Photograph
Crawler Tractors at IH Factory
| Elevated view of men walking among crawler tractors (TracTracTors) inside an International Harvester factory, possibly Tractor Works. |
| Image ID: | 85705 |
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| Creation Date: | 1959 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Chicago |
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| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company Photographs for Company Magazines, 1955-1973 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | M2005-077; B3968-1, #6 |
| Original Dimensions: | 35mm |
| The photograph was taken for "Production; A Pictorial Report," an article appearing in the February-March 1959 issue of "Harvester World Magazine." The original caption on a similar photograph reads, "Crawlers in Chicago. Healthiest Quality of Harvester's upturn is the fact that all IH divisions - all major products - are affected. The Construction Equipment Division, for example, with plants in Chicago, Melrose Park and Milwaukee, finds itself with the largest peace-time backlog in its 15-year history. By May 5, the division will have made its third production increase in four months, will have tripled its output of crawler tractors. Improved conditions in the industry plus favorable acceptance of new IH products have brightened the Construction Equipment picture. Augmenting the civilian business: two sizeable contracts for the military; one huge export order for the Turkish National Highway department." |
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