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Mechanic Working on Tractor Engine

Date: 1944
Description: Mechanic taking apart a tractor engine in the service department of the Snake River Equipment Company, an International Harvester dealership. An Internatio...
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Women Peeling Apples

Date: 1944
Description: Three seated women with bowls on their laps peel apples outdoors while two men stand in the background.
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Kitchen Scene

Date: 1944
Description: A woman sitting on a stool in a kitchen peeling fruits or vegetables. Another woman is lifting the lid off a pot on the stove.
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Factory Workers at West Pullman Works

Date: 1944
Description: Factory workers handle metal parts at West Pullman Works.
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Man Shovelling Metal into West Pullman Works Furnace

Date: 1944
Description: A man wearing protective gloves is shoveling metal pieces into a radiant tube clean hardening furnace at West Pullman Works.
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Mechanic with International Military Truck

Date: 1944
Description: A man dressed in coveralls and a hat inspects a part on the rear of an International truck built for the U.S. Military. The side panel on the vehicle is li...
Poster

Let's All Work - Not Wait for Victory

Date: 1944
Description: War Manpower Commission Design No. 11, "Grandma." The poster features a smiling older matronly woman in a worker's uniform with goggles on her head holding...
Poster

Fighting Men Need Fighting Metal! - Thousands More Miners Needed!

Date: 1944
Description: War Manpower Commission Design No. 7, "Metal Miner." The poster features a man in a cave with mining equipment. At center bottom of the poster the audience...
Poster

Coal Is "Fighting Power" - Thousands More Miners Needed!

Date: 1944
Description: War Manpower Commission Design No. 7, "Coal Miner." The poster features a man in a cave with mining equipment. At center bottom of the poster the audience ...
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International Harvester Dealership in Benton Harbor Michigan

Date: 1944
Description: William Gardner working at a grinder, and Otto Varbrough(?) working at a pin fitting machine in the tool room of an International Harvester dealership. A l...
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Man in Shop Working on Trucks at IH Dealership

Date: 1944
Description: A mechanic works on a truck at Chisholm Brothers, an International Harvester dealership in Snake River Valley, Idaho. On the right the front of a truck cha...
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Trucks in Shop at IH Dealership

Date: 1944
Description: Four trucks in the shop or garage at Chisholm Brothers, an International Harvester dealership in Snake River Valley, Idaho. There are tables with tools and...
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Man Welding in Shop of Montana IH Dealership

Date: 1944
Description: Mechanic in the shop of an International Harvester dealership.
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Mechanics at Owenhouse Hardware Company

Date: 1944
Description: Mechanics work on International trucks at Owenhouse Hardware Company, an International Harvester dealership.
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Mechanic Welding at Owenhouse Hardware Company

Date: 1944
Description: A mechanic welding on a TracTracTor (crawler tractor) in a shop at Owenhouse Hardware Company, an International Harvester dealership.
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Mechanics at Hammer-Staunton Farm & Ranch Equipment

Date: 1944
Description: Mechanics working near large windows on trucks at Hammer-Staunton Farm & Ranch Equipment, an International Harvester dealership.
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Shop at Bush-Ellis Implement Company

Date: 1944
Description: Mechanics working in a shop at the Bush-Ellis Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. At the time of the photo, workers were in the proce...
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Truck with Gun Mount

Date: 1944
Description: Three-quarter view illustration from rear of the left side of a truck, with a gun mount on top of the cab. A shovel and pick are mounted on the side of the...
Photograph

Truck with Gun Mount

Date: 1944
Description: Three-quarter view illustration of the front left side of a truck, which has a gun mount on top of the cab. A shovel and pick are mounted on the side of th...

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