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| Date: | 11 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Twenty-five members of the "Negro Farmers of America" tour a crawler tractor (TracTracTor) assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The fa... |
| Date: | 01 07 1928 |
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| Description: | 100,000th McCormick-Deering 10-20 HP tractor coming off of the assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The tractor came off at 10:32 a.m.... |
| Date: | 04 01 1915 |
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| Description: | Old man wearing a suit and hat with his back against a brick wall. The man is likely an employee at International Harvester's Osborne Works. One of his leg... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | "Harvest of Stars" radio and stage personality James "Jimmie" Melton talking with African American workers during a tour of an International Harvester's In... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Men standing on the exposed portion of a flooded railroad track as a swiftly moving torrent of water is rushing past. Benham was a "company town" created b... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Factory worker having his chest examined by a doctor inside a medical office at International Harvester's Auburn Works (formerly known as "Osborne Works").... |
| Date: | 04 11 1946 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Power & Light Company banquet for Veteran employees at the Hotel Loraine. |
| Date: | 04 12 1946 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of linemen and polemen, Wisconsin Power & Light Company, at the Park Hotel. |
| Date: | 03 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Portraits of six male Philgas Corporation employees, five wearing uniforms and one in a business suit. |
| Date: | 02 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Oscar Mayer stockyard employees, and one man in a business suit, gathered near the Farm Service Studio in the Oscar Mayer plant, 910 Maye... |
| Date: | 04 30 1936 |
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| Description: | Three men loading seed sacks into Green & Company Ford semi-trailer truck at Olds Seed Co. loading dock, 722 Williamson Street. Sign on truck reads: "Green... |
| Date: | 05 26 1933 |
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| Description: | Two men inspecting an automobile on the RITE-Way wheel aligning and axle-straightening machine at Schultz Tire and Battery Co., 1336 Regent Street. |
| Date: | 03 03 1927 |
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| Description: | Workers in the mixing room, with mixers running, at Mautz Paint and Glass Company. There are bins and other accoutrements used in the manufacture of paint ... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of boarders, all railroad shop workers, sitting on the front porch at Mrs. Armour's boarding house. Left to right are: Bill Salsig, Roy Mart... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Tour of International Harvester's East Moline Works (factory) for the St. Cloud combine promotion. Original caption reads: "There are hundreds of inspectio... |
| Date: | 03 25 1944 |
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| Description: | Wendell Willkie speaking with Ed Mergen, "Wisconsin State Journal" veteran typesetter in charge of page layout, in the composing room during Willkie's 194... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over crowd towards an executive who is speaking to workers assembled by the receiving department at Farmall Works to celebrate the 100,000th ... |
| Date: | 05 12 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Research Products employees on the factory floor, 1011-1015 East Washington Avenue, having received the National Safety Council Award for... |
| Date: | 09 20 1930 |
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| Description: | View over crowd towards Philip La Follette, the son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., campaigning for governor before a large crowd of workers near the Allis ... |
| Date: | 03 01 1944 |
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| Description: | Michael G. O'Neill sitting in a chair with a railroad lantern. He lived at 526 West Wilson Street and worked 40 years for the Milwaukee Road. |
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