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Milwaukee Works Foundry Operations

Date: 11 04 1935
Description: Worker pours molten metal into a mold for a TracTracTor (crawler tractor) main frame at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works foundry.
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Testing Room at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 02 1907
Description: Workers look on as machine parts are tested at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. This photograph was displayed at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Internat...
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Worker in front of Furnace at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 09 1908
Description: View of worker with a grey beard and hat standing and posing in front of a furnace inside IHC McCormick Works foundry.
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Worker Grinds Bearings with Landis Machine

Date: 09 30 1938
Description: Worker operating a hydraulic Landis machine for grinding pin bearings on crankshafts at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. The Indianapolis Work...
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Machine Operator at Indianapolis Works

Date: 10 1938
Description: Factory worker using a lathe at International Harvester's Indianapolis Truck Engine Works. Original caption reads: "LeBlond crankshaft lathe showing detail...
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Worker Washes Engine Blocks at Indianapolis Works

Date: 10 1938
Description: Factory operator washing motor truck engine blocks at International Harvester's Indianapolis Motor Truck Works. Original caption reads: "A Blakeslee washin...
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Worker Inspects Pistons at Indianapolis Works

Date: 10 1938
Description: Worker inspecting pistons at International Harvester's Indianapolis Motor Truck Engine Works. Original caption reads: "An inspection operation on the wrist...
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Nagle-Hart Co. Machine Shop

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: A workman grinds a cylinder head at Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Company, 754 East Washington Avenue.
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Heat Treating Shop

Date: 09 04 1956
Description: A view looking west of several workers in the Heat Treating Department of the Falk Corporation.
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Screw Press Washers

Date: 02 14 1957
Description: A male employee stands near a screw press washer. The speed reducer shown is a Right Angle, Double Red. Later purchased and used by the American Boxboard C...
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Employee Standing Near Roll Drive Pinion

Date: 04 18 1957
Description: This roll drive pinion was purchased by E.W. Bliss Co of Salem, Ohio, and later used by Empire Steel Company. Falk original caption reads: "Forging being p...
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Man Oversees Roll Drive Pinion

Date: 04 19 1957
Description: A man oversees the manufacturing process of a roll drive pinion which was purchased by E.W. Bliss Company of Salem, Ohio, and used by Empire Steel Company....
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Gears Used in Gear Laboratory

Date: 11 25 1957
Description: A male employee operates a large machine at the Falk Corporation. The gear was purchased and used by the Falk Corporation. Original Falk caption reads: "Th...
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Large Helical Hub Gear

Date: 06 07 1963
Description: Single large helical hub gear that was a component of an oxygen furnace drive. This gear was purchased by Morgan Engineering Company and used by Pittsburgh...
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Employee with Bowl Casting

Date: 10 29 1965
Description: A male employee inspects a discharge bowl that was later purchased by Fairbanks Morse and Company of Beloit, Wisconsin, and used by the Department of the I...
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Primary Drive

Date: 05 31 1968
Description: Primary drive that was manufactured in the Special High Speed Division. This drive was later purchased and used by the Vertol Division/Boeing Corporation. ...
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Large Mill Drive

Date: 07 22 1970
Description: Large mill drive that was purchased by Koppers Corporation and used by Hanna Mining. Original Falk caption reads, "Large ring gear made to 1970. First ring...
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Large Ring Gear

Date: 01 19 1971
Description: View of a 29 foot in diameter ring gear that is a component of a ball mill drive on a truck. This ring gear was purchased by Koppers and used by Hannah Min...
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Large Speed Increaser

Date: 06 23 1971
Description: Special speed increaser on the factory floor. This product was purchased by Allis Chalmers and used by the United States Corps of Engineers. Falk caption r...
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Large Special Speed Increaser

Date: 08 24 1971
Description: Special speed increaser that was purchased by Allis Chalmers and used by the United States Corps of Engineers. Falk caption reads, "Low level dam site/gene...

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