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Combine Assembly Line at East Moline Works

Date: 1944
Description: Male and female workers installing parts on combine bodies along assembly line at International Harvester's East Moline Works. The factory was constructed ...
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Truax Field

Date: 1948
Description: A Beechcraft 18 in the former Air Force hangar at Truax Field. This photograph was taken shortly after Wisconsin Central Airlines moved its headquarters fr...
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Painters on Scaffold

Date: 10 17 1945
Description: Two Capital Decorating Company employees on a scaffold painting window frames in the Park Hotel, 22 South Carroll Street. A man can be seen looking out of ...
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Rock Falls Works

Date: 1944
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works.
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Factory Worker at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1944
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works.
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Factory Worker at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1944
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works.
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Factory Worker at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1944
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works.
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Factory Worker at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1944
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works.
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Factory Workers at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1944
Description: Factory workers at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works.
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Springs at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1944
Description: Overhead view of a factory worker working with springs at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works.
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Rock Falls Works

Date: 1944
Description: A line of factory workers next to a large pile of metal parts at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works.
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Factory Worker at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1944
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works.
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Employee Working on Titan 10-20 Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: A man works on a Titan 10-20 tractor outside International Harvester's Milwaukee Works (factory).
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Women Employees at Tractor Works

Date: 1943
Description: Two female factory workers talk while standing in front of a piece of machinery at International Harvester's Tractor Works factory. The original caption re...
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Woman at Lathe in War Production at Tractor Works

Date: 1943
Description: A female factory worker operates a lathe at International Harvester's Tractor Works. Another woman is working in the background. The original caption reads...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Machine Hall

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of interior of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Machine Hall. Several men work in the large, warehouse-like work space amidst numerous m...
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Plastering Straw Stacks with Clay

Date: 1927
Description: Algerian men are plastering a straw stack with clay. Another straw stack can be seen on the right. Hills are barely visible in the distance. An out-of-focu...
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Crawler Tractor

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Description: View down slope towards a man driving a crawler tractor to move earth. Some of the decals on the tractor read: "W. Hoggman & Sons Inc.," "Allied" and "TD25...
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Lakewood Train Station

Date: 1898
Description: View down platform of Lakewood train station, with two men standing near a doorway on the left near two sacks. Another man is further down the platform ben...
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House Under Construction at Walnut Grove

Date: 
Description: View across field towards men working on a brick building under construction. Scaffolding is set up around the building, and frames for the roof are expose...

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