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Workers Fill Canisters with IHC Red Light Truck Paint

Date: 1939
Description: Two workers filling and sealing canisters with light truck red no. 50 paint inside the Paint Department of International Harvester's McCormick Works. The M...
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Workers Test Paint Quality at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: Workers testing paint for physical constancy, viscosity and weight per gallon in the Paint Department of International Harvester's McCormick Works. Cans of...
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Workers Box Cans of Paint at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: Paint Department workers boxing cans of "Motor Truck and Tractor Synthetic Enamel Paint" for shipment from the International Harvester's McCormick Works. T...
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Red Dot Potato Chip Plant

Date: 1939
Description: Man working with machinery at the Red Dot Potato Chip plant.
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Coop Service Station

Date: 1939
Description: A serviceman checks the oil of a car at the Madison Co-op Station. During the 1930s the cooperative movement in Wisconsin expanded its rural base to offer ...
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Painting a Farmall Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: A man wearing coveralls and a mask spraying paint(?) on a Farmall tractor. The man is probably a service technician or mechanic at an Interational Harvest...
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Accelerated Weather Testing Machine at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: Accelerated weather testing machine used to test the durability of paint in the McCormick Works (factory) Paint Department.
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Paint Department at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: An factory worker in the Paint Department at McCormick Works discharges 100-gallon ball mills. Another man works in the background on a raised platform in ...
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Filling and Labeling Machine

Date: 1939
Description: An factory worker at McCormick Works uses an automatic filling and labeling machine.
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Testing Paint Thinner at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: Two men determine the distillation range of paint thinner in the Paint Department of McCormick Works (factory).
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Paint Department at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: Factory workers in the Paint Department of McCormick Works charge vehicles and pigment into large ball units.
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Automotive Enamel Testing at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: Factory worker in the McCormick Works Paint Department tests the spraying qualities of automotive enamels.
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Brackelsberg Furnace at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: Factory workers take samples from the 8-ton Brackelsberg Furnace at McCormick Works. The original caption reads: "Furnace has three tap spouts. Large insul...
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Tapping a Brackelsberg Furnace at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: Factory workers at McCormick Works tap an 8-top Brackelsberg furnace. The original caption reads: "Control mechanism for rotating and tilting furnace, also...
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Brackelsberg Furnace Charging at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: Factory workers at McCormick Works charge an 8-ton Brackelsberg Furnace. The original caption reads: "10 charging buckets holding 1,600 lbs. each are moved...
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Rotating Furnaces at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: A factory worker stands next to the battery of roller bearing tumble mills at McCormick Works.
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Road Construction with an International T-14

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of two men working with an International T-14 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and an Adams grader to level a new road.
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International Harvester Diesel Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Two men operate an International Harvester Diesel Tractor. Original caption reads: "International Diesel tractor with dual pneumatic tires and new type of ...
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TracTracTors Building Route 39 in Florida

Date: 1939
Description: Three TD-40 TracTracTors (crawler tractors) and a TD-18 help construct Route 39 in western Florida. The tractors were owned by Smith Engineering and Constr...
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International TD-14 Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: An International Harvester TD-14 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with "B.E. Bullgrader" levels a mound of dirt for a highway exit. Original caption includes ...

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