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Panoramic View of the Chicago Great Western Train Traveling

Date: 1937
Description: A panoramic view of the Chicago Great Western train traveling across the countryside carrying assorted International Harvester wagons. The majority of the ...
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International Harvester's Auburn Works

Date: 07 19 1935
Description: Exterior of International Harvester's Auburn Works factory (formerly known as "Osborne Works").
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U.S. Government War Exposition

Date: 09 1918
Description: Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition at Grant Park taken from a window the International Harvester building on Michigan Avenue. A large sign...
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U.S. Government War Exposition

Date: 09 1918
Description: Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition at Grant Park taken from a window the International Harvester building on Michigan Avenue. A large crow...
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International Truck at Freight Station

Date: 1921
Description: An International truck labeled "Kingston's Baggage Line" and piled with luggage trunks pulls out of the parking lot of a Northwestern Line Freight Station....
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Loading Rail Car

Date: 1937
Description: Men load a rail car with crushed gravel or other material using rock crusher(?) on a trailer. The trailer has the text "sold by Dakota Equipment Company, S...
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Loading Sisal Leaves

Date: 1949
Description: Worker loads sisal leaves onto a small train car at an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Loading leaves on the train car...
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Motor Car with Trailer

Date: 09 14 1938
Description: A motor car with an attached trailer drives down a railroad track. The car is operated by the Alabama & Florida Railroad Company and power is provided by a...
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Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal Southern Boundary

Date: 1942
Description: View looking East toward the proposed south boundary fence line of International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal. A railroad track and car are on the ...
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TD-18 Crawler Tractors Outside Tractor Works

Date: 1947
Description: Men loading crawler tractors (TracTracTors), including the TD-18, onto railroad flat cars outside International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Crawler Tractors for National Defense

Date: 04 24 1941
Description: View along railroad track of railroad cars loaded with crawler tractors (TracTracTors) at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Mogul 8-16 Tractor at Log Lift

Date: 1915
Description: Mogul 8-16 tractor used to power a lifting outfit to load large logs onto freight car.
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Man Using Oliver Plow

Date: 1920
Description: Rear view of a man using an Oliver plow pulled by a team of two horses to work around a tree in a field. A railroad train is in the background.
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Potatoes at Chicago Dump

Date: 1917
Description: Thousands of potatoes dumped from a freight train along a rail embankment. There is a cow in the background foraging. Original caption reads, "Many thousan...
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Milwaukee Branch House

Date: 09 27 1919
Description: Elevated view of the front and side of an International Harvester branch office building in Milwaukee. Railroad cars rest on a railroad track that passes b...
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Madison Branch House

Date: 10 25 1919
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester branch office building in Madison. Signs painted on the brick read "Oil Tractors," "Farm Machines, Oil Tractors...
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Madison Branch House

Date: 10 13 1919
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester branch office building in Madison. The sign painted on the window reads, "International Motor Trucks. Exclusive...
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McCormick Reaper Works from Branch of Chicago River

Date: 1900
Description: McCormick Reaper Works, as seen from across the west fork of the south branch of the Chicago River. There are stacks of lumber in the foreground, and railr...
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McCormick Works and Industrial Canal

Date: 1900
Description: View of factory buildings and smokestacks from across a river or industrial canal. The factory is probably the McCormick Reaper Works as seen from across t...
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Man with Milwaukee No. 12 Harvester and Binder

Date: 07 24 1906
Description: Right side view of a man sitting on a Milwaukee No. 12 Harvester and Binder (grain binder). In the background are men standing by a large metal gate and ra...

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