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Man Hardening Tractor Parts in Furnace

Date: 1942
Description: Factory worker hardens tractor parts in "one of a battery of gas-fired box type heat treating furnaces."
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Man Constructing Cub Cadet

Date: 06 1961
Description: A factory worker with an International Cub Cadet lawn tractor at International Harvester's Louisville Works.
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Assembling a Cub Cadet

Date: 06 1961
Description: A factory worker at International Harvester's Louisville Works adjusts the wires on a Cub Cadet lawn tractor.
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Sorting Cranberries on a Conveyor Belt

Date: 10 21 1997
Description: Close-up of cranberries being sorted on a conveyor belt at the Walker Cranberry Company. The worker is wearing a jacket and gloves.
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Blade Sharpener

Date: 07 17 1916
Description: Blade sharpener set up outdoors on the cobblestones in the yard at McCormick Works. There is a backdrop behind the sharpener, which has a seat for a worker...
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McCormick-Deering I-12 Tractor Hauling Cargo on Port Dock

Date: 09 16 1935
Description: Dock worker hauling two small trailers of cargo with a McCormick-Deering I-12 industrial tractor next to a docked ship. The tractor was owned and operated ...
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TWA Airplane and Tractor

Date: 08 24 1937
Description: Worker moving Trans World Airlines DC-3 (DC-2?) airplane with an International industrial tractor outside the TWA hangar at Chicago's Municipal Airport (la...
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Rock Falls Works Farm Implement Manufacturing

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Description: Factory worker machining an implement part at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works. The factory was owned by the Keystone Manufacturing Company befor...
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Farmall M Leveling Gravel at Hinsdale Farm

Date: 1949
Description: Worker leveling gravel with a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor and a no. 7 angle dozer at International Harvester's Hinsdale farm and testing facility.
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Migrant Worker Meeting

Date: 1967
Description: Migrant farm workers meeting in Bancroft after a strike. There are four men wearing hats standing in front of a women's outhouse. Strikes in Wisconsin were...
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Assembling the Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: Two factory workers are attaching a Farmall Cub engine to the clutch housing, while a third worker is attaching brake pedals. Taken on the assembly line at...
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Weighing a Turkey

Date: 11 1947
Description: A worker at Frank Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona, is weighing a turkey as two girls are looking on.
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10-20 Tractor in Railroad Yard

Date: 04 18 1926
Description: A worker uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor to pull a platform along tracks in a railroad yard outside a factory or other type of industrial building.
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Adams Maintainer

Date: 06 30 1927
Description: A Nebraska State Highway Department worker uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor with an Adams maintainer to work on a rural road.
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Payday for Field Workers on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: A manager pays a field worker on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Mr. Monroe paying the field workers."
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Man Carburizing Transmission Gears at Tractor Works

Date: 1943
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Cheese Factory

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Description: Horses and wagons carrying aluminum barrels are standing outside the cheese factory. Workers pause from work to pose. Each worker wears overalls and a hat.
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Migrant Worker at Wautoma Rally

Date: 1966
Description: Close-up portrait of a migrant farm worker listening to speeches at an Oberos Unidos (United Workers) pre-march rally at Waushara Courthouse. The march was...
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Jesus Salas and John Schmitt

Date: 1967
Description: On the right, Jesus Salas, leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), Wisconsin's migrant farm worker union. On the left, John Schmitt, president of the AF...
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Stunning Cattle

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Description: A packing house worker demonstrates the revolutionary Thor air-powered cattle stunner that was called the first successful pneumatic stunning tool for the ...

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