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Poster

Wear It Proudly

Date: 1942
Description: Poster showing a line of factory workers with a larger image of a "production soldier" behind them. Includes the text: "The badge of the production soldier...
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Men Operating Fire Booths at 20 mm Gun Plant

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Two factory workers stand outside firing booths to conduct testing at International Harvester's 20 (Twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "...
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Women in Torpedo Factory

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: A line of female factory workers operate milling machines at an International Harvester plant responsible for manufacturing aircraft torpedo parts. Origina...
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Women Assembling Torpedoes

Date: 1943
Description: Three women work on a line of torpedoes at an International Harvester factory. The women wear uniforms and hats embroidered with the IHC logo. There is a m...
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Farmall Tractor in Orchard

Date: 1945
Description: A man, possibly Corporal James H. Mills, operating a Farmall H tractor in what appears to be an apple orchard. Corporal Mills was presented with a tractor ...
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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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Building Construction

Date: 07 03 1942
Description: Men work on the interior of a partially constructed building at International Harvester's Quad Cities Tank Arsenal.
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Men Unload Metal for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Farmers unload scrap metal from a truck in the yard of Landaal Brothers, an International Harvester dealership. Dealer Charles Landaal is standing at left....
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Men Identify Metal for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Men from George Schubert and Sons, an International Harvester dealership, examine old farm machines to identify candidates for a wartime scrap drive. The m...
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Boxed Artillery Cart Ready for Shipment

Date: 05 17 1918
Description: Boxed 240 mm mortar cart ready for shipment to the U.S. military from International Harvester's McCormick Works. Includes a trench mortar barrel. A man is ...
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Aircraft Torpedo Manufacture

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Male and female workers producing torpedo parts at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "A battery of acetylene torches is here show...
Poster

Your Tools Are Weapons

Date: 1942
Description: Poster showing a factory worker hitting a caricature of Adolf Hitler on the head with a tool. Includes the text: "Your tools are weapons... take care of th...
Photograph

Two Men Converse on a Construction Site

Date: 1942
Description: Two men talking on a construction site, probably at International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory). A pile of bricks is in the foreground alon...
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Woman Operating a Grinder at Torpedo Factory

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: A woman operating a grinding machine at an International Harvester factory responsible for manufacturing aircraft torpedo parts. Original caption reads: "T...
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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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Superintendents at St. Paul Works

Date: 09 19 1941
Description: Factory superintendent at St. Paul Works. "Medium Caliber Artillery Gun Manufacture. J.E. Harris, left, superintendent of St. Paul Works, confers with M.V....
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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 worker producing artillery shells at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Original caption reads: "75-Millimeter Shell Manufacture. In anothe...
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Man Using Microscope

Date: 1943
Description: A man using a microscope to match a ball bearing for an aircraft torpedo at an International Harvester factory. The original caption reads: "A powerful mic...
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International Truck at Proving Grounds

Date: 1943
Description: Men look on as a man drives an International truck on a test track. The truck may be a model designed for the U.S. military. The photograph may have been t...

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