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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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Female Worker Operates Stub Lathe

Date: 10 01 1945
Description: Female worker using a stub lathe to turn, face, groove and "chamfer" chain-tightener sprockets at International Harvester's East Moline Works. The sprocket...
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Women Machining Cream Separator Parts at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1918
Description: Female factory workers machining parts for cream separators and International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. An original caption identifies them as "Milwauke...
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Aircraft Torpedo Manufacture

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Two women inspect a drill press at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "Dust prevention and cleanliness is so important as a factor...
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Photo Enactors from the Dane County Association for Mental Health

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Staged work environment for employees in an industrial setting. In the foreground a man wearing work coveralls is standing at a lathe on a plant floor. Beh...
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Ann Elfstrom, Ostling Archery Co.

Date: 10 26 1966
Description: A woman is sitting at a machine where several arrow shafts are held in place. Caption reads: "ANN ELFSTROM FEATHERS THE SHAFTS. Fletching Wheel Is Exacting...

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