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Street Scene

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Description: View down dirt road towards the Lappley Bros. Lumber Yard. There are houses on the right and in the far background. There are horses and carriages parked a...
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Quitting Time at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve...
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Paving University Avenue

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: Steam shovel loading a truck as part of road construction in front of Collins Lumber Co., 2308 University Avenue. There is a horse-drawn wagon passing by. ...
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Worker Behind Fence

Date: 1969
Description: Man with hard hat walking behind a fence, possibly an architect, at the construction site of The World Trade Center.
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Three Men Behind Fence

Date: 1969
Description: Three men in hard hats, possibly architects, walking behind a fence at the World Trade Center construction site.
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Chicago Fence and Equipment Company Truck

Date: 1941
Description: Coils of chain-link fencing are piled on the back of a parked International K-5 truck used by the Chicago Fence & Equipment Company. Behind the truck men a...
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International Concrete Truck

Date: 1950
Description: An International LF-190 truck equipped with a concrete mixer in front of a tall building marked: "Readymix Concrete Co." Men are looking out the building's...
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AFL v. CIO

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Description: Women workers at the Swift Company plant pass up literature passed out by AFL representatives before a National Labor Relations Board election. The Packing...
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Support for Allis-Chalmers Strike

Date: 11 25 1946
Description: Demonstration march down city street in support of Allis-Chalmers, local 248, strike. Most of the marchers are women. Truck in front with megaphone reads "...
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Allis-Chalmers Factory Gate During Strike

Date: 11 25 1946
Description: Allis-Chalmers factory gate during strike. Railroad tracks are in the foreground and a large group of police officers stand inside of and coming out of the...
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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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Old Bridge and Construction Gang

Date: 08 29 1930
Description: Workers pose at the entrance of the old bridge. There are railroad tracks in the foreground with signs that read, "free bridge," "men working," and "cautio...
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Loading Lumber onto D-35 Truck

Date: 07 23 1937
Description: Two men from the Alliance Lumber Company Limited load lumber onto the bed of an International D-35 truck. The truck features a 179-inch wheelbase.
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Future Site of the State Archives Preservation Facility

Date: 11 11 2015
Description: Front entrance to the State of Wisconsin's Central Services Building, located at 201 S. Dickinson Street. The building contained Transportation Services an...
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Moving Van Parked Outdoors

Date: 08 10 1926
Description: A moving van is parked along the curb in front of a building with signs that read: "John Clark & Sons, Storage Warehouses."
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Shore Road Vans

Date: 04 27 1929
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck parked along a curb. The signs painted on the side of the truck read: "Shore Road,...
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Logging

Date: 07 24 1929
Description: View down dirt road towards a man driving up the road in a truck hauling logs. There is no cab on the truck, and painted on the right side of the engine co...
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Men with Winnipeg Lumber & Fuel Co., Trucks

Date: 08 07 1928
Description: Men are on two trucks on a road in front of the Winnipeg Lumber & Fuel Co., building.

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