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Testing Spring Teeth at Osborne Works

Date: 03 18 1913
Description: Factory workers testing newly manufactured harrow spring teeth at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Compan...
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Twine Mill Worker and Machinery

Date: 1900
Description: A male employee of the McCormick Twine Mill works with sisal fiber as it comes out of a finisher machine and piles into metal buckets. The machine is belt-...
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Workers Store Bundles of Twine inside Warehouse

Date: 1910
Description: Three workers and a supervisor stacking bundles of twine all the way to the roof in a warehouse at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. The Osborn...
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Women's Lunch Room at IHC Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of female workers gathered in the women's lunch room at the International Harvester's Osborne Works twine mill. The factory was owne...
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Plumbing Room

Date: 04 25 1912
Description: Workers pose in the plumbing room of the "malleable shop" at Osborne Works. The factory was later known as "Auburn Works."
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Osborne Works Molding Unit

Date: 1940
Description: Men are using Champion Jolt Squeeze molding machines in the molding unit at International Harvester's Osborne Works factory.
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Interior View of Osbourne Factory

Date: 10 04 1907
Description: A man is standing in the middle aisle of a factory floor. To either side of him are stacked implement parts. To the right two men are at work stations. All...
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Construction Work at the Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: Four men are lifting a large piece of beam during the construction of a factory building, most likely at International Harvester's Osborne Works. There is ...
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Interior Factory View of Twine Production

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Description: A view down the center aisle of what is most likely the International Harvester Osbourne factory in Auburn, New York. On either side of the aisle are men a...
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Interior View of Osborne Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: View down the center aisle of International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. On either side of the aisle factory workers are producing balls of twine. The f...
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Farm Machinery Production at Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: Factory workers saw lumber from a cart at International Harvester's Osborne Works. To the left on one of the beams saw blades are hanging. The belt-driven ...
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Man with Large Hammer and Anvil at Osborne Works

Date: 1907
Description: A factory worker with a white beard stands behind an anvil with a large hammer over his shoulder at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as...
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Man with Machinery at Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: A factory worker is standing next to a large piece of machinery at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). Around him are ca...
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Man Sitting on a Cart in a Factory

Date: 1910
Description: A factory worker is sitting on a cart on at International Harvester's Osborne Works. Behind him are stacked pieces of lumber. Hooks hang from the ceiling. ...
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Twine Mill Workers at Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: Factory workers, possibly including two women, are wearing work clothes while standing at work stations in a room filled with large machinery at Internatio...
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Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Male and female factory workers are standing at work stations next to large pieces of manufacturing equipment at International Harvester's Osborne Works (l...
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Factory Workers at Osbourne Factory

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Description: Men are standing at work stations on either side of an aisle in a large factory. There are large tracks or pulleys hanging from the ceiling. To the far rig...
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Agricultural Manufacturing Machinery at Osbourne

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Description: Factory floor, with a large piece of manufacturing machinery on the right, with other pieces of machinery directly behind it. The machine has many belts, p...
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Agricultural Manufacturing at Osborne Works

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Description: Agricultural machinery parts hang from hooks on a track suspended from a ceiling and winding around a factory floor at International Harvester's Osborne Wo...
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Agricultural Equipment Manufacturing at Osbourne

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Description: A large room in the factory is filled with pieces of farming implements in various stages of manufacturing. The parts are hanging from large hooks installe...

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