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On Strike

Date: 11 05 1962
Description: Lone picketer from Painters' Local 781 protests against workers not receiving union wages, hours, and benefits.
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Ray-O-Vac Building

Date: 11 30 1945
Description: Ray-O-Vac building on the 2300 block of Winnebago Street. Office building and several cars. Snow is on the ground. The sign near the door in the center of ...
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Ray-O-Vac Buildings

Date: 11 28 1945
Description: Ray-O-Vac buildings on the 2300 block of Winnebago Street. Office building, production plant, two houses: 2327 and 2331 Winnebago Street, and several cars....
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 08 1929
Description: Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue. Men are pouring a cement floor.
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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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International Model H Oil Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Driver's side view of a man sitting in the driver's seat of an International Model H oil truck owned by the Winona Oil Company. The truck is parked outside...
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Road Work with a Hough Loader

Date: 1954
Description: Man working on a suburban road with an International ID-6 and attached loader. The loader was manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Company.
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F.G. and C.A. Stanley Manufacturing Plant

Date: 1900
Description: F.G. and C.A. Stanley Manufacturing Plant. There is a plank sidewalk in the foreground.
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Eau Claire Lumber Company

Date: 1880
Description: The Eau Claire Lumber Company, later the Cutter shoe factory. It was still standing in 1931.
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Weber Works Office Staff Portrait

Date: 1917
Description: The office staff of International Harvester's Weber Works are posing beneath an American flag in front of the exterior office door. Weber Works produced wa...
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Plows at Chattanooga Plow Works

Date: 1930
Description: Men (mostly likely employees), plows, cane mills and an evaporator are lined up on a Main Street sidewalk outside the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Construction near City Hall

Date: 1911
Description: East Water Street at Wisconsin Avenue. City Hall is in the background. At the left is the Waldheim and Company Department Store of 407-411 East Water Stree...
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Construction Worker Pulling a Rope

Date: 1969
Description: A construction worker leans back while pulling on a large rope. Construction equipment, supplies, and signs are in the background.
Poster

Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Lithographed poster depicting an elevated view of the Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner factory and surrounding area. Text in the upper left corner reads, "Ch...
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Belmont Hotel Window Painting

Date: 06 18 1952
Description: William F. Guethlein, Sauk City, resting on a scaffold on the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street. He has been repairing and painting the hotel windows...
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Copeland Ryder Shoe Co.

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Description: View of the exterior of the Copeland Ryder Shoe Company, established in 1868. The three-story brick building is bordered by trees, a sidewalk, and a road a...
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700 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 700 block of State Street. Lake Street parking ramp and University of Wisconsin Extension building are vi...
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IH Little Rock Branch House

Date: 07 24 1929
Description: Exterior view of the International Harvester Company Little Rock branch. Automobiles are parked along the street in front of the building. The building app...
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Locomotive Engine No. 632

Date: 1886
Description: Right side view of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive engine no. 632.
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Plankinton Meat Packing Strike

Date: 04 20 1948
Description: Striking workers and police outside of Plankinton Meat Packing. Strikers are standing on the cobblestone street and sidewalk holding signs that read "Don'...

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