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Tire Factory Interior

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated interior view of the Boone Tire Factory. Men are lined up along a wall with open windows. They are each using a stand to hold a wheel while wrappi...
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Factory Worker at Plano Works

Date: 1919
Description: Factory worker operating machinery at International Harvester's Plano Works. The factory was later known as "West Pullman Works."
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Making Wagon Wheels at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1919
Description: Factory workers making wagon wheels at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works. The men are working near the windows. An American flag is hanging on th...
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Making Wagon Wheels at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1919
Description: Factory worker cutting spokes for wagon wheels at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works. Other men are working in the background.
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Assembling Wheel at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1919
Description: A factory worker using a hammer to assemble a wagon wheel at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works.
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Assembling Wheel at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1919
Description: A factory worker with a wagon wheel at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works.
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Boone Tire Factory

Date: 1919
Description: Three men use three different pieces of machinery in various stages of the tire-making process at the Boone Tire Factory. Stacks of tires are piled around ...
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Man Using Tire-Making Machinery

Date: 1919
Description: Interior view of the Boone Tire Factory. A man is using a machine to wrap canvas around a rubber tire.
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Tire Factory Interior

Date: 1919
Description: Interior view of room at the Boone Tire Factory. Tires are stacked on the floor and in racks. In the left foreground is a large desk with hutch and two cha...
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Filling Tire Molds

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of a room in the Boone Tire Factory. Two men are removing a tire from a mold, one of many running along a conveyor belt inside the Boone Tire...
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Tire-Making Machinery

Date: 1919
Description: A piece of unidentified machinery for making tires inside the Boone Tire Factory.
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Interior of Boone Tire Factory

Date: 1919
Description: Four men work inside the Boone Tire Factory.
Book or Pamphlet

Happy Farmer Tractors Pamphlet

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising LaCrosse "Happy Farmer Tractors." The pamphlet features an illustration of a kerosene-burning engine and lists the pr...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior of the machine shop at the Lawson plant. There are drill presses and a belt-driven machinery system attached to the open rafters of the ceiling. S...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior view of the Lawson plant. At least 18 people are working in the large, open room. Belt-driven machinery is attached to the rafters of the open cei...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the interior of the Lawson plant, a large open room with exposed ceiling and windows lining both walls. Part of the fuselage for a Lawson ...
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior of the Lawson machine shop, with two Lawson engines, one housed in part of a fuselage, the other set on a wooden support. A long wooden frame is i...
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Illustration of Engine Powered Cream Separator

Date: 1919
Description: Illustration of an engine powered cream separator in a farm building. A window in the wall looks out towards farm buildings across a field.
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Cobbler's Shop

Date: 1919
Description: A cobbler repairing shoes. He is standing at a counter with the tools of his trade and a shelf of shoes and boots. He is wearing a long apron. The shop is ...

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