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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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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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Hamilton Works Tool Room

Date: 08 1909
Description: Workers using a large industrial press to manufacture parts in the tool room of International Harvester's Hamilton Works in Ontario, Canada.
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Rock Falls Experimental Department Tool Room

Date: 1910
Description: Factory workers in the Experimental Department tool room at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works.
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P&H 20-Ton Traveling Crane in Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of shop floor of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger 20-ton type "N" dial controlled cab-operated traveling crane. The crane is in machine sho...
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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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Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of men working in the metal finishing room of the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Metal parts are stacked on the floor and the room is suppor...
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Man in Shop Working on Trucks at IH Dealership

Date: 1944
Description: A mechanic works on a truck at Chisholm Brothers, an International Harvester dealership in Snake River Valley, Idaho. On the right the front of a truck cha...
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Milwaukee Works Machine Shop

Date: 1907
Description: Factory workers in the machine shop at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works.
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Boone Tire Factory

Date: 1919
Description: Three men use three different pieces of machinery in various stages of the tire-making process at the Boone Tire Factory. Stacks of tires are piled around ...
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Truck Assembly Line at Springfield Works

Date: 1959
Description: Factory workers work on partially-assembled trucks as they move down an assembly line at International Harvester's Springfield Works.
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Trucks on Assembly Line

Date: 1959
Description: View from interior of truck of factory workers tending to partially-assembled trucks as they move down an assembly line at International Harvester's Spring...
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International Metro Assembly Line

Date: 1959
Description: Men work on a partially-assembled Metro truck body raised on an assembly line inside the factory of the Metropolitan Body Company, an International Harvest...
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Factory Workers Iron Molding at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers pouring hot metal into molds, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works in Chicago.
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Assembly at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers producing farm implement parts at the McCormick Reaper Works. A pulley system is set up on the ceiling and several piles of metal pieces ar...
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Factory Workers at the McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: "Knotter men" work at tables in the McCormick Twine Mill. Windows line one wall of the brick room, and a system of belt-driven machinery is arranged along ...
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McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers stand at tables while working to assemble farm equipment at the McCormick Reaper Works factory.
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Universal Boring Machine

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers use a belt-driven universal boring machine at the McCormick Reaper Works. Additional workers stand near a wall lined with windows in the ba...
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Grain Binder Assembly Room

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers assemble grain binder parts at the McCormick Reaper Works. Metal machinery pieces are stacked at right and men work at tables to the left n...
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Factory Workers at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Male workers standing at stations positioned along a wall of windows inside the McCormick Reaper Works. A belt-driven power system is suspended from the ce...

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