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Bay View Rolling Mill : The Reason We Exist
- Lithograph
- 2016.178.19
- Lithograph of Bay View Rolling Mill
- Lithograph of Bay View Rolling Mill.
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- Map
- 2017.53.39
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- Scan of 1918 map of Bay View Rolling Mill.
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- Print, Photographic
- 2017.39.1
- Eber Brock Ward
- Framed copy of print of Eber Brock Ward, owner of the Milwaukee Iron Company.
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- Print
- 2017.30.1
- Bay View Blast Furnaces
- Print of painting depicting original blast furnaces at Bay View Iron Mill. The painting is titled "Bay View Blast Furnaces" and was painted by Arthur J. Dadd (American, 1828-1877) in 1871.
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- Iron
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- Sample of iron ore from the Lake Superior Region found on Jones Island during the winter of 2010.
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- Photograph
- 2016.178.18
- Group Photo of Mill Workers 1884
- Photograph of mill group on stairs.
July 15, 1884.
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- Photograph
- 2017.54.4
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- Copy of photograph of Bay View Rolling Mill, circa 1887.
The mill was known as the North Chicago Rolling Mill at the time.
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- Photograph
- 2018.14.1
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- Photograph of state militia at Bay View Rolling Mill.
May 5, 1886.
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- Photograph
- 2017.24.18
- Rolling Mill Marker
- Photograph of Rolling Mill Massacre historical marker. The marker is located at the intersection of Superior and Russell streets, and was erected in 1985.
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- Photograph
- 2018.10.1
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- Photograph of Puddler's Hall.
March 20, 2018.
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- Invitation
- 2017.32.1
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- Invitation to Dedication Program designating Puddler's Hall as an Historic Landmark. Front of invitation depicts a Puddler with rabble and paddle.
Inside of invitation reads, in part:
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- Photograph
- 2017.40.1
- Puddlers' Cottages
- Photograph of the millhouses, also known as puddler's cottages. Mill employees could rent or buy these company-built homes.
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- Sleeve
- 2017.36.1
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- Puddler's protective sleeve likely used by an ironworker at the Bay View Rolling Mill. The glove was found in a Bay View Puddler's cottage—a millworker's home built by the company. The glove was designed to be worn over regular work gloves, and cover... View Full Record
- Tongs, Metalworking
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- Metal tongs used by iron workers to move and turn rolled iron rails. The tongs are believed to have have been used by workers at the Bay View Rolling Mill.... View Full Record
- Hook
- 2017.38.1
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- Hook used by ironworkers to move and turn hot iron rails on cooling beds.... View Full Record
- Medal, Prize
- 2017.34.1
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- Medals awarded to W.W. Steiner for 35 years of service at the Bay View Rolling Mill.
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- Photograph
- 2016.178.17
- Illinois Steel Co. Milwaukee 1936-1938
- Photograph of Illinois Steel Company, Milwaukee,1936-1938.
Blast furnaces looking South.
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- Photograph
- 2016.178.14
- Illinois Steel Co. Milwaukee 1936-1938
- Photograph of Illinois Steel Company, Milwaukee, 1936-1938.
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- Photograph
- 2017.54.1
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- Newspaper scan of tour of Bay View Rollling Mill site.
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- Photograph
- 2017.54.6
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- Photograph of aerial view of Bay View Rolling Mill site and Jones Island.
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