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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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Quitting Time at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve...
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Rockdale Creamery

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys with wagonloads of milk at the Rockdale Creamery.
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Farmall A and International TD-18 Tractors

Date: 07 1939
Description: Two workers wave from the seats of a Farmall A tractor and an International TD-18 diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) outside International Harvester's Tr...
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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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International 8-16 Tractors on Assembly Line

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Description: Workers tending to International 8-16 tractors on an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The factory was located at 2600 West 1st Blv...
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Testing Spring Teeth at Osborne Works

Date: 03 18 1913
Description: Factory workers testing newly manufactured harrow spring teeth at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Compan...
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Worker Tending Machine at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1914
Description: A worker at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works draining fluid from a machine with a large gear poised over his head. The factory was owned by the Mi...
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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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Worker Transporting Parts at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Worker using a motorized shop cart ("shop mule") to transport parts between buildings at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The cart was manufactur...
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Hamilton Works Tool Room

Date: 08 1909
Description: Workers using a large industrial press to manufacture parts in the tool room of International Harvester's Hamilton Works in Ontario, Canada.
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Hamilton Twine Mills Employees Eating Lunch

Date: 1930
Description: Male and female workers eating lunch inside the cafeteria at International Harvester's Hamilton Twine Mills, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Assembling Farm Wagons at Weber Works

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Description: Workers assembling wagon chassis at International Harvester's Weber Works in Auburn Park. The factory was owned by the Weber Wagon Company until 1904 when ...
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Workers leaving Bettendorf Works

Date: 1944
Description: Employees leaving International Harvester's Bettendorf Works at the end of their work day. A sign in the background reads "Produce for Victory."
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Dipping Mower Wheels at Deering Works

Date: 1919
Description: Two workers dipping mower wheels in paint at International Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was owned by the Deering Harvester Company before 1902. I...
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Twine Mill Worker and Machinery

Date: 1900
Description: A male employee of the McCormick Twine Mill works with sisal fiber as it comes out of a finisher machine and piles into metal buckets. The machine is belt-...
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Women's Lunch Room at IHC Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of female workers gathered in the women's lunch room at the International Harvester's Osborne Works twine mill. The factory was owne...
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IHC McCormick Works Assembly Line

Date: 1919
Description: Workers assembling grain binders on an assembly line at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machin...
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Worker Shapes Steel Parts at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 11 20 1925
Description: Worker forming steel components on a machine at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Compan...
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Printing Twine Bags at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 01 27 1925
Description: Workers stitching and printing labels on burlap bags used to store balls of binder twine at International Harvester's McCormick Twine Mill. The McCormick w...

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