"Makeup for a Tractor" WE of Allis-Chalmers-March/April 1946 It takes four minutes for two men armed with spray guns to put on a tractor’s “makeup.” The smooth, shiny coat of Persian orange paint the spraymen apply makes A-C tractors look like slabs of sunshine as they roll off the West Allis assembly line at the… Continue reading “Makeup for a Tractor”
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Great Pineries of Wisconsin
The logging industry in Wisconsin lasted nearly 62 years after it had exhausted nearly all of the White and Norwegian Pines trees of northern half of Wisconsin. The industry left behind a legacy of abundant prosperity and ecological devastation. This once important industry propelled the state of Wisconsin forward as serious economic lumber hub in the Midwest. In the… Continue reading Great Pineries of Wisconsin
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