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Farmall Works assembly line

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers on a tractor assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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100,000th International Farmall Celebration

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view over crowd towards an executive who is speaking to workers assembled by the receiving department at Farmall Works to celebrate the 100,000th ...
Print

Fort Armstong

Date: 1829
Description: Hand-colored lithograph of Fort Armstrong, based on a drawing by Henry Lewis. Includes boats on the Mississippi River.
Photograph

100,000th Farmall Celebration

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view over crowd of people towards a man standing on a platform, possibly Cyrus McCormick III. He is speaking to a large group of people gathered o...
Book or Pamphlet

Bridge

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of the Rock Island Bridge.
Photograph

Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal Construction

Date: 05 16 1942
Description: Men use a crane to work on the "Micro-Westco Addition" at International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal. The text on the crane reads: "Universal; Exca...
Photograph

Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal Boundary Line

Date: 04 29 1942
Description: View of the grounds of International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal, looking south towards the proposed East boundary fence line. A man is standing i...
Photograph

Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal Southern Boundary

Date: 1942
Description: View looking East toward the proposed south boundary fence line of International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal. A railroad track and car are on the ...
Photograph

Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal Fenceline

Date: 04 29 1942
Description: View down railroad tracks towards approaching trains. Men are walking across the tracks in the foreground at International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Ars...
Photograph

Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal 23rd Street Entrance

Date: 04 29 1942
Description: Men are walking along railroad tracks near the 23rd Street entrance at International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal.
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Quad-CIties Tank Arsenal Personnel Building

Date: 04 30 1942
Description: External view of the proposed Personnel Building at the Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal. The sign on the side of the building reads: "Bettendorf Co. Steel Foundry...
Photograph

Ordnance Steel Foundry Concrete Footings

Date: 07 21 1942
Description: Men pouring and smoothing cement on the construction site of the Ordnance Steel Foundry Company. The Foundry may have served as part of International Harve...
Photograph

Ordnance Steel Foundry Annex

Date: 09 16 1942
Description: Exterior view of the annex to International Harvester's Ordnance Steel Foundry with railroad tracks running through the foreground. Several men stand near ...
Photograph

Watch House at Quad Cities Tank Arsenal

Date: 11 20 1942
Description: Men constructing guard towers at International Harvester's Quad Cities Tank Arsenal. Buildings and a vehicle are in the background.
Photograph

Boiler House at Quad Cities Tank Arsenal

Date: 10 21 1942
Description: Men are standin on scaffolding to work on the Boiler House at International Harvester's Quad Cities Tank Arsenal. Another man is working on the ground besi...
Photograph

Quad Cities Tank Arsenal Construction

Date: 09 18 1942
Description: Two men are standing on ladders while working on the side of a building at International Harvester's Quad Cities Tank Arsenal. Another man is standing near...
Print

Prison for Confederate Soldiers at Rock Island

Date: 1864
Description: Aerial view, probably from a lithograph, of the prison for Confederate soldiers at Rock Island.
Photograph

Farmalls Ready for Delivery

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of Farmall tractors ready for delivery by rail and truck leave International Harvester's Farmall Works factory. In the foreground are stacks ...
Photograph

Farmall Delivery by Rail

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of Farmall tractors are loaded onto railroad cars as they prepare to leave International Harvester's Farmall Works factory. On the locomotive...
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Farmall Tractors at Farmall Works

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of rows of Farmall tractors lined up in a lot outside International Harvester's Farmall Works. Original caption (with magazine article) reads...

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