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Production Line Worker

Date: 1935
Description: A woman factory worker sorting parts at Globe Union Manufacturing Company, maker of batteries, radio apparatus, and spark plugs.
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Rubber Workers at Ajax Rubber Company

Date: 1928
Description: Rubber workers making tires at the Ajax Rubber Company plant in Racine.
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Tire Assembly Line

Date: 1928
Description: Cutting machine at the Ajax Rubber Company of Racine. In the foreground the cutting machine automatically cuts frictioned fabric on the bias, then women w...
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Automobile Crankshaft Machine at Gisholt Machine Company

Date: 08 20 1947
Description: Display of a 50-ton machine, developed by the Gisholt Machine Company, that will help speed up production of automobile crankshafts. W.A. Smlja, on the lef...
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Core Slinger at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1940
Description: Factory workers making cylinder block barrel cores with a Beardsley and Piper core slinger at International Harvester's Indianapolis Truck Engine Works.
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Gisholt Turret Lathes in Peerless Auto Motor Car Company

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Description: View of a battery of turret lathes in the "Gisholt Department" in a factory of the Peerless Auto Motor Car Company taken while machinery is in operation. T...
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Gisholt Turret Lathes in Peerless Auto Motor Car Company

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Description: Elevated view of a room full of turret lathes in the "Gisholt Department" in a factory of the Peerless Auto Motor Car Company taken while the machinery is ...
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Workers in the Gisholt Department at the Buick Company Plant #1

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Description: Factory workers standing with their arms crossed on the plant floor in the Gisholt Department of the Buick Company Plant #1 alongside lathes, and machined ...

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