Photograph
International M-5-6 Trucks on Assembly Line
| Factory workers on the assembly line (possibly at International Harvester's Ft. Wayne Works) with M-5-6 trucks. Original caption reads: "The trucks are the military model No. M-5-6, originally sold to the United States Army. These trucks have been diverted under the Lease-Lend Program to Russia." |
| Image ID: | 59450 |
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| Creation Date: | 1941 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Ft. Wayne (?) |
| County: | |
| State: | Indiana |
| 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 Page 79 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9.25 x 7.5 inches |
| Additional descriptive information with original photograph includes: "Not to be used by anyone without O.K. of A.C. Seyfarth-Restricted." "For shipment the trucks are crated as follows: One box contains one chassis with 10 wheels and tires less the cab. Tire are put underneath the chassis and on top of the frame. The gross weight of the box is 11,170 pounds. The net weight is 8,560 pounds. Size of the box is 237 by 88 by 58 inches-700 cubic feet. A second crate contains two cabs and four spare wheels and tires. The gross weight is 2,780 pounds, net weight 1,776 pounds. The box measures 129 by 65 by 66 inches-320.3 cubic feet. The boxes are packed two together with all bows, tarpaulins, etc, inside. There is no crate as the boxes are wired securely together and shipped without crates. There are no weight or dimensions of the body package. Thus two complete trucks, cabs and bodies, are shipped in four packages. The entire shipment includes 500 trucks." |
| Automobile industry and trade |
| Transportation, Military |
| War work |
| World War, 1939-1945 |
| Indoor photography |
| Skylights |
| Work clothes |
| Factories |
| Trucks |
| Blue collar workers |
| Manual work |
| Men |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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