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Photo montage of steelworkers
TitlePhoto montage of steelworkers
Date1944-09-11
SubjectIndustries -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionAdvertising. People Working. Photo of layout for montage for Process Steel Company. Most views of ma...
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Jasper C. Davis Lansing City Engineer
TitleJasper C. Davis Lansing City Engineer
DateUnknown
SubjectPortraits--Lansing, Mich.
DescriptionPhoto of Jasper C. Davis, Lansing. City Engineer of Lansing. Worked for Union Pacific at Denver, CO;...
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Breakdown in Munson Pact Relations
TitleBreakdown in Munson Pact Relations
Date1970-03-19
SubjectLabor Relations
DescriptionNewspaper article.
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Strike Slated at Munson is Postponed
TitleStrike Slated at Munson is Postponed
Date1970-03-26
SubjectLabor Relations
DescriptionNewspaper article.
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Camp 4 of the Michigan State Telephone Company, located on the Brule River in northeastern Wisconsin
TitleCamp 4 of the Michigan State Telephone Company, located on the Brule River in northeastern Wisconsin
Date1908
SubjectTelephone companies -- Employees
DescriptionPhotograph of the Michigan State Telephone Company, located on the Brule River in northeastern Wisco...
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Railroad gang
TitleRailroad gang
Dateca. 1900
SubjectRailroads -- Employees
DescriptionExtremely early and unidentified photograph may record a crew from the railroad gang which cut, grad...
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Extension of the Wisconsin Michigan Railway from Norway to Quinnesec
TitleExtension of the Wisconsin Michigan Railway from Norway to Quinnesec
Dateca. 1903
SubjectRailroads -- Employees
DescriptionPhotograph of a crew employed by John Marsch to extend the Wisconsin & Michigan Railway from Faithor...
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Three female office workers at Klose Electric Company
TitleThree female office workers at Klose Electric Company
Date1951-01
SubjectElectric lighting -- Equipment and supplies
DescriptionBusiness Scenes. Interior view of office and the secretarial staff, wearing corsages and stylish dr...
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Library charge desk, WMU
TitleLibrary charge desk, WMU
Date1958-10
SubjectAcademic libraries
DescriptionEducation. Main circulation desk in lobby of new Dwight B. Waldo Library at Western Michigan Univers...
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Group portrait, company picnic
TitleGroup portrait, company picnic
Date1972-05-30
SubjectMead Corporation -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionEvents. Employees at Mead Container Corporation picnic and award presentation, 4141 Manchester Road....
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Man presenting award at company picnic
TitleMan presenting award at company picnic
Date1972-05-30
SubjectMead Corporation -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionEvents. Garth Miller holding award to be presented to Frank Hiestand at company picnic and award pre...
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Industrial machine of George Olcott Company
TitleIndustrial machine of George Olcott Company
Date1969-04-07
SubjectManufacturing industries - Allegan (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Products. Industrial sandblasting machine manufactured by George Olcott Company, Allegan....
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Railroad tie removing equipment
TitleRailroad tie removing equipment
Date1957-08
SubjectRailroad equipment industry
DescriptionIndustrial Products. Man operating railroad tie removing equipment. Client: Matissa Equipment Corp. ...
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Woman with collector ring
TitleWoman with collector ring
Date1969-04-30
SubjectWomen employees
DescriptionIndustrial Products. Woman, identified as Holly Burnette, with industrial collector ring. Kalamazoo,...
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Man working outside on steel mill reel
TitleMan working outside on steel mill reel
Date1964-01-29
SubjectSteel industry and trade -- Kalamazoo (Mich.)
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Man wearing hardhat, coat, and gloves, outdoors examining steel mill reel compone...
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Man with fire extinguisher
TitleMan with fire extinguisher
Date1943-04-01
SubjectCoal trade
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. People Working. Hayward Hawkins with fire extinguisher in coal yard. Client: Shak...
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Production for war parachute canisters
TitleProduction for war parachute canisters
Date1944-02-01
SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. People Working. Women and men loading AN-M26 parachute flares into wooden crates ...
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War production for parachutes
TitleWar production for parachutes
Date1944-02-01
SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. People Working. Women assembling parachutes for AN-M26 parachute flares at Kalama...
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Two women examining paper company machine
TitleTwo women examining paper company machine
Date1945-04-15
SubjectWomen employees
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Two women remove paper products from machine. Client: Sutherland Paper Company (P...
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Two women and one man in production area of Kalamazoo Stove Company
TitleTwo women and one man in production area of Kalamazoo Stove Company
Date1946-08-15
SubjectStove industry and trade
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Two women wearing dresses and work gloves, one in kerchief, pulling metal trays o...
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Paper company machine with woman working
TitlePaper company machine with woman working
Date1945-04-15
SubjectWomen employees
DescriptionIndustrial Scenes. Woman operating unidentified paper equipment. Client: Sutherland Paper Company (P...
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Mottos
TitleMottos
Date1964-07
SubjectEmployee motivation
DescriptionPeople - Daily Life. Photo of five small signs, motivational mottos for the work environment. Job o...
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Eckrich group around table
TitleEckrich group around table
Date1953-03
SubjectWomen employees
DescriptionPeople - Daily Life. Unidentified Eckrich employees in meeting seated around a rectangular table. Te...
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People in computer room
TitlePeople in computer room
Date1969-06-25
SubjectComputers
DescriptionPeople Working. Computer room at Aeromotive Manufacturing includes female operator seated at key pun...
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Preparing food for WMU student center
TitlePreparing food for WMU student center
Date1958-10
SubjectFood service employees
DescriptionPeople Working. Cooks preparing food at Bernhard Center, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI....
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