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Mechanics at Work on Truck Engines

Date: 10 22 1943
Description: Mechanics repairing truck engines in the service department of an International Harvester dealership.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 04 15 1929
Description: Man weighing Mautz paint pails at Mautz Paint Company with a new Toledo scale.
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Men Greasing Cars

Date: 07 01 1927
Description: Men greasing cars in the Klean Rite Auto Laundry, located at 739 East Mifflin Street.
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Workers Mixing Paint at Mautz Paint Company

Date: 03 03 1927
Description: Workers in the mixing room, with mixers running, at Mautz Paint and Glass Company. There are bins and other accoutrements used in the manufacture of paint ...
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Rogers Truck & Implement Company Service Shop

Date: 1942
Description: Two mechanics working on tractors and implements in the service shop of Rogers Truck & Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. The tracto...
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Female Employees Inspecting Ball Bearings

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Female factory workers inspect ball bearings at an International Harvester factory. The factory produced aerial torpedoes for the U.S. Military.
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Female Employees Assembling Torpedo Parts

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Female workers assembling torpedoes for the U.S. Military at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "This large group of women employe...
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International TiltTop Bottle Capper Truck

Date: 1929
Description: A driver is sitting in an International truck operated by J. Rabinowitz and Sons, purveyors of the "TiltTop Bottle Capper." Text on the truck reads: "3 tim...
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Zimmerman Steel Company Truck

Date: 1930
Description: Two men standing on the back of an International truck used by the Zimmerman Steel Company. Text on the truck reads: "Zimmerman Steel Company, Bittendorf, ...
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Service Department

Date: 1937
Description: A man uses a chain pulley to lift what appears to be an engine in the service department on the second floor of International Harvester's New York truck br...
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International Crawler Tractor in Service Shop

Date: 1943
Description: J.D. Adams and a mechanic work on an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) in the service shop of J.D. Adams Co., an International Harvester dealersh...
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Three Men Working in Service Shop

Date: 1944
Description: Three men working in a service shop of an International Harvester dealership. The men are standing at work tables with vises along a row of large windows.
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Rock Crusher

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Description: A man stands outside the rock crusher at the Wisconsin Granite Company quarry. To the right, railroad tracks span the side of the building.
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Copeland Ryder Shoe Co.

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Description: View of the exterior of the Copeland Ryder Shoe Company, established in 1868. The three-story brick building is bordered by trees, a sidewalk, and a road a...
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Southwest Missouri Electric Railroad Company Station

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Description: View of the exterior of a station owned by the Southwest Missouri Electric Railroad Company, organized in 1893.
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Creamery

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Description: View across road of creamery building. Male workers are standing near the entrance on the left in front of a sign that says "Patch Grove Creamery." On the ...
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Sauk City Brewery

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Description: View from unpaved road of workers gathered in front of the brewery building, which has numerous chimneys, and one very tall chimney pipe. One of the men is...
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Waterloo Canning Factory

Date: 1912
Description: View across road towards a canning factory. A group of workers are standing at the top of a round structure, and a conveyor belt coming out of a shed leads...
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Hotel Ogden

Date: 1885
Description: Exterior view of the front of the Hotel Ogden located at 149 East Wilson Street. Three men wearing suits are relaxing on the porch, with two men sitting on...
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Repair Shop at Dealership

Date: 05 04 1929
Description: A man is working on a tractor, and another man is working on an engine in a repair shop at a dealership. A row of windows are in the background.

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