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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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Two Men Inspecting a Gear

Date: 11 21 1958
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 ...
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Couplings

Date: 05 1965
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...
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Solid Foot Radicons

Date: 06 24 1966
Description: Solid foot radicons. Original Falk caption reads, "43145 is stock of solid-foot radicons in plant 2." The male employee in the photograph is Jim Jones.
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Large Mill Drive

Date: 10 29 1968
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...
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Loading Boxcars at Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: A group of men and women load wooden crates onto a boxcar at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory).
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100,000th Farmall Celebration

Date: 1930
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...
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Service Managers in a Tractor Plant

Date: 10 1935
Description: Southwest District branch service managers touring the factory floor at Milwaukee Works. Original caption reads: "Milwaukee Works, Some of the group of Ser...
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100,000th Crankcase at Melrose Park Works

Date: 03 1974
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 ...
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Indianapolis Truck Engine Works

Date: 1956
Description: Factory workers pose at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. Original caption states: "First 26 employees at the new Indianapolis truck engine wor...
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Truck Engine Works Inspection Tour

Date: 11 18 1937
Description: Men inspect Indianapolis Works, then under construction. The original caption reads: "Photo taken during inspection of Indianapolis Truck Engine Works, the...
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Indianapolis Truck Engine Works Inspection

Date: 1937
Description: Men inspect the construction of International Harvester's Indianapolis Truck Engine Works. The original caption reads: "Photo taken during the inspection o...
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Man Using Microscope

Date: 1943
Description: A man using a microscope to match a ball bearing for an aircraft torpedo at an International Harvester factory. The original caption reads: "A powerful mic...
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Drafting Department at Tractor Works

Date: 03 10 1949
Description: A group of men working at tables in the Drafting Department at International Harvester's Tractor Works. An American flag is hanging from the high ceiling i...
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Man with International Cub Cadet

Date: 06 1961
Description: A man is crouching beside an International Cub Cadet lawn tractor marked "660-Pup" at the Louisville Works factory.
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International Cub Cadet

Date: 06 1961
Description: A man sits on a Cub tractor and points out similar features on an International Cub Cadet lawn tractor suspended from a chain at the Louisville Works facto...
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Men with Cub Cadets

Date: 06 1961
Description: Three men stand around International Cub Cadet lawn tractors at the Louisville Works factory while consulting papers on a clipboard. Boxes are piled in the...
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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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