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Female Worker Inspects Parts at West Pullman Works

Date: 1944
Description: Female worker inspecting small plastic and metal parts at International Harvester's West Pullman Works.
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Gun Carriage Manufacture at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1941
Description: Factory worker at a machine in International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Original caption reads: "High Speeding of 155-Millimeter Gun Carriage at Milwauke...
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Shell Manufacture at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1941
Description: Factory worker wearing saftey goggles and welding a shell casing at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Original caption reads: "75-Millimeter Shell...
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Shell Manufacture at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers producing artillery shells at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Original caption reads: "75-Millimeter Shell Manufacture. In this ...
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Shell Manufacture at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers producing artillery shells at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Original caption reads: "75-Millimeter Shell Manufacture. First op...
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20 Millimeter Gun Plant

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Factory worker at IH 20mm gun plant. Original caption states: "Nearly all of the men employees of the plant also were trained by the company in special tra...
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Joan Hebrink with Safety Shoes

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Factory worker Joan Hebrink with safety shoes. Original caption states: "Closed-toe safety shoes are required wear by all women employees of the plant. All...
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Female Welder in War Production at IH Factory

Date: 09 08 1943
Description: A female operator at an International Harvester Company factory welds the end plates of a M-5 high-speed tractor. The tractor was built for the Army to pul...
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Woman with Torpedo at McCormick Works

Date: 1943
Description: A woman's face is visible through an opening in the after-body of an aircraft torpedo as she uses a tool to tap holes in it. The photograph was taken at In...
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Employees Welding Tractors

Date: 09 08 1943
Description: A line of factory workers at International Harvester's Bettendorf Works stand on wooden platforms at individual stations to weld parts for the "M-5 high sp...
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Female Employees at Bettendorf Works

Date: 09 08 1943
Description: A line of female factory workers at International Harvester's Bettendorf Works assembling the instrument panels for "M-5 high speed tractors" [crawler].
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Woman with Copper Tubing for Torpedo

Date: 05 25 1943
Description: A woman wearing a hat, protective gloves, and safety glasses uses a tool to bend copper tubing used in making aircraft torpedoes at an International Harves...
Poster

Fighting Men Need Fighting Metal! - Thousands More Miners Needed!

Date: 1944
Description: War Manpower Commission Design No. 7, "Metal Miner." The poster features a man in a cave with mining equipment. At center bottom of the poster the audience...
Poster

Coal Is "Fighting Power" - Thousands More Miners Needed!

Date: 1944
Description: War Manpower Commission Design No. 7, "Coal Miner." The poster features a man in a cave with mining equipment. At center bottom of the poster the audience ...
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West Pullman Works Production Line

Date: 11 24 1942
Description: Female factory workers on a production line at International Harvester's West Pullman Works. The women inspect small metal parts used in war production.
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Woman at Drill Press at West Pullman Works

Date: 1942
Description: Close-up of factory worker Dorothy Ozen wearing safety glasses while operating a drill press used in war production at International Harvester's West Pullm...
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20mm Cannon Construction

Date: 1945
Description: Factory worker William Nolan works on the final assembly of a 20 mm cannon before proof firing at International Harvester's St. Paul Works.
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20mm Cannon Assembly Line

Date: 1945
Description: Factory worker Lorraine Larsen, a lathe operator, tends to a bolt body for the 20 mm cannon at International Harvester's St. Paul Works.
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Automatic Shell Turning Operation at New Brighton Works

Date: 12 27 1944
Description: A female factory worker wearing an apron readies a shell turning machine for operation at International Harvester's New Brighton Works.
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Woman Paints Tank Parts

Date: 1943
Description: A female worker applies paint to a piece of an Army air-borne invasion tank in a booth at International Harvester's Indianapolis branch house.

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