.
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Barber at Bombed Barbershop

Date: 11 09 1932
Description: Barber, Roland Thistle at his bombed barbershop, 707 University Avenue.
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Fire Damage to the Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 02 1904
Description: The office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in the East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol after the fire of February 27.
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Bookcase in Fire Damage

Date: 02 1904
Description: A close-up of the damage in the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction caused by the Wisconsin State Capitol fire. Details of interest include ...
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Safety Board at McCormick Works

Date: 1935
Description: Factory workers looking at safety posters on a bulletin board at the McCormick Works.
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Oscar Mayer Shower for Fire Victim

Date: 09 26 1949
Description: Three women, employees of Oscar Mayer Company, present gifts to co-worker Irene Loveland who lost her home and personal possessions in a fire. Left to righ...
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Shower for Fire Victim

Date: 09 26
Description: Three women, employees of Oscar Mayer Company, hand gifts to co-worker Irene Loveland, who lost her home and personal possessions in a fire. Left to right...
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Fire at Pyramid Motor Cmpany

Date: 03 02 1950
Description: Portrait of Calvin Beverly, age 40, of 807 Mound Street. Beverly was one of seven employees of the Pyramid Motor Company, located at 434 West Gilman Street...
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Woman Tying Scarf

Date: 1917
Description: Quarter-length portrait of a woman tying a scarf around her head and knotting it under her chin. The photograph is one of a series demonstrating how to use...
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Dangers of Oil Lamps

Date: 1927
Description: A woman sitting at a kitchen table wearing a visor, leaning over a book while a lit oil lamp is nearby. Also on the table are a newspaper, additional books...
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Stable Hazards

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man using a rake inside a stable, standing near harnesses hanging from wooden pegs on the wall. The tail of a horse can be seen on the left.

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