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Worker Moves Harvester-Thresher with Tractor

Date: 03 19 1926
Description: Worker transporting a McCormick-Deering No. 8 power-drive harvester-thresher (combine) with a McCormick-Deering tractor. The harvester-thresher is equipped...
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Checking the Oil

Date: 1956
Description: Woman in polka dot dress is looking on as a service station worker checks the oil in her car.
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Brake Testing

Date: 08 05 1930
Description: A worker tests the brakes on a car at Schultz Battery, Tire and Supply Company, 1336 Regent Street, while another man watches.
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Truck Assembly at Saltillo Works

Date: 1973
Description: A factory worker assembles a truck at International Harvester's Saltillo Works in Mexico.
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Construction Worker in Volkswagen

Date: 1969
Description: A construction worker wearing a silver hard hat sits in the driver's seat of a Volkswagen. An American flag sticker is visible on the backseat window.
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Tires in the Licari Garage

Date: 08 17 1933
Description: A worker fixing a tire in front of racks of Gillette tires in the Licari garage, 767 W. Washington Avenue, in the Greenbush neighborhood.
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Factory Floor at Fort Wayne Works

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of factory worker on the shop floor at International Harvester's Ft. Wayne Works. There are bins and stacks of truck parts on the factory flo...
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Air Hammer Road Work

Date: 11 06 1928
Description: A worker is using an air hammer with compressor truck to do work on the road in the 800 block of University Avenue, looking west. Wisconsin Foundry & Machi...
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Fire Damaged Car

Date: 03 14 1945
Description: In the recently completed paint department of Royal Body Co., 9-13 N. Brooks Street, a worker is preparing a sedan, the body and fenders of which are going...
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Gas Main Explosions Killed a Madison Couple

Date: 01 05 1958
Description: A Madison Gas and Electric Company worker probing for gas leaks with a meter on the Capitol Square after two explosions rocked downtown Madison, killing tw...
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Migrant Worker Housing

Date: 1969
Description: A migrant worker family stands in front of a parked vehicle and a cabin that serves as temporary housing in a Wautoma labor camp. Some of the children are ...
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Delivery Truck at Grocery Store

Date: 1977
Description: An International Harvester model 1600 Loadstar is parked at a U Tote M Food Store. The truck is a Lilly Ice Cream delivery vehicle, and a worker is unloadi...
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Worker Driving Dump Truck

Date: 11 20 1925
Description: A man driving a Heil dump truck.
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Workers Gathering at Cucumber Receiving Station

Date: 1967
Description: Workers gathering at a cucumber receiving station after striking.

Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the Obreros Unidos (United Workers),as an indepe...

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Flushing Tar Dye

Date: 07 29 1983
Description: A man is using a hose to wash a street. Behind him, a man is driving by in a car. A sign for Doc's Coin Mart is on the building behind the car. Caption rea...

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