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| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Male and female factory and office workers sitting in the cafeteria at International Harvester's West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 11 21 1958 |
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| Description: | Two men inspect a large gear which was later purchased by DeLaval Steam Turbine Company of Trenton, New Jersey. Original Falk caption reads, "This gear is ... |
| Date: | 05 1965 |
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| Description: | Couplings that were purchased by U.S. Steel (Allegheny Project) and used by Gary Steel Works. The man in the photograph is D. Ferch. There is also a man wo... |
| Date: | 10 29 1968 |
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| Description: | Mill drive purchased by Allis Chalmers and used by Duval. Original Falk caption reads, "260 inch x 34 inch single helical split ring gear... part of a phot... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A group of men and women load wooden crates onto a boxcar at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory). |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over crowd of people towards a man standing on a platform, possibly Cyrus McCormick III. He is speaking to a large group of people gathered o... |
| Date: | 09 19 1941 |
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| Description: | A group of men and women who have applied for employment at the new St. Paul Works sit around a table. They are being interviewed by representatives of Int... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | A job applicant interviews at International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Original caption reads: "Medium Caliber Artillery Gun Manufacture. H.E. Palmer, ind... |
| Date: | 03 1974 |
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| Description: | A group of male and female workers are posing around a sign and a crankcase sitting on the factory floor. The sign reads "Melrose Park Plant / March, 1974 ... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Factory workers pose at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. Original caption states: "First 26 employees at the new Indianapolis truck engine wor... |
| Date: | 10 21 1944 |
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| Description: | The first tire to be cured in the Gillette Tire Plant is removed from the mold. From left to right are F.B. Davis Jr. (Chairman of the United States Rubber... |
| Date: | 10 19 1944 |
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| Description: | The first raw tire is placed in a mold at Gillette Tire Plant. From left to right are R.L. Chatterson, Julius Berkley, A.B. Smith, M.O. Wick, J.W. Harry Ku... |
| Date: | 10 19 1944 |
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| Description: | Bagging the first tire made in the Gillette Tire Plant. From left to right are H.A. Berg, C.E. Stare, F.A. Cobb, F.J. Amundson, R.L. Chatterson, R.J. Hanse... |
| Date: | 10 19 1944 |
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| Description: | Tire builder William (Bill) McNair puts a pocket on the first tire built at the Gillette Tire Plant. Civic representatives and employees of construction fi... |
| Date: | 10 19 1944 |
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| Description: | Tire builder Bill McNair stitches the side walls of a heavy service truck tire at the Gillette Tire Plant as men in suits watch. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of International Scouts on assembly line. Men are working installing wheels as they near the end of the production process at the Fo... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Wayne Van Ryn, final assembly employee, drives the rear-wheel drive model with 4-passenger capacity and bucket front seats off the line. Two men, V.A. Hart... |
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| Description: | Two employees of Gisholt Machine Company are pouring molten metal from large cauldrons into molds as another worker looks on. A company supervisor is stand... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of factory floor at the Gisholt plant, located in the 1200 and 1300 blocks of East Washington Avenue. There is a bridge crane, rows of work s... |
| Date: | 01 24 1930 |
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| Description: | View of two factory men at work desks at a plant that assembled Comet aircraft engines. They are sitting on wooden stools between Korn scales in a narrow b... |
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