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Female Auto Workers

Date: 1918
Description: Women working on the automobile assembly line at Nash Motors (later American Motors) during World War I.
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Allis-Chalmers Company

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Description: Plate Steel Spiral Casing for 70,000 horse-power Niagara Falls hydraulic turbine unit at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company erecting shop. The castin...
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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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Manufacturing Automobile Frames

Date: 1954
Description: Workers at the A.O. Smith Corporation in Milwaukee assembling frames for Cadillac automobiles. In 1902 Arthur O. Smith, son of the company's founder, produ...
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An Assembly Line of the Ford Motor Company

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Description: Men working on the automobile assembly line in the Rouge Plant of the Ford Motor Company.
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Chassis Assembly

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Description: General Motors chassis assembly. Men are working among the machinery.
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Springfield Works Factory Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Men operating large machines at International Harvester's Springfield Works. The factory produced trucks.
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Springfield Works Truck Assembly Line

Date: 1935
Description: Workers spray painting a truck chassis on the assembly line at International Harvester's Springfield Works (factory).
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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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Machine Shop at Akron Works

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Description: Workers in a machine shop(?) at International Harvester's Akron Works. The factory was devoted primarily to the manufacture of trucks. The works originally...
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Workers at International Harvester's Akron Works

Date: 1913
Description: Workers in a shop inside International Harvester's Akron Works. Bins containing metal parts and tools are scattered around the floor. The factory was devot...
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Truck Assembly Line at International Harvester's Chatham Works

Date: 1930
Description: Workers on an assembly line installing front and rear axles on a truck frame at International Harvester's Chatham Works in Ontario, Canada. The factory was...
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Truck Assembly Line at International Harvester's Chatham Works

Date: 1930
Description: Workers on an assembly line building and adjusting truck chassis's and engines at International Harvester's Chatham Works, Ontario, Canada. The factory was...
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Engine Testing on Chatham Works Assembly Line

Date: 1930
Description: Assembly line worker inspecting a truck's engine compartment during testing operations at International Harvester's Chatham Works. The factory was owned by...
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International Truck Executives

Date: 1960
Description: Six International truck executives posed with model trucks on large globe at International Harvester's Fort Wayne Works.
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Workers Viewing Ford Cars

Date: 11 09 1938
Description: Crowd of workers viewing two new Ford cars in the Madison Kipp Corp. plant, 201-231 Waubesa Street.
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Assembling Brakes on Axles at Fort Wayne Works

Date: 1937
Description: Factory worker assembling brakes on axles for trucks at International Harvester's Fort Wayne Works. The factory was located at Pontiac Street and Bueter Ro...
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50,000 Ford Motor Company Employees

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Description: Thousands of employees appear in a composite photograph representing 50,000 employees of the Ford Motor Company. A company building reading "Ford Motor Com...
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Factory workers construct frames in the Frame Assembly Department of the Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Factory workers in the Tire Mounting Department of the Winther Motor and Truck Company.

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