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Stoking the Fire

Date: 1950
Description: A man in work clothes gets ready to shove a log into the fire chamber of a boiler.
Photograph

Tinsel Trees

Date: 1950
Description: A woman fashions a miniature hand-made metallic tree, while tables full of others await packing and shipment for the Christmas holidays.
Photograph

Lab Work

Date: 1950
Description: Holding a dropper over racks of test tubes, a man in a lab coat aims to place drops in the receptacles.
Photograph

Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: A woman and two men work with wooden crates at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory).
Photograph

Loading Boxcars at Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: A group of men and women load wooden crates onto a boxcar at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory).
Magazine or Periodical

Furnace of Foundry at the Geelong Works

Date: 1950
Description: The furnace of a foundry at the Geelong Works, an International Harvester plant in Australia. Six men are posing around the foundry. Original caption reads...
Magazine or Periodical

Small Casting Section of the Grey Iron Foundry

Date: 1950
Description: Small casting section of the Grey Iron Foundry. Men are seen at work at various stages of the casting process wearing safety gear. The original magazine ca...
Magazine or Periodical

Machine Tool at Australian IH Factory

Date: 1950
Description: A man is running a machine tool at a International Harvester factory in Australia. Machine name, "NATCO," is on a plate attached to the machinery.
Magazine or Periodical

AW-6 Tractor Production and Shipment

Date: 1950
Description: AW-6 Tractor production and shipment. Men are seen top image assembling AW-6 tractors. Top image caption reads: "Beginning with the tractor mainframe, work...
Magazine or Periodical

Engine Assembly

Date: 1950
Description: Three photographs showing various stages of engine assembly and placement to the main frame. Men are seen at work at these various stages. Top image captio...
Photograph

George Washington's Mount Vernon Gardens

Date: 1950
Description: View of the lower gardens at George Washington's Mount Vernon. Two gardeners are tending to the flowers along the path that leads to an outdoor pavilion.

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