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| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Workers assembling crawler tractor (TracTractor) frames at the beginning of an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The factory was lo... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Workers setting type inside the Harvester Press typesetting room. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A factory worker at West Pullman Works stands behind a counter surrounded by metal pieces in the ball bearing plant. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A male and a female factory worker operating machines in the ball bearing plant at West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Male and female factory workers sitting and standing along an assembly line at West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Male and female factory workers use drills or drivers on metal parts at West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A factory worker handles metal parts at West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A man working with metal parts as they are carried in baskets along a conveyor suspended from the ceiling at West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Male and female factory workers at West Pullman Works wrap items in paper and package them in boxes as they roll down a conveyor belt. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A blind(?) man operates a piece of machinery behind a table in a display booth at the "blind veterans show." The booth is labeled "International Harvester'... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A man views a model of an early header. Original caption reads: "This display of the 'header,' a machine that preceded today's modern combine, brings back ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large crowd at International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration, held at Soldier Field. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men and women inspecting tractors and engines on display at International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. The exhibition w... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men are looking at a newly unveiled plaque commemorating International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. Original caption reads: "Fowler ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A crew of men laying sewer pipe with a Hough payloader. Original caption states: "Hough Payloader laying sewer pipe sections weighing 200 lbs each. Equipme... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | An International KB-3 truck used by the Petersen-Lund Paint Company is parked along the curb in front of a block of commercial buildings. A man on the side... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Men from the Girdler Corporation use an International KB-6 truck with a 21-foot wheelbase and a Tulsa winch to load equipment pieces into a train car. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Left side view of an International Model KB-10 truck owned by Consumers Company and outfitted with a fuel oil tank. The text on the truck reads: "Better Fu... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men load bundles of plywood(?) onto the bed of an International KB-7 owned by Burnside Construction Company. The truck had a 157-inch wheelbase and a B... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Men examine International power units and other machinery on display in the Industrial Power Exhibit for Allied Equipment Manufacturers. The exhibit took ... |
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