Photograph
International Harvester 20 mm Gun Plant
| A factory worker operating a broaching machine at International Harvester's 20 millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "Broaching is a conspicuous feature of Harvester methods in manufacturing the 20 m.m. cannon, both for the tube and for holes in the receiver body or breech block. Two makes of broaching machines are used on the barrel, American and LeBlond. These machines are 26 feet long, and the lead screw which produce the rifling, are respectively 2-1/2 inches and 2 inches in diameter." |
| Image ID: | 59290 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 05 25 1942 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | St. Paul (?) |
| County: | |
| State: | Minnesota |
| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company photo albums, circa 1899-1965 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 7Z, Album 555 pg. 108 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| Work clothes |
| Factories |
| Machinery |
| Machinery industry |
| War work |
| World War, 1939-1945 |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Weapons |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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