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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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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...
Worker Shapes Tractor Wheel at Tractor Works
1929
Factory worker uses a roller to shape a tractor wheel at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
Wheels Suspended from Ceiling
1912
Metal wheels hanging from the ceiling at International Harvester's Plano Works. The wheels appear to ready for dipping in a liquid bath. The factory was later known as "West Pullman Works."
Workers Attach Tractor Wheels at Tractor Works
1929
Two factory workers attach the rear wheels to an industrial tractor frame on an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. Original caption in "Harvester World" magazine reads: "A do...
Springfield Works Conveyor System
1937
Truck parts are transported by an overhead factory conveyor system at International Harvester's Springfield Works.
Crates and Wheels at Milwaukee Works
1920
Wooden crates and wheels in a large room at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works (factory).
