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MacWhyte Company event

MacWhyte Company event

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MacWhyte Company event

Creator: MacWhyte Company
Date: ca. 1930-ca. 1970
Summary: A band plays at a MacWhyte event. Circa mid-20th century.

Founded in 1896 by F. B. Macomber and George Whyte in Coal City, Illinois, MacWhyte Company came to Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1912, where wire rope, aircraft cables, and tie rods were produced. In 1984, a MacWhyte Industrial Park was formed in Kenosha, covering a total of 30 acres. Multiple factors contributed to the decline of operations and the company closed in 1999.

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Creator: MacWhyte Company
Date: ca. 1930-ca. 1970
Description of Original: 1 photographic print ; 3 in. x 4 in.
Format: Still image
Location of Original: Kenosha History Center : Industrial Photographic Print Collection, no. 1236
Collections: Kenosha's Lost Industries: Photographs and Corporate Materials, 1850s-1990s; Wisconsin Local Histories; State of Wisconsin Collection

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