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Combine Assembly Line at East Moline Works

Date: 1944
Description: Male and female workers installing parts on combine bodies along assembly line at International Harvester's East Moline Works. The factory was constructed ...
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Naval Training School, Ship's Store

Date: 02 07 1945
Description: Naval clerk selling Old Gold cigarettes to a trainee at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) ship's store in the University of Wisconsin athletic stadium...
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Herman Elies Working with Hemp

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Herman Elies slashing the twine ties from the hemp bundles to be processed into cordage for rope during World War II at a hemp mill on Highway 51 in DeFore...
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Woman and Hemp Stalk Crusher

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: A woman is feeding hemp stalks into a crusher for rope production during World War II.
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Men Processing Hemp Fibers

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Two men processing hemp in a DeForest plant for use as cord and rope during World War II. The men are feeding hemp into a rolling machine which crushes the...
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Bulldozing Dirt at Bettendorf Tank Arsenal

Date: 1942
Description: A man operates an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a Bucyrus-Erie bulldozer blade inside a factory building. The building is probably Inter...
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Preparing St. Paul Works for Gun Manufacture

Date: 10 19 1941
Description: Workers use an industrial tractor to move factory machinery into place at International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Original caption reads: "Medium Caliber...
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Tractors on Rail Cars for "Food and Defense"

Date: 05 01 1941
Description: Factory workers loading Farmall tractors onto rail cars outside International Harvester's Tractor Works. Original caption reads: "Machines for use in the p...
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Wheel Tractors for National Defense

Date: 04 24 1941
Description: International military tractor on a rail car, most likely at Internaitonal Harvester's Tractor Works (factory). Original caption reads: "A wheel-type Diese...
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Crawler Tractors For National Defense

Date: 04 24 1941
Description: Factory workers pull equipment with an International TracTracTor (crawler tractor), most likely at International Harvester's Tractor Works. Original captio...
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International Crawler-Tractors with Cranes

Date: 1944
Description: International crawler-tractors outfitted with Trackson cranes park in rows in a dirt lot. The original caption reads: "Just as is the case with Internation...
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International TD-9 Crawler Tractors

Date: 1944
Description: Elevated view of International TD-9 crawler tractors (TracTracTors) equipped with bulldozers and front-end loaders parked in rows in a dirt lot. The origin...
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Seabees with International TD-18

Date: 1944
Description: Seabees at Camp Rousseau train to use an International TD-18 diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) equipped with a bulldozer. Various vehicles and machinery...
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Tractor with Road Ripper

Date: 1944
Description: A man uses an International TD-18 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a heavy-duty road ripper to do construction on rough terrain. Hills are in the backgro...
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Crawler Tractors for National Defense

Date: 04 24 1941
Description: View along railroad track of railroad cars loaded with crawler tractors (TracTracTors) at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Trainees at Outdoor Lecture

Date: 1942
Description: Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School trainees gathered for an outdoor lecture. The men are all wearing helmets and fatigues, with some carrying submachine gu...

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