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General Motors Employees

Date: 1987
Description: Employees of the General Motors plant in head to work.
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Reliance Motor Truck Factory

Date: 1919
Description: Interior of the Reliance Motor Truck Company in Appleton, in which the absence of assembly line construction is notable.
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Nutrena Feeds Factory

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Description: Elevated view over a freight train of the Nutrena Feeds factory.
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Grading and Sorting Cranberries

Date: 10 1969
Description: Women work along an assembly line grading and sorting cranberries.
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York Iron Works

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Description: Indoor view down a long room in an industrial building, with several men posing standing, some with shovels. A man is standing in the right foreground. Ide...
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General Labor Strike at Allis Reliance Works

Date: 05 04 1886
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 ...
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Factory Girls

Date: 1922
Description: Factory girls' “club” gathered for coffee in plant refreshment room in the Milwaukee Paper Box Co.
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Obey at O'Mally's Manufacturing

Date: 1978
Description: David Obey (2nd from right) and Harvey Dueholm (left) visit O'Mally's Manufacturing.
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Cutting the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: A worker cuts curd to make Swiss cheese at the Jorden Cheese factory.
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Interior of Battery Factory

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Description: French Battery and Carbon Company, later known as Rayovac. The old circle belt in the Madison plant.
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Solid Riding Ring

Date: 10 08 1971
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...
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Consolidated Paper Company War Work

Date: 03 1944
Description: Two employees of the Consolidated Paper Company check the quality of the laminate product emerging from the dry end of the treater. The laminate was manuf...
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Consolidated War Work

Date: 02 04 1944
Description: Two employees, Bob Schutz and Louis Timmerman, watch as rolls of stock are cut five sheets at a time. This procedure was necessary to insure uniformity of...
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View from 8th Street Bridge

Date: 01 08 1958
Description: Elevated view from 8th Street Bridge over the Manitowoc River towards Lake Michigan. There is a lighthouse in the distance. Ice is floating on the water. A...
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Green Bay

Date: 12 16 1957
Description: View across water, with cranes among piles of coal along the right, and among piles of other materials on the left. Smoke is in the distance on the right, ...
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North and South Harbor Tracts

Date: 06 14 1961
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...
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Milwaukee Road Sheetmetal Shop

Date: 10 1983
Description: The Milwaukee Road Shops interior sheetmetal shop, formerly the car paint and repair shop, at 3301 West Canal Street.
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Woman in front of Factory

Date: 
Description: Woman worker with her back turned to the camera standing in front of the Clintonville Four Wheel Drive factory.
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Cereal Mills Company

Date: 1900
Description: View from bank of river towards the Cereal Mills Company, looking North toward Big Bull Falls.
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Highway Commission Truck

Date: 1921
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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