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Female Factory Workers Holding Engine Parts

Date: 1930
Description: Three female workers standing and holding what appear to be a carburetor, magneto and roller bearing at International Harvester's West Pullman Works.
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Threshing in the 1870s

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Description: Men and women pose in the middle of threshing operations with steam engine, horse-drawn wagon and a wheelbarrow equipped with a homemade basket. A handwrit...
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100,000th Crankcase at Melrose Park Works

Date: 03 1974
Description: A group of male and female workers are posing around a sign and a crankcase sitting on the factory floor. The sign reads "Melrose Park Plant / March, 1974 ...
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Frank Otto Threshing Crew

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Description: A group of farmer workers stand with pitch forks in front of the first gas engine for threshing on the August Krenke farm. A horse-drawn vehicle is also vi...
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Saw Mill

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Description: A sawmill with workmen sitting outdoors in front of the mill. One man sits on a stack of logs, the other three men stand on a roof which is open sided and ...
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Lumber Mill Workers

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Description: Group portrait of men, a boy, and horses posed among piles of logs and lumber. A bicycle is in the foreground, and a steam engine is in the background.
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Group of Men Posing with Engine

Date: 1960
Description: Group of men posing indoors near a roped-off display of an engine. In the background is an International Truck.
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McCormick-Deering Industrial Power Display

Date: 1938
Description: Group portrait taken inside a tent at the Indiana State Fair showing eight men in suits, hats and ties, some holding walking canes, standing beneath an ele...
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L-Line Trucks and Silver Diamond Engine, Havana

Date: 1950
Description: Original caption reads: "Two examples of the modern age of communication and transportation meet in the open air display of new International L-line trucks...
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Group Posed in front of Dealership

Date: 05 23 1925
Description: Two men and a woman posed on the steps in front of the Hogge Bros. dealership. There are large windows with displays and signs, and a sign painted on the w...

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