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West Pullman Ball Bearing Plant

Date: 1947
Description: A factory worker at West Pullman Works stands behind a counter surrounded by metal pieces in the ball bearing plant.
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Female Factory Worker at West Pullman Works

Date: 1947
Description: A female factory worker machines a part in the ball bearing plant at West Pullman Works.
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West Pullman Ball Bearing Plant

Date: 1947
Description: A male and a female factory worker operating machines in the ball bearing plant at West Pullman Works.
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Woman at West Pullman Ball Bearing Plant

Date: 1947
Description: A female factory worker operates a machine in the ball bearing plant at West Pullman Works.
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Woman Employee at West Pullman Works

Date: 1947
Description: A female factory worker operates a machine consisting of multiple gears while seated at a table at West Pullman Works.
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Employees Drilling or Assembling Metal Parts

Date: 1947
Description: Male and female factory workers use drills or drivers on metal parts at West Pullman Works.
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Employee with Metal Parts at West Pullman Works

Date: 1947
Description: A factory worker handles metal parts at West Pullman Works.
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Factory Conveyor at West Pullman Works

Date: 1947
Description: A man working with metal parts as they are carried in baskets along a conveyor suspended from the ceiling at West Pullman Works.
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West Pullman Works Packaging

Date: 1947
Description: Male and female factory workers at West Pullman Works wrap items in paper and package them in boxes as they roll down a conveyor belt.
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1917 Model H Dump Truck

Date: 1947
Description: 1917 Model H half-ton dump truck. Accompanying text states: "The first low-wheeled International Harvester trucks were produced in 1915 and offered greater...
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Holocaust Survivors at Party

Date: 1947
Description: Party for Holocaust survivors bound for Palestine. Walter Wolf Peltz is in center foreground; Memmingen, Germany.
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Bascom Hall President's Office

Date: 1947
Description: President's office with fireplace and large table in Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Milo Weinschenker

Date: 1947
Description: Portrait of Milo Weinschenker, the son of Chaim and Klara Weinschenker. He is sick, tucked into bed.
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Saul Sorrin Dining at his Former Home in Munich

Date: 1947
Description: Self-portrait of Saul Sorrin, area director of the International Refugee Organization, dining at his former house in Munich. Saul Sorrin was interviewed...
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Portrait of Saul Sorrin

Date: 1947
Description: Portrait of Saul Sorrin, Area Director of the International Refugee Organization; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivor...
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Memorial Union Theater

Date: 1947
Description: View from balcony of interior of the Memorial Union Theater on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Wisconsin Steel Booth at Blind Veterans Show

Date: 1947
Description: A blind(?) man operates a piece of machinery behind a table in a display booth at the "blind veterans show." The booth is labeled "International Harvester'...
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Man Viewing Model Display at "100 Years in Chicago"

Date: 1947
Description: A man views a model of an early header. Original caption reads: "This display of the 'header,' a machine that preceded today's modern combine, brings back ...
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1,500,000th International Truck on Display

Date: 1947
Description: Two International trucks are on display in front of a sign that reads "40th Anniversary International Trucks / 1907" and "Our Pioneering Days are Never Ove...
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The One Millionth Farmall Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: The one millionth Farmall tractor on display, likely at International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. A sign reads: "The Millionth FARMALL ...

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