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Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
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African American Farmers Touring Tractor Works

Date: 11 29 1948
Description: Twenty-five members of the "Negro Farmers of America" tour a crawler tractor (TracTracTor) assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The fa...
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Foundry Operations at Tractor Works

Date: 07 29 1936
Description: Workers pouring alloy into a stream of iron in the foundry of International Harvester's Tractor Works. The factory was located at 2600 West 1st Blvd.
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8-16 Tractor Assembly Line at Tractor Works

Date: 1919
Description: An African American worker driving a partially assembled International 8-16 tractor on an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. Another...
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Workers Assembling Mowers at McCormick Works

Date: 11 10 1926
Description: Workers, including some African Americans, assembling mower gear housings along an assembly line at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory ...
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Harold McCormick Family Portrait at Walnut Grove, Virginia

Date: 1922
Description: Harold F. McCormick family, farm laborers, and various animals on the Walnut Grove estate at Raphine, Virginia. Harold McCormick was the son of Cyrus Hall ...
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International Harvester Office Workers

Date: 1909
Description: Men and women at work in the office of an International Harvester branch house(?). Advertising posters for Columbus wagons, Bluebell cream separators and I...
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People Wait in International Harvester Office

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Description: Men and women wait in an International Harvester company office among desks, typewriters, and other office equipment.
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James Melton on Plant Tour

Date: 1950
Description: "Harvest of Stars" radio and stage personality James "Jimmie" Melton talking with African American workers during a tour of an International Harvester's In...
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Worker Drives Farmall 656 Tractor off Assembly Line

Date: 11 15 1968
Description: Factory worker driving an International Farmall 656 tractor from the assembly at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Chattanooga Works

Date: 1930
Description: Workers and casting molds at the Chattanooga Plow Works. The factory was originally operated by the Chattanooga Plow Company.
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Chattanooga Plow Works

Date: 1923
Description: Three factory workers at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Chattanooga Plow Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers in a foundry at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Chattanooga Plow Company Factory

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers around a blast furnace in a foundry at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: A woman and two men work with wooden crates at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory).
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Factory Worker at Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: A factory worker is using a pulley system to move a part at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Forklift Operator at Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: Factory worker Horace Holmes uses a forklift to move parts at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Tractor Works Office

Date: 1950
Description: A woman at International Harvester's Tractor Works is looking through a filing cabinet or a card catalog. Other people are working in the background.
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Delta Implement Company Employees

Date: 1929
Description: Employees of the Delta Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership, lined up outdoors for a group portrait.
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Factory Workers at West Pullman Works

Date: 1944
Description: Factory workers handle metal parts at West Pullman Works.

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