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Methylene Blue Milk Test

Date: 1928
Description: Dairyman conducting Methylene blue test on a can of milk. Notice in background reads: "For all milk which passes the quality requirements of this factory, ...
Poster

Deering Farm Machinery Calendar

Date: 1928
Description: Advertising calendar for Deering tractors and farm implements featuring an oval color illustration of a European farmhouse with thatched roof, farm laborer...
Poster

Chattanooga Chilled Plows Advertising Poster

Date: 1925
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering Chattanooga chilled plows. Includes a color illustration of a man using a walking plow behind two horses as viewed...
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Fire at Atlas Flour Mill

Date: 12 11 1926
Description: Fire destroyed the Atlas Flour Mill, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Thirteen engine companies, six truck companies, and two fire boats fought the...
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Texaco Station

Date: 08 07 1929
Description: Bondi & Sachtjen Texaco service station, 1462 E. Washington Avenue at Thornton Avenue, with Fuller & Johnson buildings in the background. Text with print r...
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McCormick-Deering All-Steel Threshers Loaded on Railroad Cars

Date: 05 23 1925
Description: McCormick-Deering all-steel threshers loaded on railroad cars outside International Harvester's West Pullman Works (factory). The factory originally belong...
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Otto 42 HP Engine

Date: 06 02 1925
Description: Side view of a man posing standing and holding onto the steering wheel of an "Otto 42 HP engine, which was built in 1896-97" with a 12-inch bore and 18-inc...
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"Old No. 13" International Tractor

Date: 11 16 1922
Description: Tractor bearing signs reading "old no. 13; International Harvester Co.; sold in 1906 - used for 16 years still going strong... " and "see me at the Wheat S...
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Man Working on Engine

Date: 1921
Description: Man working on an inline truck engine at International Harvester's Akron Works. The factory was owned by the Aultman & Miller Buckeye Company until the com...
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Line of International Trucks outside Akron Works

Date: 1920
Description: Long line of International trucks on a road next to International Harvester's Akron Works. Placards on the first two trucks read: "International motor truc...
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Worker Transporting Parts at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Worker using a motorized shop cart ("shop mule") to transport parts between buildings at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The cart was manufactur...
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Worker at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Worker assembling a tank at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 1902.
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Worker Forms Steel Rod at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Worker forming the tip of a steel rod at International Harvester Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 1902.
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IHC Hamilton Works Factory Complex

Date: 03 26 1924
Description: Artist's bird's-eye illustration of International Harvester's Hamilton Works factory complex, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, by H.M. Pettit.
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Spools of Twine Fiber at Hamilton Twine Mill

Date: 07 19 1928
Description: Spools of fiber feeding into machines for making twine at International Harvester's Hamilton Twine Mill, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Hamilton Twine Mill Packaging Room

Date: 07 19 1928
Description: Vacant packaging room at International Harvester's Hamilton Twine Mill, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Attached caption reads: "Mr. Yerkes: Mr. Loynachan Supe...
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Engine Assembly Line at IHC Tractor Works

Date: 1920
Description: Workers assembling engine components and tightening head bolts along an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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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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Tractor Works Tractor Assembly Line

Date: 1921
Description: Workers using a jib crane to lower engines into an International 8-16 tractor chassis on an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Tractor Works Tractor Assembly Line

Date: 1921
Description: International 8-16 tractors entering a paint booth(?) on an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory).

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