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Stamping Hams

Date: 1945
Description: Women are stamping hams with the USDA grade stamp and the Oscar Mayer label as the hams move by on an assembly line.
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Metro Dispatcher for Hazan's Telephone Supermarket

Date: 1958
Description: Dispatcher Bud Hufford loading groceries onto one of seven International Metro trucks owned by Hazan's Telphone Supermarket.
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I-4 Tractor with Crane in Waterworks Yard

Date: 1946
Description: International I-4 industrial tractor with crane owned by the Milwaukee Waterworks. Original caption reads: "The city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, purchased thi...
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Preparing Shipment of M-5-6 Trucks

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers move crates containing International M-5-6 trucks onto rail cars, possibly at International Harvester's Ft. Wayne Works. Original caption r...
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Men at McCormick Loading Docks

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers are loading a wooden crate marked "McCormick Folding Daisy Reaper" using a pulley system in the docks of the McCormick Works.
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International Cub Cadet

Date: 06 1961
Description: A man sits on a Cub tractor and points out similar features on an International Cub Cadet lawn tractor suspended from a chain at the Louisville Works facto...
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Depot and Train — Belleville

Date: 1922
Description: View down railroad tracks of the Belleville train depot. A group of people on the platform approach the train.
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Crawler Tractors in IH Factory

Date: 1959
Description: Workers steady a crawler tractor (TracTracTor) as it is moved by a ceiling-mounted conveyor at an International Harvester factory, possibly Tractor Works.
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Coyle Brothers Incorporated Truck

Date: 1939
Description: A man stands on the bed of an International DR-500 truck while shoveling coal onto a conveyor operated by another man on the ground. The truck was owned by...
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Polio Vaccine in Transport

Date: 1955
Description: Polio vaccine being unloaded (?) from a Northwest airplane.
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McCormick Works Earth Moving Machinery

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: A man is sitting in the cab of a "McCormick Works International Harvester No.1" crawler-based crane with an earth moving attachment. The crane is loading a...
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Atlas Concrete Products Truck

Date: 08 21 1956
Description: An International truck owned by Atlas Concrete Products, Inc. parked in front of industrial buildings. A man is standing on the right hosing off the truck....
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Worker at Milk Bottle Filling Station

Date: 1977
Description: A man is standing near a machine filling milk bottles. A conveyor line in front of him is bringing empty milk bottles to the machine where they are filled ...
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Waterloo Canning Factory

Date: 1912
Description: View across road towards a canning factory. A group of workers are standing at the top of a round structure, and a conveyor belt coming out of a shed leads...
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200,000th International Harvester Scout

Date: 01 06 1969
Description: 200,000th International Harvester Scout driving off the assembly line at the Fort Wayne Works. Taken inside the plant with a frontal view. Original caption...
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Men Working in Factory

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Description: Men working at machinery on a large factory floor. Engine blocks are on conveying belts. The name on the machinery is "Footburt." Two men, both wearing eye...
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International Scout Body Elevated at Fort Wayne Production Line

Date: 1961
Description: Four International Harvester employees standing under an elevated Scout body making final adjustments as they prepare to mount the body on its chassis. Ass...
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50,000th Scout Built at Fort Wayne

Date: 1962
Description: Wayne Van Ryn, final assembly employee, drives the rear-wheel drive model with 4-passenger capacity and bucket front seats off the line. Two men, V.A. Hart...
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"Balanced Performace"

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Description: Elevated view of men working on the assembly line at Rayovac. The title is "Balanced Performance." Written in pencil on parts of the drawing are "Pitch," "...
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Man Operating Hough 90 Pay Loader

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Description: Man operating a Hough 90 Pay Loader to move sand or other material into conveying machinery. A sign on the driver's side door of a truck in the background ...

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