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Worker in front of Furnace at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 09 1908
Description: View of worker with a grey beard and hat standing and posing in front of a furnace inside IHC McCormick Works foundry.
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Carpenter at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 09 1908
Description: Carpenter standing with his hand on a C. Parker bench vise attached to a work bench at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was b...
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Man Standing Near Factory Door

Date: 1916
Description: Portrait of a man standing in office clothes just outside a factory door. The man was an employee of International Harvester, likely in Chicago.
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Factory Workers on Elevator at McCormick Works

Date: 1910
Description: Two factory workers standing on a freight elevator, silhouetted by light from an open window behind them. The men probably worked at International Harveste...
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Osborne Works Employee

Date: 10 20 1915
Description: An Osborne Works factory worker(?) standing in a workshop or storage facility.
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Safety Inspector

Date: 1921
Description: Portrait of a safety inspector at International Harvester's West Pullman Works (factory).
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Milwaukee Works Employees in Height Demonstration

Date: 1919
Description: Factory workers from International Harvester's Milwaukee Works demonstrate the difference in their respective heights. The two shorter men, Schultz (left) ...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Portrait of Stanley Prideaux, worker at the Gisholt Machine Company, who is representing the CIO Dane County Industrial Union council on the 1949 Madison C...
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E.H. Sohner and Assistant at Farmall Works

Date: 09 30 1935
Description: Factory Superintendent E.H. Sohner and his assistant J.W. Phillips in an office at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Springfield Works Storekeeper H.H. Stephenson

Date: 06 18 1935
Description: Springfield Works storekeeper H.H. Stephenson sits at a desk in his factory office.
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John W. Brown

Date: 05 13 1937
Description: John W. Brown, likely an employee of International Harvester, posing against a white background. The caption identifies the location as "recreation room . ...
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Miss Zelma Purchase

Date: 1948
Description: Miss Zelma Purchase, of the Home Economics Department at International Harvester's Evansville Works, sits at a table with folded hands.
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E.H. Sohner

Date: 1942
Description: Mr. E.H. Sohner, General Superintendent of International Harvester's Bettendorf Works, wears a three-piece suit and sits in an office chair to pose for a p...
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Woman Tying Scarf

Date: 1917
Description: Quarter-length portrait of a woman tying a scarf around her head and knotting it under her chin. The photograph is one of a series demonstrating how to use...
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Bill Skaar

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Portrait of William Skaar (known as Bill), the president of the Battery Workers' Federal Union at the Ray-O-Vac Company.
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Stan Prideaux

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: Indoor portrait of Stanley Prideaux, president of the Dane County CIO Council and president of Local 1404 United Steel Workers at Gisholt, the second large...
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Union Women

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: Clara L. Anderson of McFarland operates a machine that puts labels on small batteries. She works at Ray-O-Vac and is a leader in Local 19587, Battery Worke...
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Union Women

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: Ruby Allman (right), secretary of Local 538 Amalgamated Meat Cutter and Butcher Workmen of North America at Oscar Mayer and Company, signs up Dorothy Braun...
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International Harvester Factory Worker at McCormick Works

Date: 06 06 1906
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing in front of a dark-colored makeshift background. He is wearing dark work shoes, light-colored overalls, and a dark s...
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Two Men Sitting Underneath a Parts Display

Date: 1910
Description: Two factory workers dressed in dark work clothes, light aprons, and dark hats sit on a crate below a numbered display of parts, most likely at Internationa...

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