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Door-Window Test Machine
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Louis Graves uses a door-window regulator test machine in the truck engineering department. The original caption reads: "This door-window regulator test machine rolls the glass in the window up and down approximately 30 times every minute. Louis Graves adjusts the machine which puts the window regulator and glass run-channel to this severe test in the experimental laboratories of the Fort Wayne truck engineering department."
December 20, 1943
International Harvester Company
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Front Drive Joint Assembly Testing
December 20, 1943
Jerry Moreland tests a front drive joint assembly in a freezing cabinet at the International Harvester truck engineering department. The original caption reads: "The substance Jerry Moreland is dip...
Clay Model Truck
December 20, 1943
Jack Gordon uses a tool to shape a clay model truck in the truck engineering department. The original caption reads: "Truck stylist Jack Gordon works on a quarter-size clay model of a cab-over-engi...
Engineering Department
December 20, 1943
Elevated view of men working at machines in an International Harvester engineering shop. The original caption reads: "Scene from International Harvester Company's shop in the engineering department...
Engineering Department
December 20, 1943
Heads of various divisions of International Harvester's truck(?) engineering department gather around a table to look over blueprints and plans. Clockwise, the men in the photograph are: J.C.A. Str...
Sheet Metal Shop
December 20, 1943
Men working in the sheet metal shop of the farm machinery engineering department of the International Harvester Company. The original caption reads: "Part of the sheet metal shop of the farm machin...
Machine Shop for Experimental Machines
1944
Elevated view of men working at stations in the machine shop of International Harvester Company's engineering department. The original caption reads: "Scene from a part of the machine shop of Inter...
