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Combine Assembly Line at East Moline Works

Date: 1944
Description: Men working on combines (harvester-threshers) on an assembly line at International Harvester's East Moline Works. The factory was constructed in 1933 and w...
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Tractor Works Assembly Line

Date: 03 29 1923
Description: Workers tending to McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractors on an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Workers Assemble Mowers at McCormick Works

Date: 07 08 1936
Description: Workers assembling mowers along an assembly line at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in 1873 and...
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Combine Assembly Line at East Moline Works

Date: 1944
Description: Elevated view of men and women working on a combine (harvester-thresher) assembly line at International Harvester's East Moline Works.
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Husker and Shredder Near Barn

Date: 1912
Description: A man operating a Husker-Shredder near a barn and silo. The husker-shredder is powered with a belt connected to an engine.
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Crawler Tractor Assembly at Tractor Works

Date: 1947
Description: Factory workers on a crawler tractor (TracTracTor) assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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End of Farmall Assembly Line at Tractor Works

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Description: Factory workers with tractors on the end of the Farmall assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Men Painting Crawler Tractors at Tractor Works

Date: 1943
Description: Factory workers painting crawler tractors (TracTracTors) at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Men at McCormick Loading Docks

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers are loading a wooden crate marked "McCormick Folding Daisy Reaper" using a pulley system in the docks of the McCormick Works.
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International Cub Cadet

Date: 06 1961
Description: A man sits on a Cub tractor and points out similar features on an International Cub Cadet lawn tractor suspended from a chain at the Louisville Works facto...
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Packaging Onions

Date: 1965
Description: Farmers package onions for shipping. Two women and a man pack and sew closed mesh bags of onions. Another man hoists full bags onto a conveyor belt, while ...
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Man Assembling Cub Cadet Lawn Tractor

Date: 1961
Description: A man works on an assembly line at International Harvester's Louisville Works factory as a partially-assembled Cub Cadet passes by.
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Cranberry Growers

Date: 10 1984
Description: Tim Finch and Kay Finch of the Perry Creek Cranberry Company. In the background men work in the cranberry marsh to harvest the berries.
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Cranberry Cleaning Equipment

Date: 1958
Description: Elevated view of a man loading freshly harvested cranberries into processing machinery. The machine appears to separate the berries from leaves and other d...
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Man Loading Fertilizer onto Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 04 18 1927
Description: A man wearing a hat loads a large bin of fertilizer, with the aid of an overhead pulley system attached to a barn, onto a manure spreader that is being pul...
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Cranberry marshes flooded and full of cranberries for the harvest. In the background is farm equipment, and men are removing the cranberries from the marsh...
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Men harvest cranberries by raking the fruit across flooded marshes onto a conveyor belt which loads the berries into trucks.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Men wearing waders stand knee-deep in water harvesting cranberries on flooded marshes.
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Harvesting Cranberries Contained by Booms

Date: 1997
Description: Harvesters wade through cranberries contained by booms in the cranberry marsh as they travel on a conveyor belt into the waiting trucks.
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Man at Conveyor Belt for Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1997
Description: A man stands in the water next to the conveyor belt that transports cranberries into the truck.

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