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Tire Factory Interior

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated interior view of the Boone Tire Factory. Men are lined up along a wall with open windows. They are each using a stand to hold a wheel while wrappi...
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Workers Tend to Engines at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1916
Description: Two men working on engine components on an assembly line at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Com...
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Assembling Wheel at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1919
Description: A factory worker with a wagon wheel at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works.
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Factory Worker at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1916
Description: A worker operates a large machine at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works (factory).
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Falk Employees in Factory

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Description: Three Falk employees stand inside of the Falk factory. Around them are various steel beams, machines, and tools. Original Falk caption reads, "Centennial h...
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Aircraft Torpedo Manufacturing

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Factory workers machining torpedo parts at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "This section of the torpedo plant houses a line of ...
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Early P&H 5-Ton Traveling Crane

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger crane design with cab-operated dial controls. The stencil on the crane says "Pawling and Harnischfeger ...
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P&H 20-Ton Traveling Crane in Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of shop floor of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger 20-ton type "N" dial controlled cab-operated traveling crane. The crane is in machine sho...
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Interior of a Factory

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Description: Interior of a factory with two blurred men on the right, and men in the background on the left.
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Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of men working in the metal finishing room of the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Metal parts are stacked on the floor and the room is suppor...
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Bolt Body Part Inspection for 20 mm Cannon

Date: 1945
Description: Factory worker Joan Harris sits at a workspace to inspect a 20 mm cannon bolt body part at International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Tools are on the table...
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International Harvester Dealership in Benton Harbor Michigan

Date: 1944
Description: William Gardner working at a grinder, and Otto Varbrough(?) working at a pin fitting machine in the tool room of an International Harvester dealership. A l...
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Mechanics at Owenhouse Hardware Company

Date: 1944
Description: Mechanics work on International trucks at Owenhouse Hardware Company, an International Harvester dealership.
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Mechanic Welding at Owenhouse Hardware Company

Date: 1944
Description: A mechanic welding on a TracTracTor (crawler tractor) in a shop at Owenhouse Hardware Company, an International Harvester dealership.
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Shop at Bush-Ellis Implement Company

Date: 1944
Description: Mechanics working in a shop at the Bush-Ellis Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. At the time of the photo, workers were in the proce...
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Assembly Line at Tractor Works

Date: 1947
Description: Factory workers on a crawler tractor (TracTracTor) assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Assembly Line at Tractor Works

Date: 1947
Description: Factory workers on a crawler tractor (TracTracTor) assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. Behind the men are shelves filled with small m...
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Milwaukee Works Machine Shop

Date: 1907
Description: Factory workers in the machine shop at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works.
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Taking a Break

Date: 1937
Description: Men and one woman gathered around machinery in a cutover area of northern Wisconsin preparing to undertake an unknown task.
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Carpentry and Wood Working Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Students at work in the carpentry and woodworking shop at the Milwaukee School of Trades.

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