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Wheel Room at Plano Works

Date: 1907
Description: Factory workers are standing in the "wheel room" at International Harvester's Plano Works. The factory was later known as "West Pullman Works."
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Chattanooga Factory View

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers walk between rows of molds for machine implement parts at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Ottawa Farm Machinery Company

Date: 11 20 1925
Description: A man sits behind a desk in the showroom of the Ottawa Farm Machinery Company, an International Harvester dealership. A truck, tractor, feed grinder and cr...
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Workers at Hamilton Works

Date: 1930
Description: Male factory workers at International Harvester's Hamilton Works use machines on either side of an aisle.
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Engineering Department at St. Paul Works

Date: 1941
Description: Men and women at drafting tables at International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Original caption reads: "Medium Caliber Artillery Gun Manufacture. The engine...
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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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New Truck Department at Manhattan Branch

Date: 05 24 1937
Description: A man stands beside a truck in the new truck department on the third floor of International Harvester's Manhattan branch. Additional trucks are parked in t...
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Osborne Works Molding Unit

Date: 1940
Description: Men are using Champion Jolt Squeeze molding machines in the molding unit at International Harvester's Osborne Works factory.
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Binder Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Male and female factory workers wear protective hair bonnets while working in a room where twine is wound, weighed, and inspected. The workers stand in a r...
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Men in Shredder Department at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of factory workers at stations in the Shredder Department at the McCormick Works.
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Men with Sisal Fiber at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers stand with piles of sisal fiber used in the production of binder twine. The fiber is fed into spreading machines on the right.

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