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Four Wheel Drive Special

Date: 1932
Description: The Miller Engine-Four Wheel Drive Special and executives of the Four Wheel Drive Company of Clintonville at the Indianapolis Speedway in 1932. FWD person...
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Indianapolis Branch House

Date: 1917
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester branch house. Signs on the building advertise farm machines, oil tractors, engines, wagons and motor trucks. A lon...
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Six-Speed Special at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1930
Description: A group of onlookers watches as an International Six-Speed Special truck ascends a ramp in an International Harvester tent at the Indiana State Fair. A cas...
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Indianapolis Truck Engine Works

Date: 1956
Description: Factory workers pose at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. Original caption states: "First 26 employees at the new Indianapolis truck engine wor...
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Worker at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1938
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. Original caption states: "M.F. and John Barnes machine with planetary milling head for fin...
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Milling Crankshaft Bearings at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1938
Description: Factory worker near a conveyor belt at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. The man has tattoos on both arms. Original caption states: "Newton Ris...
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Crankshaft Lathe at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1938
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. Original caption states: "LeBlond Crankshaft Lathe showing detail of tool set-up for turni...
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Finish Grinding Main Bearings at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1938
Description: A factory worker wearing safety glasses at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. Original caption states: "Landis machine for finish grinding main ...
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Finish Boring at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1938
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. Original caption states: "One of a group of Excello Precision Boring machines for finish b...
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Drilling Operation at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1938
Description: Factory workers at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. Each wears a protective apron, and eyeglasses. Original caption states: "Battery of Pratt...
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Machining of Bolt Holes at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1938
Description: Factory worker with tools at International Harvester's Indianpolis Works. Original caption states: "A special-built Greenlee machine for drilling, reaming,...
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Boring Flywheel at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1938
Description: Factory worker in overalls and an apron at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. Original caption states: "Radial-type Gisholt automatic machine fo...
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Drilling Cylinder Heads at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1938
Description: Factory worker operates a machine at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. Near the top are two signs: "Dept. 15" and "Dept. 14". Original caption ...
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Washing Cylinder Blocks at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1938
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works (Truck Engine Works). Original caption states: "A Blakeslee washing machine for washing cyli...
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Moving Castings to Conveyor Belt at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1940
Description: Factory workers at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works (Truck Engine Works). Original caption states: "Castings being taken from Panborn cleaning ...
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Pipe Crew at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1940
Description: Factory workers at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works (Truck Engine Works). Original caption states: "One of the foundry maintenance operations, ...
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Transporting Engines

Date: 1948
Description: A factory worker uses a lift on a loading dock to transport six engines to a truck at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works.
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F-12 Quick Detachable Equipment Display at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1935
Description: Farm implements mounted on a rotating circular platform near a Farmall F-12 tractor at the Indiana State Fair. The display was likely used to demonstrate "...
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Binder Twine Making Machine Display

Date: 1935
Description: A crowd of people gathers around a McCormick-Deering binder twine-making machine for a demonstration beneath a tent at the Indiana State Fair.
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McCormick-Deering Industrial Power Display

Date: 1935
Description: Engines and power units on display beneath a tent at the Indiana State Fair. An electric sign flanked by two evergreen trees reads: McCormick-Deering Indus...

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