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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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Tractor Works Assembly Line

Date: 03 29 1923
Description: Workers tending to McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractors on an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Workers Attach Tractor Wheels at Tractor Works

Date: 1929
Description: Two factory workers attach the rear wheels to an industrial tractor frame on an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. Original caption ...
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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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International Military Model M-5-6 Trucks

Date: 1941
Description: Factory worker attaches the front grill to an International model M-5-6 military truck on the assembly line. The trucks were originally sold to the United ...
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Combine Assembly Line at East Moline Works

Date: 1944
Description: Elevated view of men and women working on a combine (harvester-thresher) assembly line at International Harvester's East Moline Works.
Poster

International Power Advertising Poster

Date: 1937
Description: Advertising poster for International industrial equipment, including crawler tractors (TracTracTors), industrial tractors and shop mules. Includes photo il...
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Painting a Corn Sheller at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory worker spray painting a corn sheller at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works. Corn shellers are suspended from the ceiling in the background.
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Factory Conveyor at West Pullman Works

Date: 1947
Description: A man working with metal parts as they are carried in baskets along a conveyor suspended from the ceiling at West Pullman Works.
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Loading Truck Crates onto Ship

Date: 05 17 1934
Description: Men loading large "International Motor Truck" crates onto a ship with a crane. Men are working near the ship, and people are watching from the second-story...
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Draw Furnace at Canton Works

Date: 11 03 1941
Description: A factory worker places charges into an electrically controlled draw furnace at International Harvester's Canton Works. Original caption reads: "Shell Pack...
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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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Storing Bales of Sisal Fiber at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Three men stack bales of sisal fiber. Original caption reads: "Storing the Sisal fiber at the McCormick Twine Mill."
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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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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 Moving Cargo at St. Paul Works

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers unloading a rail car on a loading dock at International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Original caption reads: "Medium Caliber Artillery Gun M...
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Preparing St. Paul Works for Gun Manufacture

Date: 09 19 1941
Description: Factory workers use a crane mounted on a truck to unload a transformer on the loading dock of International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Original caption re...
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Tractors on Rail Cars for "Food and Defense"

Date: 05 01 1941
Description: Factory workers loading Farmall tractors onto rail cars outside International Harvester's Tractor Works. Original caption reads: "Machines for use in the p...
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Wheel Tractors for National Defense

Date: 04 24 1941
Description: International military tractor on a rail car, most likely at Internaitonal Harvester's Tractor Works (factory). Original caption reads: "A wheel-type Diese...
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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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