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Boxed Artillery Cart Ready for Shipment
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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 standing with his back turned at one of the factory windows.
May 17, 1918
International Harvester Company
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W012I3W
WHi 9231
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Product Crated for Shipment at McCormick Works
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A crate packed with a Gun Cart trench mortar barrel for shipment is outdoors in the factory yard. In the background is a brick factory building.
Product Crated for Shipment at McCormick Works
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