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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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100,000th International Tractor in the European Common Market

Date: 12 22 1969
Description: Director of Manufacturing of International Harvester France, R. Averay, driving an International 724 tractor off the assembly line in France. The tractor w...
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Hubert H. Humphrey Speaking to Workers

Date: 1968
Description: Hubert H. Humphrey speaking to factory workers through a megaphone from the back of a convertible.
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Veteran Tire Builder

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: Veteran tire builder Bill McNair works on a pocket while constructing a heavy service truck tire. Two men wearing suits and hats stand in the left backgrou...
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First Tire Made at Gillette Tire Plant

Date: 10 21 1944
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...
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Raw Tire in the Mold

Date: 10 19 1944
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...
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Bagging a Tire

Date: 10 19 1944
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...
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Tire Vacuum Expander

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: Seven men pose together as the first raw tire at the Gillette Tire Plant is put into a vacuum expander.
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Building the First Tire at Gillette

Date: 10 19 1944
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...
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Stitching a Tire

Date: 10 19 1944
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.
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Men Consulting on Automobile Design

Date: 1966
Description: IH engineer Ted Ornas consults with a student in International Harvester's first styling seminar at the Fort Wayne motor truck engineering department. Anot...
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Widmer Cheese Factory Interview

Date: 10 1990
Description: "Mike Jacobs of Milwaukee Journal TV4 interviews Ralph Widmer."
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Clerk Sitting at Desk at Osborne Works

Date: 08 04 1913
Description: A man wearing glasses is seated at a cluttered wooden desk at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). Behind him are file dr...
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Factory Manager at Fort Wayne Works

Date: 04 20 1929
Description: A man, likely a manager at International Harvester's Ft. Wayne Works, sits at a desk working on papers. There are phones, filing cabinets and other office ...
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Office Clerks at Fort Wayne Works

Date: 04 1929
Description: Two men, possibly clerks, sit on either side of a desk working on papers in an office at International Harvester's Ft. Wayne Works. There is a phone, stamp...
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Engineers at Fort Wayne Works

Date: 1935
Description: D.G. Renno (left) and H.K. Reinoehl look over blueprints in the Engineering Department at International Harvester's Ft. Wayne Works.
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Mental Health Week Survey

Date: 04 29 1958
Description: The Dane County Chapter of the Association for Mental Health conducts a survey of Madison area employers to aid them and their employees with mental health...
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Springfield Plants' First S Series

Date: 06 1977
Description: Group portrait of International Truck employees surrounding the first S Series built at the Springfield plant.
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Steering Wheel Assembly of International Scout

Date: 1961
Description: Four International Harvester employees wiring and inspecting the body of an International Harvester Scout. Assembly line image from International Harvester...
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50,000th Scout Built at Fort Wayne

Date: 1962
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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