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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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Miners at Work inside Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Two miners at work with shovel and hammer inside International Harvester's Hawkins Mine.
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Building Mower Bars at McCormick Works

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of workers building sickle bars for mowers at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in ...
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Children Making Furniture

Date: 10 18 1933
Description: Large group of children making orange crate furniture at Hawthorne School, 216 Division Street. Activities include sawing and hammering.
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Workman with Jackhammer

Date: 11 06 1928
Description: Man with jackhammer making street repairs with an air hammer with compressor. Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Co. Saunders Grocery store is across the street a...
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Workman and Truck

Date: 11 06 1928
Description: Man with air hammer working on a road near a parked truck.
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Smashing Illegal Gambling Devices

Date: 1948
Description: Destroying slot machines and other illegal gambling devices at Law Park. From L to R: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigaret tax division; ...
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Assembling Wheel at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1919
Description: A factory worker using a hammer to assemble a wagon wheel at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works.
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Stanley Labonowski

Date: 1910
Description: Stanley Labonowski, a 29 year-old Lithuanian grain binder builder at International Harvester's McCormick Works.
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Men Working at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: A man uses a hammer and chisel to work at Hawkins Mine, while another man stands behind him.
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Men Working on Concrete Forms

Date: 1914
Description: A group of workmen posing while working on concrete forms at the Prairie du Sac dam site. Their position high above the water level affords an expansive up...
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Neighborhood House

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Children working with Paul Lowrey, instructor, at a small workbench at the Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue across from Brittingham Park. Pic...
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Crater Players

Date: 06 25 1948
Description: Edwin Morgan, at bench, and James Price, shirtless with cigarette in his mouth, are painting scenery for the Crater Players production of "The Drunkard".
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Workers Finishing Production of a Stove-top Range

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Description: Workers at the Malleable Iron Range Company prepare to rivet the top of a stove. The top is fitted to the body of the stove with a powerful leverage system...
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16th Annual Wisconsin Salon of Art

Date: 11 06 1950
Description: The Madison Art Association's 16th Annual Wisconsin Salon of Art opened at the Memorial Union with a traditional preview reception. Shown unpacking some of...
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Men and Women Woodworking Outdoors

Date: 08 1919
Description: A large group of men and women, probably teachers, stand outside at work benches assembling wood products, which include nail boxes and benches.
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Students Making a Fly Trap

Date: 1913
Description: Two young boys on the floor of a room, probably a classroom, nailing mesh screening to the frame of their fly trap.
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Boys Making Fly Traps

Date: 1920
Description: A group of boys at the Burton School construct wooden fly traps in a classroom.
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St. Raphael Cathedral Remodeling

Date: 09 08 1953
Description: Martin Baaken, Dennis Meronek, and Paul Brantmeyer remove pews from one section of St. Raphael Cathedral as a historic remodeling project gets under way at...
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WPA at Work

Date: 1937
Description: National Youth Administration workers cutting stone in the quarry near the Grignon House. A sign behind the group of boys says: USA Work Program."

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