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Chemical Laboratory

Date: 1913
Description: View of a chemical laboratory at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was later known as "Auburn Works."
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Microscopic Inspection of Diesel Pump Parts

Date: 06 27 1937
Description: Milwaukee Works factory employee using a microscope to inspect diesel engine pump parts.
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Chemical Laboratory

Date: 1944
Description: Gertrude Satina weighs a piece of steel in the chemical laboratory at the International Harvester Company. The original caption reads: "This photo shows th...
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Arnold Batson in Rubber Laboratory

Date: 1944
Description: Arnold Batson works with natural and synthetic rubbers in the rubber laboratory at the Gas Power Engineering Department. The original caption reads: "Exper...
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Physical and Chemical Laboratory

Date: 1943
Description: Men stand at the counter of a physical and chemical laboratory. The original caption reads: "A complete modern physical and chemical laboratory, a portion ...
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Aircraft Torpedo Manufacture

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Men working in a laboratory at an International Harvester factory producing aircraft torpedoes. Original caption reads: "All materials used in the torpedo ...
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Laboratory Worker Tests Binder Twine

Date: 1948
Description: A lab technician tests binder twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Resistance to rot, insect and rodent damage, is establi...
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J.M. Smucker Company Quality Control Department

Date: 1970
Description: Two women in paper "Smucker's" hats are watching a man at work in a laboratory beyond a set of windows, presumably at J.M. Smucker Company's Quality Contro...
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International HT-340 in Development at Harvester Engineering Research Lab

Date: 1961
Description: Taking Shape at Harvester Engineering Research Lab, Ht 340 research tractor awaits wheels, seat, steering wheel, etc. Unpainted, skin color is natural shad...
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Technician Testing Dyes for Nylon Carpet

Date: 1970
Description: A female technician is at a workbench testing dyes for nylon carpet. The woman is wearing a white lab coat and apron, and has a beehive or bouffant hairsty...
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Mary Alyce DeVillez

Date: 1953
Description: Mary Alyce DeVillez in her office at International Harvester's refrigeration works.
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Testing Freezer Capacity

Date: 1953
Description: Dora Louise Bower and Ethel Mitchel determining a freezer's capacity in the lab at International Harvester's refrigeration works.
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Mae Houston Discussing Foot Pedal Design

Date: 1953
Description: Mae Houston discussing foot pedal design of the Decorator with Ray Edwards and M. Jura of Experimental and Test.
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Laboratory Experiment at McCormick Works

Date: 04 05 1912
Description: Laboratory experiment set up in a factory building. There is a backdrop behind the table which is holding glass vessels and tubes.
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Ice-Covered Truck in Cold Lab

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Description: A man is looking through a window towards another man in a cold lab testing a truck. Caption reads: "A parka-clad engineer braves thirty below zero tempera...
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Proving Ground

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Description: Caption reads: "Close by International Harvester Company's mammoth new motor truck engineering building and laboratories is the Fort Wayne proving ground, ...
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Rendering of Motor Truck Research and Engineering Laboratory

Date: 01 23 1950
Description: Caption reads: "Shown in the above artist's rendering is the new $6,500,000 motor truck research and engineering laboratory which the International Harvest...
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Testing Truck Chassis

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Description: Two men are working indoors testing the chassis of a truck.
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Man Testing Engine

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Description: A man is using equipment to test an engine.
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Man in Control Room

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Description: A man is standing at a control board in a room with other equipment. There is a Toledo Scale on the left behind the control board. A window in the wall beh...

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