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Tire Factory Interior

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated interior view of the Boone Tire Factory. Men are lined up along a wall with open windows. They are each using a stand to hold a wheel while wrappi...
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Crucible Steel Casting Company

Date: 1946
Description: Workers chipping imperfections from a rough casting.
Poster

McCormick Advertising Poster

Date: 1902
Description: Chromolithograph advertising poster for McCormick mowers and rakes. Features on the top half a young boy with a reaping hook/sickle and a young girl holdin...
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Women Metal Fabricators

Date: 1946
Description: Women workers at Moe Brothers.
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Testing Spring Teeth at Osborne Works

Date: 03 18 1913
Description: Factory workers testing newly manufactured harrow spring teeth at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Compan...
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Workers Pour Molten Metal into Molds at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1916
Description: Two workers pouring molten metal from a crane-held vat into a mold to make castings at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by ...
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Workers Tend to Engines at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1916
Description: Two men working on engine components on an assembly line at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Com...
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Workers Shaping Metal Bars for Frame

Date: 05 28 1930
Description: Two International Harvester factory workers using a large pneumatic vise to form frame components. The scene may be at the company's Auburn (formerly Osbor...
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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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Mechanic Working on Tractor Engine

Date: 1944
Description: Mechanic taking apart a tractor engine in the service department of the Snake River Equipment Company, an International Harvester dealership. An Internatio...
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Construction of Retaining Wall

Date: 04 05 1919
Description: Men working on a hillside retaining wall to "P tipple" of no. 2 mine. Railroad tracks and houses are below in the distance. Benham was a "company town" cre...
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Linden Blacksmith

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: View of the Linden blacksmith shop, showing forge and equipment. The introduction of motorized farm equipment and automobiles led to the virtual disappeara...
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Halperin Machine Shop

Date: 12 26 1930
Description: A machinist working at the Charles H. Halperin machine shop, located at 209 S. Park Street.
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UW-Madison Mechanical Engineering Building Construction

Date: 09 07 1930
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Mechanical Engineering Building at 1513 University Avenue under construction. Men are working on the steel framework. A mas...
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Lake View Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Date: 08 28 1929
Description: Five men are working on the heat tunnel construction for the Lake View TB sanatorium. 1202 Northport Drive.
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Holmes Tire and Supply Co. Tire Recapping Department

Date: 10 29 1946
Description: Interior of Holmes Tire and Supply Company, 431 West Main Street. View of the recapping department with two workers, equipment, and many tires of different...
Book or Pamphlet

IHC Feed Grinder Catalog Cover

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester feed grinders featuring an illustration of the "Egyptian method of grinding."
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Farmall Works Assembly Line

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers installing rear wheels and tires on Farmall tractors at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Rogers Truck & Implement Company Service Shop

Date: 1942
Description: Two mechanics working on tractors and implements in the service shop of Rogers Truck & Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. The tracto...
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Winnebago Auto Replacement Company Machine Shop

Date: 04 02 1947
Description: Winnebago Auto Replacement Company, 103 North Park Street. Interior view showing machine shop with five machinists at work.

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