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Combing Fibre

Date: 1905
Description: Men in a factory comb fiber (fibre), the first process preparatory to spinning. International Harvester used sisal fiber to make binder twine. The men may ...
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McCormick Harvester-Thresher

Date: 02 28 1916
Description: McCormick No. 1 harvester-thresher at International Harvester's McCormick Works (factory).
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Machinery and Parts at Osborne Works

Date: 1905
Description: Machinery and parts at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was later known as "Auburn Works."
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Milwaukee Works Employees in Height Demonstration

Date: 1919
Description: Factory workers from International Harvester's Milwaukee Works demonstrate the difference in their respective heights. The two shorter men, Schultz (left) ...
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Men Unloading Lumber from Train

Date: 1900
Description: Men unload pieces of lumber from the opened boxcars of a train near the McCormick Reaper Works factory.
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First Gillette Tire

Date: 05 23 1917
Description: A group of men, women and children are standing and watching as a Gillette employee works on the first tire produced by the Gillette Rubber Company. From l...
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First Gillette Tire, Completed

Date: 05 23 1917
Description: A group of men, women and children standing around the first tire produced by the Gillette Rubber Company. Hodge Smith is standing a baby on a table behind...
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Portugal — Open House in Celebration of New Premises

Date: 1966
Description: Elevated outdoor view of men attending the open house in celebration of Fassio, Lda.'s new premises in Portugal. On the left are International tractors par...
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Portugal — Open House in Celebration of New Premises

Date: 1966
Description: View of the buildings at Fassio, Lda.'s new premises in Portugal, Two men are walking near buildings near a banner with the IH logo. On the far right an au...

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