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Damaged Eyeglasses
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Eleven pairs of damaged eyeglasses or spectacles. The eyeglasses may have been worn by workers at International Harvester's Auburn Works (factory), or they may have been tested for safety.
November 6, 1935
International Harvester Company
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W012I7W
WHi 9371
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International Harvester's Auburn Works
July 19, 1935
Exterior of International Harvester's Auburn Works factory (formerly known as "Osborne Works").
"You Can't Saw Wood with a Hammer"
1910
Photo montage, with a sign reading "You can't saw wood with a hammer," along with a machine part, and a young man. The photograph may have been taken at International Harvester's Osborne Works in A...
Osborne Works
February 6, 1912
Exterior of International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works) with a snow-covered street in the foreground.
River and Dam Near Osborne Works
1912
Water pouring over a dam near International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was later known as "Auburn Works."
Factory Workers Among Hanging Implement Parts
1907
Factory workers are standing among implement parts hanging from hooks suspended from a track on the ceiling at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works).
Agricultural Manufacturing at Osborne Works
Agricultural machinery parts hang from hooks on a track suspended from a ceiling and winding around a factory floor at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). To the ...
