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| Date: | 02 1907 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Milwaukee Harvester Works, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Industries along the Milwaukee River, one of which is the Schlitz Brewery. |
| 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: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Workers at the Willms cigar factory, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, posing with cigars and cigar boxes. Gustav Willms (c. 1854-1917) sits on the far left with six c... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Unidentified industrial district with smoke billowing from many smokestacks. |
| Date: | 04 12 1911 |
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| Description: | View of a new IHC Titan (?Mogul Tractor) tank-cooled portable engine loaded onto a flatcar for shipment from IHC's Milwaukee Works, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. S... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Lynnette Hartwig, a Falk employee, inspects a gear. This unit was later purchased by the Wisconsin Bearing Company. Original Falk caption reads: "Illustrat... |
| Date: | 10 1983 |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee Road freight car repair shop at 3301 West Canal Street. |
| 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: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of tanning company owned by Guido Pfister & Fred Vogel in Milwaukee in the 1840s. |
| Date: | 03 20 1914 |
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| Description: | Looking west from the roof of the Wells Building at E. Wisconsin Avenue and N. Milwaukee Street. The Pabst Building is on the left and the First National B... |
| 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: | 05 04 1886 |
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| Description: | Edward P. Allis Reliance Works under the protection of the Wisconsin State Militia during the first general labor strike. The strike is also known as the ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Factory girls' “club” gathered for coffee in plant refreshment room in the Milwaukee Paper Box Co. |
| Date: | 10 08 1971 |
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| Description: | This product was purchased by Allis-Chalmers of West Allis, Wisconsin. Falk caption reads, "Solid riding ring 102,000 pound rough weight, 244 inches in dia... |
| Date: | 06 14 1961 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of North and South Harbor Tracts, looking north from South Pier No. 2. There are skyscrapers in the background. there are multiple items of mac... |
| Date: | 10 1983 |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee Road Shops interior sheetmetal shop, formerly the car paint and repair shop, at 3301 West Canal Street. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Highway Commission dump truck photographed outside the Heil Company factory in Milwaukee. The truck was a Nash four-wheel drive model with the body built ... |
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