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International Truck Carrying Female Employees

Date: 1918
Description: International G-1(?) truck carrying International Harvester Company women workers during World War I. The truck is decorated with flags and shields bearing...
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International 8-16 Tractor Assembly Line

Date: 1918
Description: Partially assembled International 8-16 tractors lined up inside International Harvester's Tractor Works (?) (factory).
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Wheel Spoke Stockroom at International Harvester's Weber Works

Date: 1918
Description: Workers handling spokes for wagon wheels at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works. The factory was located at Auburn Park and was owned by the Weber ...
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Saw Blade Shop at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1918
Description: Saws blades and machinery in a saw blade sharpening and setting shop at International Harvester's Weber Works. The factory was located at Auburn Park and w...
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Assembling a Wagon at Weber Works

Date: 1918
Description: Men working on a wagon truck inside International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works. A completed Weber wagon and a large American flag are in the background. T...
Poster

Sterling Thresher

Date: 1918
Description: Advertising poster for the Sterling Thresher manufactured by the International Harvester Company. Includes the text: "Save the Thresherman's Charge." This ...
Book or Pamphlet

Feed Your Hungry Crops

Date: 1918
Description: Cover of an "educational" pamphlet published by International Harvester to promote the use of manure spreaders, fertilizers and lime spreaders. Features an...
Book or Pamphlet

International Ensilage Cutters Catalog

Date: 1918
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International ensilage cutters, featuring an illustration of farmers using an ensilage cutter to fill a silo. At the bo...
Photograph

Harvester Press Building

Date: 1918
Description: The exterior of the Harvester Press building on Adams Street. Original caption reads: "Harvester Print Shop -- Adams Street, Chicago. Relocated to 4829 S....
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International Truck Billboard

Date: 1918
Description: Billboard for International motor trucks on Diversey Avenue outside of Deering Works. The billboard lettering reads: "Use International for Low-Cost Haulin...
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Deering Works

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of the Fullerton Avenue side of the Deering Works (factory) building. Two cars are parked just inside the factory gate. Before 1902, the buil...
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Deering Works Neighborhood

Date: 1918
Description: Neighborhood streets near Deering Works, including several International Harvester billboards. One sign reads: "International Motor Trucks, a size and styl...
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Women in Parade

Date: 1918
Description: Women, possibly International Harvester employees, carrying American flags and a company banner in a parade. The parade may be on Michigan Avenue in Chicag...
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Confetti Falls at Parade

Date: 1918
Description: Confetti falls as pedestrians and automobiles take to the street during a parade.
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Large Flag in Parade

Date: 1918
Description: As confetti falls from above, men are walking on Michigan Avenue in a parade. The man on the left is carrying a large American flag on a pole over his shou...
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Parade on Michigan Avenue

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of a parade on Michigan Avenue taken from the International Harvester building. Grant Park is in the background.
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Harvester Employees(?) Grouped for Parade

Date: 1918
Description: Group of men and women, many holding American flags, on top of and around a wagon or an International truck on a city street. The truck has a banner which ...
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Men Using Machinery in a Factory

Date: 1918
Description: Factory workers tend to machines on wheeled carts at International Harvester's McCormick Works factory. The carts run along a track embedded in the floor.
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McCormick Works Factory

Date: 1918
Description: Factory workers assemble machines moving along a track on wooden carts at International Harvester's McCormick Works.
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McCormick Works Machinery

Date: 1918
Description: Factory worker assembles machines at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The machines are loaded on carts that roll along a track embedded in the fl...

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