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Compressing Machine

Date: 05 22 1928
Description: Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Co. compressing machine from the side. 613-629 E. Main Street. The Wisconsin State Capitol dome is in the background.
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Patrolman on Wisconsin Road

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Description: Wisconsin highway patrolman grading with a team of horses. Image taken for the Wisconsin Good Roads Association.
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Gisholt Factory

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Description: Employee of the Gisholt Company of Madison demonstrating a plastic laminate drill jig manufactured by the Consoweld Company of Wisconsin Rapids.
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Consolidated Papers Factory

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: View of the floor of a Consolidated Papers Company factory, probably its Plastics Division in Wisconsin Rapids.
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Plastics Workers

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Description: Employees of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids and a large sheet of the paper-based plastic laminate manufacture...
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Plastics Workers

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Description: Workers at the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids handling sheets of the paper-based plastic laminate manufactured by...
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Snow Blower

Date: 1963
Description: Winter scene of Ralph Widmer, the photographer's brother, using a snow blower to clear a walkway on Wisconsin Street, Theresa, Wisconsin. Written on back,...
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Washing Machines in Industry Building

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Description: Display of Maytag wringer-type washing machines in the Industry Building at the Wisconsin State Fair. In the background is a display for Miller Beer, 5 cen...
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff Member

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: Carol Patterson compiles the mercantile and stock market sections of the "Wisconsin State Journal".
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Wisconsin Central Railway Shops

Date: 1890
Description: Interior of the Wisconsin Central Railway's Waukesha back shop. The elevated view is from the office of the superintendent.
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Southern Wisconsin Sports Show

Date: 04 11 1946
Description: Bernie Larson shown operating an electric boat hoist, manufactured by Gordon Engineering, Madison, at the Madison Marine Service booth, at the Southern Wis...
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University of Wisconsin Textile Testing

Date: 04 01 1948
Description: Margaret Cooper, Associate Professor of Home Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and director of the textile laboratory, testing the bursting...
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University of Wisconsin Textile Testing

Date: 04 01 1948
Description: Arliss Otto, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from Menominee Falls, testing a sample of fabric for fading at a laboratory fadeometer.
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Conveyor Belt

Date: 05 22 1928
Description: Conveyer belt at the General Lab for Wisconsin Foundry.
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Wisconsin State Journal Employees

Date: 12 1947
Description: Wisconsin State Journal employees in the mail room bundling newspapers.
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Laminate Plastic Development

Date: 04 22 1944
Description: Employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids contemplates a die for fabricating tapered paper-based plastic laminat...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 01 31 1949
Description: Four ladies observing a woman demonstrating on a sewing machine at the University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week.
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Pharmacy School Open House

Date: 10 26 1950
Description: Pharmacy student Mohit Gubta works at a spray drier during the University of Wisconsin pharmacy school open house.
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Wisconsin State Journal Workers

Date: 03 09 1961
Description: A worker at the Wisconsin State Journal building casting a curved plate for the letter press.
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 02 1948
Description: Shown at the annual University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week looking over a hydraulic loader are, left to right: Louis Frese, Adolph Schedel, and Peter S...

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