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IHC Tractor Works Assembly Room
1916
Elevated view of factory workers assembling tractors at an International Harvester factory — most likely Tractor Works in Chicago.
IHC Tractor Works Assembly Line
1929
Workers installing the transmission in a crawler tractor chassis along an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
Workers at IHC McCormick Works
1915
Workers on an assembly line producing mowers at an International Harvester factory - possibly the McCormick Works in Chicago.
Men Work on a Crawler Tractor at Tractor Works
1959
Two men working on a crawler tractor (TracTracTor) at an International Harvester factory - most likely Tractor Works.
Workers Attach Wheels to Tractor at IHC Tractor Works
1930
Factory workers installing front wheels on McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractors as they come through a painting booth on an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The wheels arrive b...
Workers Assembling Crawler Tractor Frames
1947
Workers assembling crawler tractor (TracTractor) frames at the beginning of an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The factory was located at 2600 West 1st Boulevard.