Photograph
Employees Welding Tractors
![A line of factory workers at International Harvester's Bettendorf Works stand on wooden platforms at individual stations to weld parts for the "M-5 high speed tractor" [crawler]. The original caption reads: "These operators are welding the cross frame members of the M-5 high speed tractor at Harvester's Bettendorf (Iowa) Works. The fixtures permit tilting the members to the most advantageous position for each welding operation."](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700003050653/0305007104-l.jpg "Employees Welding Tractors")
| A line of factory workers at International Harvester's Bettendorf Works stand on wooden platforms at individual stations to weld parts for the "M-5 high speed tractor" [crawler]. The original caption reads: "These operators are welding the cross frame members of the M-5 high speed tractor at Harvester's Bettendorf (Iowa) Works. The fixtures permit tilting the members to the most advantageous position for each welding operation." |
| Image ID: | 63412 |
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| Creation Date: | 09 08 1943 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Bettendorf |
| County: | |
| State: | Iowa |
| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company photo albums, circa 1899-1965 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 7Z, Album 597, Pg.124 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| War work |
| Personal protective equipment |
| Work clothes |
| Factories |
| Agricultural machinery industry |
| Industrial buildings |
| Welding |
| World War, 1939-1945 |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Blue collar workers |
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