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Victorian Era Postcard

Date: 11 17 1909
Description: Colorized view depicting men and women office workers taking a break in a celebratory mode. Two of the women are taking a sheet off the calendar on the wal...
Photograph

International Harvester's First General Office Building

Date: 1902
Description: International Harvester's first headquarters building at 7 Monroe Street on the northwest corner of Michigan Avenue. IHC later sold the building and proper...
Photograph

Wells Printing Company

Date: 03 04 1937
Description: Wells Printing Company's new plant interior. There are many pieces of letterpress equipment; type cabinets, a composing stone with set type on it and a pro...
Photograph

International Harvester Office

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Description: Three men meeting at a desk in a cubicle in an International Harvester Company office.
Photograph

Edwards Truck Line Owners

Date: 1935
Description: Dorothy Edwards sits at a desk while her husband, H.L. Edwards, stands beside her. The couple were operators of Edwards Truck Line and owned six Internatio...
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Hamburg Branch House Office Interior

Date: 1935
Description: Office workers at desks in International Harvester's Hamburg branch house in Germany.
Photograph

Breslau Branch House Office Interior

Date: 1935
Description: Workers at desks in the head office ("hauptburo") of International Harvester's branch house in Breslau, Germany.
Photograph

Muncie International Co.

Date: 1929
Description: Showroom of the Muncie International Company, an International Harvester dealership. The showroom includes a truck, furniture, a desk area, and farm equipm...
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IH Comptroller and President in Office

Date: 1937
Description: International Harvester President Sidney G. McAllister sits at a desk in his office while Comptroller C.E. Jarchow stands on the left.
Photograph

Branch Manager with Dealer Contracts

Date: 11 11 1937
Description: Branch manager A.L. Weller goes over 1938 dealer contracts at a desk, with another man seated by his side.
Photograph

Nuway Laundry Officials

Date: 1938
Description: Three officials of the Nuway Laundry examine International truck cost records. The original caption reads: "Officials of The Nuway Laundry of Long Beach, C...
Photograph

P&H Accounting Office

Date: 08 12 1913
Description: Two men working a desks in the Pawling & Harnischfeger accounting office. There are photographs on the wall, including a crane, the P&H plant, and a St. Lo...
Photograph

John C. Moore and Louise Strauss

Date: 1945
Description: John C. Moore and Louise Strauss sitting at a desk at H.W. Moore Co., an International power equipment dealership. Mr. Moore was president of the company a...
Photograph

IH Dealer Signs Pledge for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: G.M. Ahlschwede, branch manager of Green Bay, watches R.P. Dunham, dealer of Green Bay, sign Governor Heil's pledge of cooperation, which reads, in part: "...
Photograph

Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Office

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Description: CEO Joe Widmer and Office Manager, Kristine Miescke, go over reports in their office. Widmer's ships cheese to every state in the union.
Photograph

Custom Accessories

Date: 09 16 1997
Description: "The Ward Allen's use this equipment to manufacture their very attractive garters."
Photograph

Custom Accessories

Date: 09 16 1997
Description: "Here are some of the Allen creations. The photo on the wall shows Ward Allen as a former Channel 6 weather forecaster, holding his favorite prop, 'Albert ...
Photograph

Irna Phillips Dictacting to Her Secretary

Date: 10 1940
Description: Irna Phillips sits at her desk dictating a letter to her secretary.
Drawing

"Strictly Business"

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Description: Cartoon of a man sitting behind the desk of an office in the Gisholt service department, talking to another man who is carrying a briefcase with the tag "G...
Poster

Good Business Law

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoon panels. In the first panel on the left, a man is sing at a desk with a roll labeled "Plans" and saying to another man, who is stand...

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