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| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated winter view of the Leinenkugel Brewery seen "from top of Mill." Originally called "Spring Brewery," Jacob Leinenkugel opened his brewery in 1867 i... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A group of women employees of the N.R. Allen Tannery posing with a pile of tan bark. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A woman factory worker sorting parts at Globe Union Manufacturing Company, maker of batteries, radio apparatus, and spark plugs. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the Cereal Mills Company, located at 112-118 West Scott Street. A railroad and a highway bridge are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 09 19 1942 |
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| Description: | Presidential Tour - Series IV. Official party views women at work in Allis Chalmers factory. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is looking through rear wind... |
| Date: | 07 1945 |
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| Description: | View from side of women sitting in a row working on an assembly line in a perfume factory. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Wheels of cheese stacked for curing at a cheese factory. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Welding a milk truck at the Heil Corporation in Milwaukee. The Heil company was founded by German-born Julius P. Heil in 1901. As the Heil Rail Joint Wel... |
| Date: | 01 1950 |
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| Description: | Winter image of the Interlake Pulp Mill in the Fox River Valley. The buildings are surrounded by large stacks of logs. The Fox River can be seen behind and... |
| Date: | 02 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Fox River Valley from Memorial Drive bridge, looking East. Snow is on the ground, ice is on the river and the smokestacks are billowin... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Solvay Coke and Gas Company with railroad train and tracks, smoke billowing upward. The company was opened in 1906 and closed in 1983. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Bay West Paper Company with paper converting machinery. Men in uniform are running the equipment. |
| Date: | 07 1952 |
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| Description: | Solvay Coke and Gas Company with railroad train and tracks, smoke billowing upward. The company was opened in 1906 and closed in 1983. |
| Date: | 09 1952 |
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| Description: | A lens grinder working with specialized equipment in a lab. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Industries along the Milwaukee River, one of which is the Schlitz Brewery. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Pool at an old distillery in Hamilton. On the left are trees and shrubs. On the right is a stone building that is arched over the pool. Above the arch is a... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the brewing kettles at the Pabst Brewery. A brewery worker is walking up the stairs in between the kettles. |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of women who are working processing corn on a canning assembly line at the Fall River Canning Company. They are wearing aprons and g... |
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