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Worker Heats Metal at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1914
Description: A worker prepares to stamp a heated metal rod at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works (factory).
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Casting Aluminum

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Description: Two men casting molten aluminum into slabs by hand at the Mirro Aluminum Company.
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Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Men working at tables in the metal finishing room of the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Stacks of parts are piled on the floor, and a hat and coat are han...
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Men Working in McCormick Foundry

Date: 1900
Description: View across foundry floor of factory workers in a large room with high ceilings, vent hoods and skylights at McCormick Works. Two men in the middle ground ...
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Manufacturing Enameled Metalware

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Description: Several men dip pitchers and pails to apply metal at Vollrath Company.
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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks of York Iron Works. Probably the construction of the blast furnace.
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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks of York Iron Works. Probably the construction of the blast furnace.
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York Iron Works

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Description: York Iron Works, with a group of men posed standing in front of the construction of the blast furnace.
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Gisholt Machine Company Employee Pouring Molten Metal

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Description: A Gisholt Machine Company factory worker, wearing protective glasses, is using a wheel to position a large cauldron for pouring molten metal into a mold to...
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Gisholt Machine Company Employees Working with Molten Metal

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Description: Two employees of Gisholt Machine Company are pouring molten metal from large cauldrons into molds as another worker looks on. A company supervisor is stand...

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