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Female Employees Operating Machines at IHC's Chatham Works

Date: 1944
Description: Slightly elevated view of female workers operating machines at International Harvester's Chatham Works in Ontario, Canada. The factory was originally owned...
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Boxed Artillery Cart Ready for Shipment

Date: 05 17 1918
Description: Boxed 240 mm mortar cart ready for shipment to the U.S. military from International Harvester's McCormick Works. Includes a trench mortar barrel. A man is ...
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Tree Surgeon Truck

Date: 1939
Description: An International D-300 truck owned by P. Hansling & Son Hartford Forestry Company Tree Surgeons is parked in the drive of a home with a large chimney. A ma...
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White Way Laundry Shop Mule

Date: 05 19 1938
Description: A man uses a Hebard shop mule owned by White Way Laundry to haul three-wheeled bins of bagged laundry. The shop mule, powered by an International P-12 powe...
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Stationary Engines On Skids

Date: 1917
Description: Stationary engines of various sizes mounted on skids or planks of wood. The engines appear to be situated among scaffolding and an unfinished wall at what ...
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Men with Wagon Outside Brick Building

Date: 1915
Description: Panoramic view of group of men working on and around a flat bed wagon loaded with a large piece of machinery. They are outside a large brick building.
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International Sprayer

Date: 1910
Description: An International Harvester "sprayer" mounted on a wagon, possibly intended for pesticide application (or in this context, window washing?). The wagon is pa...
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Men with Large Poles Atop a Sprayer

Date: 1910
Description: Two men are standing on top of what appears to be a sprayer, probably for use in orchards (though the urban setting suggests the possibility of other appli...
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Men Working in a Factory

Date: 1900
Description: Men working with machinery indoors at McCormick Works. Metal parts are piled in wood bins.
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Woodshop at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of woodshop at McCormick Works. Carts are loaded with lumber, and belt-driven machinery is attached to the ceiling. There are archways throug...
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Manufacturing Area — Binder Attachment

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of men working in the binder attachment room at McCormick Works. The worker's coats and hats are hung up high on the brick wall between the l...
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Generators at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Generators indoors in a large brick building at McCormick Works.
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Men Working in Manufacturing Area of Factory

Date: 03 29 1923
Description: Elevated view of men working in the manufacturing area of a factory.
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Tractor Pulling Industrial Paint Sprayer

Date: 10 05 1923
Description: View across yard towards a man driving a tractor pulling an industrial paint sprayer. Two men are standing behind the sprayer holding two hoses with the no...
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Tractor Pulling Industrial Paint Sprayer

Date: 10 05 1923
Description: View across yard towards a man driving a tractor pulling an industrial paint sprayer. Two men are standing behind the sprayer holding two hoses with nozzle...
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Room with Dairy Equipment

Date: 05 12 1928
Description: View of a room with brick walls and a high ceiling. There is equipment along the far wall.
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Truck with Tow Cable

Date: 03 20 1929
Description: View down alley towards a truck with a tow cable mounted on it. A large section of machinery is on a trailer attached to the truck, and the trailer is half...
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Truck with Tow Cable

Date: 03 20 1929
Description: View towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck with a tow cable. A sign on the driver's side door reads: "Thomas Service." The truck is hauling...
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Employee Working at Hot Metal Press Machine

Date: 1920
Description: View of a male employee working at a hot metal press machine inside a factory.
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Employee Working at Hot Metal Press Machine

Date: 1920
Description: View of a male employee working at hot metal press machine inside a factory.

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