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Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
Photograph

Factory Workers at Chattanooga Works

Date: 1932
Description: Factory workers and long wheeled carts filled with implement parts at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
Photograph

Chattanooga Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers working at tables, and long wheeled carts full of implement parts at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
Photograph

Factory Workers at Chattanooga Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers working at tables, and long wheeled carts full of implement parts at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
Photograph

Assembling Plows at Chattanooga Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers assemble plows at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Plows at Chattanooga Plow Works

Date: 1930
Description: Men (mostly likely employees), plows, cane mills and an evaporator are lined up on a Main Street sidewalk outside the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Men Moving Field Harvesters at McCormick Works

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of a factory worker using a forklift on a loading dock to move a field harvester on a pallet at International Harvester's McCormick Works. An...
Print

Yuba Ball Tread Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Two-page advertisement featuring a collage of photographs depicting the Yuba ball tread tractor at work in farm fields. A photograph of the Yuba Constructi...
Book or Pamphlet

Advance-Rumely Line

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Advance-Rumely line of agricultural equipment. Features a color illustration of men loading tractors and a threshi...
Photograph

Loading Dock and Train at Osborne Works

Date: 1907
Description: View down platform of train stopped at a loading dock at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). On the dock is a large stac...
Book or Pamphlet

Adriance and Buckeye Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Catalog cover of Adriance, Platt & Co. features an illustration of a farmer standing in a field holding a scythe and wiping his brow. In the background men...
Photograph

Man Working on Assembly of Part for Cultivator

Date: 01 26 1921
Description: A man is working on assembling a part for a cultivator in a large factory area. Other men are working in the background. Parts are stacked on the right.
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Men Working on Assembly of Part for Cultivator

Date: 01 26 1921
Description: Men are working on benches in a factory to assemble parts for a cultivator. Three men are using hand drills. Parts are stacked on the far right.
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Two Men Operating Large Machine

Date: 05 28 1930
Description: View of a factory area where two men are working. The man on the right has his back turned while using a hose attached to the ceiling. The other man is loo...
Photograph

Product Assembly

Date: 05 28 1930
Description: Men are working on parts set up on a worktable. The man in the foreground is using a tool with a long cord that is attached to the ceiling. In the backgrou...
Photograph

Orchard Disk Harrow (4 Gangs)

Date: 11 30 1925
Description: Orchard Disk Harrow (4 Gangs) set up on factory floor with a low backdrop behind. A man is standing on the far left holding up one end of the backdrop. Par...

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