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Rockdale Creamery

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys with wagonloads of milk at the Rockdale Creamery.
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Paving Block Cutters

Date: 1910
Description: Paving block cutters at work at the the Montello Granite Company. Two men holding large hammers are posing underneath a tarp which is shading large pieces ...
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Mechanic Working on Tractor Engine

Date: 1944
Description: Mechanic taking apart a tractor engine in the service department of the Snake River Equipment Company, an International Harvester dealership. An Internatio...
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Madison Royal Airport Repair Shop

Date: 05 26 1932
Description: The repair shop of the Morey Airplane Company at Royal Airport in Madison. Only months after this picture was taken, Howard Morey lost both his hangar and ...
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Steam Locomotive at Fauerbach Brewery

Date: 06 20 1933
Description: Group portrait of eleven workers installing Plibrico Jointless Firebrick in front of a railroad steam locomotive parked beside Fauerbach Brewery. This was ...
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Linden Blacksmith

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: View of the Linden blacksmith shop, showing forge and equipment. The introduction of motorized farm equipment and automobiles led to the virtual disappeara...
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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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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 09 1929
Description: View across field towards the Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, almost finished.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: A man weighing a large container on a Toledo platform scale at the Federation Creamery.
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Milwaukee Railroad Employees

Date: 07 21 1884
Description: Group portrait of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway employees taken outside the railroad's Milwaukee shop. Most of the men appear to be blue collar wor...
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Railroad Repair Work

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Description: Group of men repairing railroad track near Racine.
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Rogers Truck & Implement Company Service Shop

Date: 1942
Description: Two mechanics working on tractors and implements in the service shop of Rogers Truck & Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. The tracto...
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Farmer Cuts Wood with Power Saw

Date: 05 16 1928
Description: Farmer cutting wood with a circular saw powered by a McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 HP engine.
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Man Works on 1909 International Auto Wagon

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Description: A man wearing overalls works on a 1909 International Auto Wagon.
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Winnebago Auto Replacement Company Machine Shop

Date: 04 02 1947
Description: Winnebago Auto Replacement Company, 103 North Park Street. Interior view showing machine shop with five machinists at work.
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Interior of Repair Shop

Date: 1900
Description: Two men in a repair shop, probably the repair shop of Leslie Werner. Leslie Werner is identified as the man wearing the hat on the left.
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Bicycle Repair Shop

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Description: Two men in a repair shop, probably the Repair Shop of Leslie Werner. Leslie Werner is identified as the man wearing the hat on the right.
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Interstate Transportation Company Truck

Date: 1929
Description: Two men loading a crate onto an International truck used by the Interstate Transportation Company. The truck's lettering reads: "Waterbury-Pittsfield-Alban...
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Kayser Motors Mechanic

Date: 02 13 1948
Description: Kayer Motors mechanic working on servicing a truck. Kayser Motors is located at 701 East Washington Avenue.
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City of Jacksonville Garage

Date: 1935
Description: Mechanics H.C. Morris and H.F. Clantor grease an International Model A-5 truck at the City of Jacksonville Garage.

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