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Residential Construction Site

Date: 11 02 1918
Description: Residential building site near railroad tracks, looking west. Several houses are under construction. Benham was a "company town" created by International H...
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Bridge No. 1

Date: 05 10 1919
Description: Workers digging in a muddy trench near bridge no. 1, mine no. 2. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the Wisc...
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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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Construction of Retaining Wall

Date: 04 05 1919
Description: Workers building a retaining wall to "P. tipple" of the no. 2 mine. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the W...
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Steam Shovel Digging Borrow Pit

Date: 03 01 1919
Description: Workers digging a "borrow pit" for no. 2 mine with a steam shovel. The men are standing along a set of narrow gauge railroad tracks. Benham was a "company ...
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Railroad Tracks and Bridge

Date: 03 19 1919
Description: Small steam engine hauling empty cars over a bridge along a narrow gauge railroad track. Houses in a residential neighborhood are in the background. The tr...
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Construction of "Borrow Pit"

Date: 02 22 1919
Description: Workers using a steam shovel to dig a "borrow pit" for the no. 2 mine. The shovel is loading soil onto a rail car on a narrow gauge railroad track. Benham ...
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Miners with Mine Sprinkler

Date: 1919
Description: Three miners with a mine sprinkler inside a mine shaft. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the Wisconsin Ste...
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Men Standing Posing on Flooded Rail Line

Date: 1919
Description: Men standing on the exposed portion of a flooded railroad track as a swiftly moving torrent of water is rushing past. Benham was a "company town" created b...
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Construction of Railroad Dock

Date: 03 29 1919
Description: Men building a dock along railroad tracks. The tracks run along a stream or small river. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for...
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Freshly Painted Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: Freshly painted Farmall Cub tractor hanging in a paint oven at International Harvester's Louisville Works.
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Farmall Cub Ready to Leave Assembly Line

Date: 1948
Description: Farmall Cub tractor ready to leave the assembly line at International Harvester's Louisville Works.
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Farmall Tractors Ready for Shipment

Date: 1948
Description: Color photograph of hundreds of Farmall tractors lined up outside the International Harvester's Louisville Works(?) (factory). Some of the tractors are loa...
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Dixie Bottling Company Trucks

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: Two men sit in International trucks parked outside the Dixie Bottling Company building. Another man stands in the background, near the building for the bot...
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Testing Cub Cadet on Railroad Tracks

Date: 06 1961
Description: A man drives an International Harvester Cub Cadet along the inside of railroad tracks to test the machine. The photograph was probably taken outside of Int...
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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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International Cub Cadet Shipment

Date: 06 1961
Description: A forklift moves boxes of International Cub Cadet lawn tractors on wooden pallets at the Louisville Works factory.
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Inspecting Cub Cadet Wheels

Date: 06 1961
Description: A factory worker at International Harvester's Louisville Works inspects the wheels of a Cub Cadet lawn tractor, which is suspended by a pulley from the cei...
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Constructing a Cub Cadet Chassis

Date: 06 1960
Description: A factory worker tends to a Cub Cadet lawn tractor chassis as it hangs from an overhead chain conveyor at International's Louisville Works factory.
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Louisville Works Assembly Line

Date: 06 1961
Description: Elevated view of factory workers piecing together Cub Cadet parts along an assembly line at International Harvester's Louisville Works.

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