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International Auto Buggy

Date: 02 02 1910
Description: International Auto Buggy with removable top on a snow-covered street or lot.
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McCormick Works Dining Hall

Date: 1903
Description: Dining hall at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company before 1902. The staff of the d...
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Fox River

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Fox River. The Green Bay Drop Forge Company are on the left, and the Reiss coal yard is in the distance in the center.
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Green Bay Paper and Fibre Company

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Green Bay (later Hoberg) Paper and Fibre Company, from the back. Stacks of logs are in the foreground near water.
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Fishing Village

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Description: Snow-covered buildings of a fishing village on Rock Island (also known as Pottawatomie Island).
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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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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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International F-31 Truck Loaded with Cotton

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Description: International model "F" or "31" truck. The truck contains bales of cotton, and a man sits in the driver's seat. The truck is photographed on a dirt road wi...
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Municipal Electric and Water Plant

Date: 1927
Description: View from a hill looking down on the plant which has several attached buildings, and a large chimney. To the right are railroad cars along the shoreline o...
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Memorial Library under Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Library under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the background is the State Historical Society, and Science Hall is in the upp...
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Crush Bottling Co.

Date: 09 22 1938
Description: A man standing next to a McCormick-Deering 10 can cooler with his hand on the motor at the Crush Bottling Company. A sign on the back of the cooler reads: ...
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Crop Drying Demonstration

Date: 03 31 1927
Description: Men use an International tractor to power a belt for work with hay. A ladder leans against a large haystack in the background with a sign reading: "Crop Dr...
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Men in Company Truck

Date: 1913
Description: Two men sit in an International Model M truck operated by the "Consumers Stale Bread Company." The truck is parked outside a brick building.
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Quincy Branch House

Date: 11 12 1919
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's Quincy branch building. A loading dock is in the foreground, and an automobile is parked alongside the platform.
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Peoria Branch House

Date: 08 20 1919
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's Peoria branch building. A sign along the top of the building advertises: "Home of International Motor Trucks." T...
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Madison Branch House

Date: 10 25 1919
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester branch office building in Madison. Signs painted on the brick read "Oil Tractors," "Farm Machines, Oil Tractors...
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Kankakee Branch House Showroom

Date: 1920
Description: A McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor and several pieces of and agricultural equipment stand on display inside International Harvester's Kankakee branch office...
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Beverly Coal Truck

Date: 04 28 1939
Description: Men loading large chunks of coal onto the bed of an International D5-40 truck owned by E.I. Clarke Sand and Gravel Company. A storage building is in the ba...
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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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