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University of Wisconsin-Madison Machine Shop

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison machine shop. A large group of men are working various machines in the workshop area. Long wooden work...
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Thompson Foundry and Machine Shop

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Description: Large group of men posing standing by and sitting on farm machinery, including a thresher and steam tractors. Probably at the Thompson Foundry and Machine ...
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Lathe Operator

Date: 07 20 1958
Description: Close-up of a man checking part of a metal lathe with a caliper.
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Leslie Werner's Workshop

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Description: Interior view of Leslie Werner's workshop.
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Machine Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Two men standing inside the machine shop at Montello Granite Co. The man on the left has a pipe in his mouth, and he is standing with his hand on the power...
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Man Standing on Ladder

Date: 11 04 1943
Description: Man standing on folding ladder in Madison-Kipp Corp., with scene of factory floor in the background.
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Nagle-Hart Co. Machine Shop

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: A workman grinds a cylinder head at Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Company, 754 East Washington Avenue.
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Halperin Machine Shop

Date: 12 26 1930
Description: A machinist working at the Charles H. Halperin machine shop, located at 209 S. Park Street.
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Capital Buick Co. Machine Shop

Date: 11 07 1929
Description: The Capital Buick Co. machine shop, 750 E. Washington Avenue, with two mechanics repairing an automobile.
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Milwaukee Works Machine Shop

Date: 1907
Description: Factory workers in the machine shop at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works.
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Monarch Machine Shop Drill Press

Date: 08 04 1953
Description: A man operates a large floor mounted drill press at Monarch Machine Shop, Inc. at 2530 Pennsylvania Avenue. The operator may be Nils Levander, president.
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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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Naval Students at the U.S. Naval Training School

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Description: A group of Naval students learn to use hacksaws in a machine shop at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior view of the Lawson plant. At least 18 people are working in the large, open room. Belt-driven machinery is attached to the rafters of the open cei...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior of the Lawson machine shop, with two Lawson engines, one housed in part of a fuselage, the other set on a wooden support. A long wooden frame is i...
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Metal Spinning

Date: 1958
Description: Elevated view of a machine shop, where several people are standing and working at lathes. Around the shop are piles of machined parts, all of which are cyl...
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Leslie Werner's Workshop

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Description: A view of the interior of Leslie Werner's workshop. A print of an image of Leslie Werner's Repair Shop full of bicycles is seen hanging on the wall on the ...
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Peters Tools Employees

Date: 11 12 1948
Description: View from across street of employees of Peters Tools, Local 100, standing on the sidewalk in front of the brick storefront with a number of cases at their ...
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Madison Royal Airport Repair Shop

Date: 05 26 1932
Description: The repair shop of the Morey Airplane Company at Royal Airport in Madison. Only months after this picture was taken, Howard Morey lost both his hangar and ...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the interior of the Lawson plant, a large open room with exposed ceiling and windows lining both walls. Part of the fuselage for a Lawson ...

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