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Tractor Works 8-16 Tractor Assembly Line

Date: 1920
Description: Factory workers assembling International 8-16 tractors on an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Canning Soft Drinks

Date: 1950
Description: A woman production line worker boxes cone-top cans of Tip Top soft drinks as they come off the production line.
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Workers Assemble Mowers at McCormick Works

Date: 07 08 1936
Description: Workers assembling mowers along an assembly line at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in 1873 and...
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Farmall Works assembly line

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers on a tractor assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Weiner Processing

Date: 1943
Description: Female employees processing "Yellow Band" weiners at the Oscar Mayer Company during World War II.
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Pie Maker

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Description: Fruit pies speed past Morton assembly line worker Ethel McCollough on their way to the machine in which they will be boxed for freezing.
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American Motors Assembly Line

Date: 1965
Description: Assembly line of the American Motors Company, formerly Nash Motors, in Kenosha.
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Men Breaking Bales of Sisal

Date: 1948
Description: Two factory workers break bales of sisal in a warehouse. Caption on photograph reads: "Breaking the bales before putting them through the blending machines...
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Loading Bales at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A factory worker loads bales of twine onto a platform, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "The workman is shown here placing bal...
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Loading Bales at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A factory worker loads bales of twine onto a platform, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "The workman is shown here placing ba...
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Loading Packaged Twine

Date: 1948
Description: A man loads packaged twine onto a conveyor belt, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "After IH baler and binder twine is packaged...
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Loading Packaged Twine

Date: 1948
Description: A man loads packaged twine onto a conveyor belt, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "After IH baler and binder twine is packaged...
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Blooming Mill at Wisconsin Steel Works

Date: 12 08 1937
Description: Blooming Mill at International Harvester's Wisconsin Steel Works. Original caption reads: "150' transfer conveying billets from 32" blooming mill table to ...
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Blooming Mill at Wisconsin Steel Works

Date: 12 08 1937
Description: "New" blooming mill at International Harvester's Wisconsin Steel Works (factory). Original caption reads: "58' transfer conveying blooms from the 40" bloom...
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Tractor Assembly Line at Tractor Works

Date: 1946
Description: Farmall A tractors on an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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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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Men in Construction Equipment Division

Date: 1959
Description: Men work on crawlers inside an International Harvester factory, possibly Tractor Works.
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Kroger Supermarket Opening

Date: 11 18 1957
Description: Nine electronically controlled check-out counters will be more efficient in the new Kroger Supermarket. Three persons may use each counter at one time.
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Perfume Factory

Date: 07 1945
Description: View from side of women sitting in a row working on an assembly line in a perfume factory.
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Men Working in Manufacturing Area of Factory

Date: 03 29 1923
Description: Group of men working on equipment in a manufacturing area on a factory floor.

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