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Farmall Works Assembly Line

Date: 1952
Description: Factory worker tightening bolts on a Farmall tractor on the assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Farmall Works Assembly Line

Date: 1952
Description: Factory workers on the assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works. The men are working on Farmall tractors.
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Aerial View of Indianapolis Works

Date: 1953
Description: Aerial view of Indianapolis Works, an International Harvester engine factory.
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Manufacturing Automobile Frames

Date: 1954
Description: Workers at the A.O. Smith Corporation in Milwaukee assembling frames for Cadillac automobiles. In 1902 Arthur O. Smith, son of the company's founder, produ...
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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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Cutting the Cheese

Date: 1950
Description: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture workers cut large blocks of Swiss cheese.
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James Melton on Plant Tour

Date: 1950
Description: "Harvest of Stars" radio and stage personality James "Jimmie" Melton talking with African American workers during a tour of an International Harvester's In...
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Pontiac Station Wagon Adorned for Chicago Parade

Date: 1951
Description: Pontiac Silver Streak station wagon decorated with a Wisconsin Steel Works banner parked along a curb before Chicago's East Side Centennial Parade.
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Cheese Wrapping

Date: 1950
Description: Women wearing white smocks or aprons wrap slabs of cheese for distribution.
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Aerial View of Evansville Works

Date: 02 02 1954
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester's Evansville Works factory complex. The Evansville Works produced refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners.
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Working at the Parker Pen Factory

Date: 10 16 1952
Description: A worker is using a machine to cut metal strips for fountain pen nibs at the Parker Pen factory.
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Experimental Four-Wheel Rubber Tire Tractor

Date: 05 25 1954
Description: Man standing next to an experimental four wheel rubber tire tractor inside an International Harvester engineering(?) facility.
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Cafeteria Line at Farmall Works

Date: 1952
Description: Woman serving meals to factory workers in the cafeteria at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Assembling Tractors at Farmall Works

Date: 1952
Description: Factory worker installing a wheel on a tractor on the assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Farmall Works Office

Date: 1952
Description: Front door of the International Harvester Farmall Works (factory) office.
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Worker Painting Farmall Tractors

Date: 1951
Description: Factory worker painting Farmall tractors at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Workers Spray Painting Farmall Tractors

Date: 1952
Description: Factory workers painting Farmall tractors at Farmall Works.
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St. Cloud Combine Promotion

Date: 1955
Description: Original caption reads: "E.R. Zimmerman, left, St. Cloud district manager, and four dealers and customers watch a No. 141 combine [harvester-thresher] 'com...
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St. Cloud Combine Promotion

Date: 1955
Description: Tour of International Harvester's East Moline Works (factory) for the St. Cloud combine promotion. Original caption reads: "There are hundreds of inspectio...
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International Farmall 300 Assembly Line

Date: 1955
Description: Factory workers making Farmall 300 tractors on an assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works.

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