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Female Employees Operating Machines at IHC's Chatham Works

Date: 1944
Description: Slightly elevated view of female workers operating machines at International Harvester's Chatham Works in Ontario, Canada. The factory was originally owned...
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Packing Mowers for Shipment International Harvester Factory

Date: 1915
Description: Workers assembling and boxing mower frames for shipment at one of International Harvester's "Harvester Works" (most likely McCormick Works).
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McCormick Works(?) Machine Shop

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Description: Rows of belt-driven machines inside the "automatic screw machine shop" at International Harvester's McCormick Works(?). According to the original caption: ...
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Making Grey Iron Wheels for Mowers at International Harvester Foundry

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Description: The original caption reads as follows: "Harvesting machines are made largely of iron and steel, consequently foundries, blacksmith shops, machine shops and...
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McCormick Works Lumberyard

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Description: Elevated view of lumberyard at International Harvester's McCormick Works as seen from across the water. The original caption reads as follows: "We think of...
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Dipping Mower Wheels at Deering Works

Date: 1919
Description: Two workers dipping mower wheels in paint at International Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was owned by the Deering Harvester Company before 1902. I...
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International Motor Trucks Billboard

Date: 1920
Description: Roadside billboard for International motor trucks distributed by the Memphis Motor Car Company. The advertisement depicts an International truck axle.
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Workers Hauling Sisal Leaves

Date: 1910
Description: Workers hauling sisal leaves with rail carts and burros to a decortication mill in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The mill was likely part of Internation...
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Child Laborers Bringing Fibre Down From Mountains

Date: 1910
Description: Procession of child laborers carrying bundles of twine fibre (fiber) down from the mountains in the Philippines. The fibre was likely used by International...
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Philippine Workers Transport Fibre using Water Buffalo

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Description: Workers transporting twine fibre (fiber) using water buffalo and a wooden cart in the Philippines. The fibre was likely used by International Harvester fo...
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Osborne Twine Mills

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Description: Illustration of International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mills. The Osborne Works was owned by D.M. Osborne Company until 1903, when it was purchased by Int...
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Workers Store Bundles of Twine inside Warehouse

Date: 1910
Description: Three workers and a supervisor stacking bundles of twine all the way to the roof in a warehouse at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. The Osborn...
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Workers Processing Sisal in Philippines

Date: 1948
Description: Workers processing bundles of sisal fibre (fiber) at a factory or mill in the Philippines. The factory likely was owned by the International Harvester Comp...
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Workers Process Sisal in Philippines

Date: 1948
Description: Workers processing sisal at a factory in the Philippines. The factory likely was owned by the International Harvester Company as part of its twine producti...
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Workers Hanging Sisal in Yucatan(?)

Date: 1948
Description: Workers, mostly female, hanging bundles of sisal on wires on a plantation in the Yucatan(?). The plantation was likely run by the International Harvester C...
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Child Worker Removing Twine from Machine - Safety Screen Added

Date: 1910
Description: Boy removing a bundle of twine from a decorticator machine at an International Harvester factory in the Yucatan, Mexico.
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Processing Sisal in the Philippines

Date: 1948
Description: Workers processing bundles of sisal in large piles at an International Harvester facility in the Philippines.
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IHC Deering Twine Mill

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Description: International Harvester's Deering Twine Mill. The twine mill was part of the Deering Works. The factory was owned by the Deering Harvester Company until 19...
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Women's Lunch Room at IHC Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of female workers gathered in the women's lunch room at the International Harvester's Osborne Works twine mill. The factory was owne...
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Women Balling Twine at Deering Works

Date: 1915
Description: Female workers using machines to ball twine at International Harvester's Deering Works twine mill. The Deering works was located at Fullerton and Clybourn ...

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