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Milwaukee Works-Engine Assembly

Date: 1938
Description: Diesel engine assembly line at Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 1902.
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Factory Worker Inspecting Engine Crankshaft

Date: 1915
Description: A worker at International Harvester's Akron Works testing a truck engine crankshaft with a micrometer. The factory was owned by the Aultman & Miller Buckey...
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Crane Operator at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: A worker lifting a stationary gas engine frame with an overhead crane at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee ...
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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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Workers Tend to Engines at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1916
Description: Two men working on engine components on an assembly line at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Com...
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Engine Assembly Line at IHC Tractor Works

Date: 1920
Description: Workers assembling engine components and tightening head bolts along an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Gasoline Engine

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster of an International gasoline engine serving many functions on the farm. Includes a large bird's-eye view of a farm, surrounded by ...
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Engine Powered Hay Press on Farm

Date: 1905
Description: Men operating a hay press powered by an International Harvester stationary engine as a woman is looking on. They are working near a barn which has chink-lo...
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Workers Inspect Engines at IHC Deering Works

Date: 1930
Description: Workers inspecting rows of IHC engines at International Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was owned by the Deering Harvester Company before 1902, and ...
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Mechanics at Work Inside International Harvester Service Shop

Date: 1944
Description: Mechanics at work in the service shop of an International Harvester dealership, working among several disassembled McCormick-Deering tractors, engines, and...
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Mechanics at Work on Truck Engines

Date: 10 22 1943
Description: Mechanics repairing truck engines in the service department of an International Harvester dealership.
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Mechanic Removes Oil Pump from Truck Engine Block

Date: 10 28 1936
Description: Mechanic "Cash" Parmley removing the oil pump from an International truck engine block inside the service shop of a McCormick-Deering dealership.
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Worker Washes Engine Blocks at Indianapolis Works

Date: 10 1938
Description: Factory operator washing motor truck engine blocks at International Harvester's Indianapolis Motor Truck Works. Original caption reads: "A Blakeslee washin...
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Dock Workers Prepare International Truck Engines for Shipment

Date: 10 1938
Description: Factory workers preparing completed International truck engines for shipment at International Harvester's Indianapolis Motor Truck Engine Works. Original c...
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Workers Assemble Motor Truck Engines at Indianapolis Works

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Description: Two factory workers assemble motor truck engines at International Harvester's Indianapolis Motor Truck Engine Works.
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Workers Assemble Truck Engine at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1977
Description: Three assembly line workers assembling a motor truck engine at International Harvester's Indianapolis Motor Truck Engine Works.
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Farmer Cuts Firewood

Date: 11 26 1923
Description: Farmer, possibly Walter Stange, cutting wood with a circular saw run by a 1 1/2 H.P. Type M McCormick-Deering gas engine.
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Workers Machine Tractor Engine Blocks

Date: 1916
Description: Factory workers machine tractor engine blocks at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company before...
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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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