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Workers Painting International Truck Engine Blocks

Date: 10 1938
Description: Factory workers spray-painting truck engine blocks in a paint room of International Harvester's Indianapolis Truck Engine Works. Original caption reads: "D...
Photograph

Machine Operator at Indianapolis Works

Date: 10 1938
Description: Factory worker using a lathe at International Harvester's Indianapolis Truck Engine Works. Original caption reads: "LeBlond crankshaft lathe showing detail...
Photograph

Worker Washes Engine Blocks at Indianapolis Works

Date: 10 1938
Description: Factory operator washing motor truck engine blocks at International Harvester's Indianapolis Motor Truck Works. Original caption reads: "A Blakeslee washin...
Photograph

Machine Operators Hone Truck Engine Connecting Rods

Date: 10 1938
Description: Two machine operators honing truck engine connecting rods at International Harvester's Indianapolis Motor Truck Engine Works. Original caption reads: "Two ...
Photograph

Dock Workers Prepare International Truck Engines for Shipment

Date: 10 1938
Description: Factory workers preparing completed International truck engines for shipment at International Harvester's Indianapolis Motor Truck Engine Works. Original c...
Photograph

War Products Exhibit at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1942
Description: Storefront war products exhibit at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. A sign on the window reads: "Mud pies. Today is serious business! This fou...
Photograph

James Melton on Plant Tour

Date: 1950
Description: "Harvest of Stars" radio and stage personality James "Jimmie" Melton talking with African American workers during a tour of an International Harvester's In...
Poster

McCormick Harvesting Machinery Advertising Poster

Date: 1929
Description: Advertising poster for International Harvester's McCormick line of harvesting machinery, including grain binders, reapers, hay rakes and mowers featuring c...
Book or Pamphlet

Weber Wagon Catalog

Date: 1919
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Weber farm wagons. Features a color illustration of two men with a Weber wagon hitched to a horse. Text reads: "Looks G...
Photograph

International Transtar Semi-Truck

Date: 1966
Description: Color photograph of a loading dock worker talking to a driver sitting in the cab of an International Transtar semi-truck.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering W-9 and WD-9 Tractors

Date: 1942
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering W-9 and WD-9 standard tractors specially designed for wheat farmers and rice growers with larg...
Photograph

Company House and Family in Benham

Date: 1919
Description: A family of five posing in front of an International Harvester "company house" in the coal mining town of Benham.
Print

Columbus One-Horse Farm Wagons

Date: 1916
Description: General line catalog color illustration of a Columbus one-horse farm wagon. The caption beneath the illustration reads: "Columbus Highest Grade One-Horse F...
Photograph

Sweep-Around Windshield Placement on "Golden Jubilee" Truck

Date: 1957
Description: Leo Cross and Albert Overholser place a "sweep-around" windshield onto an International A-100 "Golden Jubilee" truck at International Harvester's Springfie...
Photograph

Rock Island Lines Railroad Truck

Date: 12 16 1936
Description: A man places a bag onto the bed of an International C-1 truck owned by the Chicago Rock Island Railroad. The truck is marked with the text "No.9" and "Wate...
Photograph

Industrial Power Exhibit

Date: 1947
Description: Equipment on display in the Industrial Power Exhibit for Allied Equipment Manufacturers at International Harvester's Melrose Park Works. The foreground fea...
Photograph

Darlington Water Works

Date: 10 12 1938
Description: International P-30 power unit owned by the Darlington water works. The unit pumped 500 gallons per minute.
Photograph

Testing Farmall Cub Engine at Tractor Works

Date: 03 10 1949
Description: Factory worker testing a Farmall Cub engine at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
Photograph

Man Photographing Hay Baler

Date: 1961
Description: A man stands on an elevated platform attached to a tractor in a field while taking photographs of a hay baler in use at Hickory Hill, International Harvest...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Harvester-Thresher Brochure

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines). Features a photograph of two men with a McCormick-Deering harvester-...

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