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Lappley Bros. Lumberyard

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Description: Winter view of exterior of Lappley Bros. Lumberyard and Feed Mill.
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Strike!

Date: 02 20 1963
Description: Union members of Local 317 in Milwaukee strike outside the Electric Co.'s N. Edison Street plant. It was a very cold night.
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Warner and his Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Arthur Pratt Warner, Wisconsin's first aviator, in front of the office of the Warner Instrument Company in Beloit. Warner, who held the patent for an autom...
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Schoelkopf Manufacturing Company Building

Date: 01 29 1946
Description: Schoelkopf Manufacturing Company, 320 North 3rd Street, between East Johnson Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Louis Schoelkopf invented and manufactured the...
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International Harvester Employees Writing in Snow

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view from a window of the International Harvester offices on Michigan Avenue showing Grant Park. Company employees have written their department n...
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of dormitories under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Men are working in different areas on the site. Lake Mendota...
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Model D-300 Truck

Date: 1938
Description: A man is sitting behind the wheel of an International Model D-300 truck used by the Montreal Tramways Company. A man in the back of the truck is holding a ...
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Group with Bestline Truck

Date: 1972
Description: Elevated view of a group of salesmen and "Cameo Girl" saleswomen from Bestline Incorporated. They are standing in a snow-covered parking lot in front of tw...
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Wisconsin Ice and Coal Company Truck

Date: 09 21 1937
Description: A man stands in a lift attached to the bed of an International Model DR-60 truck owned by the Wisconsin Ice and Coal Company. Another man stands atop a rai...
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Vallance Company Truck

Date: 04 08 1938
Description: Men use shovels and pitchforks to unload large pieces of coal from the beds of two International D-30 trucks into a small doorway of a building. The trucks...
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Men Loading Coal onto Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Two men load large pieces of coal onto the bed of an International D-30 truck from the open door of a railroad boxcar. There is a storage building in the b...
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Weston Fuel and Supply Company Truck

Date: 02 02 1938
Description: Two men use an International coal dump truck owned by B.L. Ogilvie & Sons Incorporated to transfer fuel from the bed of the truck down a chute to a residen...
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Fremont Railroad Station

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Description: Men at a railroad station awaiting the arrival of a train in Fremont (later Pray). There is snow on the ground. Two men are standing on a hand-powered rail...
Book or Pamphlet

Caterpillar in the Woods

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising: "The Caterpillar in the Woods." The illustration depicts two men using a Caterpillar tractor to haul logs through a ...
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Conklin Ice House

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Description: Conklin Ice House on Lake Mendota. A man is standing in the snow-covered yard in the foreground near a sleigh, and a carriage with a sign painted on the si...
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Harvesting Ice

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Description: View across ice towards a group of men, employees of the Conklin Ice House, which is in the distance, guiding horses pulling ice cutters. The horses are we...
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Delivery Trucks

Date: 02 24 1928
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck for Robin Hood Flour. The truck bed has a stake body, and is filled to the top with sacks of flou...
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"Red Baby" Towing Truck at Repair Shop

Date: 02 18 1929
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a "Red Baby" tow truck at the entrance to the garage door of a repair shop.
Print

A Holiday Message To The Drivers of Trucks

Date: 1937
Description: Advertising proof. The illustration is of a truck driver in a yellow truck for Kingan's Reliable Hams and Bacon. Text on bottom right reads: "This is Kinga...
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Large Crane at Factory

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Description: View of factory yard with a large crane near buildings and railroad cars. One of the railroad cars has a sign that reads: "Lehigh Valley." The sign on the ...

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