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Tire Factory Interior

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated interior view of the Boone Tire Factory. Men are lined up along a wall with open windows. They are each using a stand to hold a wheel while wrappi...
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Machining Parts at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: Workers machining parts with turret lathes at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company before 19...
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Milwaukee Works Engine Room

Date: 1907
Description: Three large stationary steam engines at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 1902.
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Corliss Steam Engine at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: Large steam engines inside International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 1902.
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Workers at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1915
Description: Employees working on cream separator(?) components at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company u...
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Engine Assembly at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: Employees working on stationary engines at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 1902.
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Engine Assembly at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1908
Description: Men working on stationary engines at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Some of the engines are marked with the letters "FAM" which may refer to th...
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McCormick Works Employees Threading Bolts

Date: 1900
Description: Workers, including some boys, threading bolts with heavy machinery in the Nut and Bolt Department at the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by t...
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Women Working at Harvester Press

Date: 03 26 1925
Description: Female workers binding publications Harvester Press, International Harvester's in-house print shop.
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Making Wagon Wheels at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1919
Description: Factory workers making wagon wheels at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works. The men are working near the windows. An American flag is hanging on th...
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West Pullman Works Employees

Date: 1930
Description: Male and female factory workers sitting at tables at West Pullman Works. A large sign hanging from a pipe reads: "No Smoking".
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Binder Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Male and female factory workers wear protective hair bonnets while working in a room where twine is wound, weighed, and inspected. The workers stand in a r...
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Boone Tire Factory

Date: 1919
Description: Three men use three different pieces of machinery in various stages of the tire-making process at the Boone Tire Factory. Stacks of tires are piled around ...
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International Model K Trucks in Shop

Date: 1947
Description: International Model K trucks in the shop. These trucks were owned and operated by Gateway City Transfer Company of La Crosse. A large sign on the back wall...
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Factory Workers at the McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: "Knotter men" work at tables in the McCormick Twine Mill. Windows line one wall of the brick room, and a system of belt-driven machinery is arranged along ...
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Universal Boring Machine

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers use a belt-driven universal boring machine at the McCormick Reaper Works. Additional workers stand near a wall lined with windows in the ba...
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Grain Binder Assembly Room

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers assemble grain binder parts at the McCormick Reaper Works. Metal machinery pieces are stacked at right and men work at tables to the left n...
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Men in Shredder Department at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of factory workers at stations in the Shredder Department at the McCormick Works.
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Men with Sisal Fiber at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers stand with piles of sisal fiber used in the production of binder twine. The fiber is fed into spreading machines on the right.
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Grain Binder Production at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Factory workers standing at stations apparently designed to test knotters for grain binders, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works.

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