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M-3 "Sherman" Tank at Bettendorf Works

Date: 1942
Description: M-3 "Sherman" tank at International Harvester's Bettendorf Works.
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M-4 Tank at Bettendorf Works

Date: 1942
Description: International M-4 tank coming off of the assembly line at International Harvester's Bettendorf Works.
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IHC Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal

Date: 06 29 1942
Description: Interior of the tank arsenal at International Harvester's Bettendorf Works. Original caption reads: "Looking west at Micro Westco work in bay no. 1 between...
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IHC Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal Assembly Line

Date: 03 22 1943
Description: Partially assembled M-7 tanks at International Harvester's Bettendorf Works. Original caption reads: "Looking East in Bay #2 from Col. 241 - End Over Cradl...
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IHC Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal Assembly Line

Date: 03 22 1943
Description: Partially assembled M-7 tanks at International Harvester's Bettendorf Works. Original caption reads: "Looking East in Bay #3 from Col. 317 - Hull Assembly ...
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IHC Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal

Date: 03 22 1943
Description: Partially assembled and completed M-7 tanks at International Harvester's Bettendorf Works. Original caption reads: "Looking East in Bay #4 from Col. 403 - ...
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IHC Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal Shipping Dock

Date: 03 22 1943
Description: M-7 tanks in storage on the shipping dock at International Harvester's Bettendorf Works. Original caption reads: "Looking southwest in Bays #7 and 8 from C...
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Bettendorf Tank Arsenal

Date: 10 27 1942
Description: Interior of what appears to be International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory).
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Bulldozing Dirt at Bettendorf Tank Arsenal

Date: 1942
Description: A man operates an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a Bucyrus-Erie bulldozer blade inside a factory building. The building is probably Inter...
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Employees Welding Tractors

Date: 09 08 1943
Description: 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 sp...
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Female Employees at Bettendorf Works

Date: 09 08 1943
Description: A line of female factory workers at International Harvester's Bettendorf Works assembling the instrument panels for "M-5 high speed tractors" [crawler].
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E.H. Sohner

Date: 1942
Description: Mr. E.H. Sohner, General Superintendent of International Harvester's Bettendorf Works, wears a three-piece suit and sits in an office chair to pose for a p...
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Military Tank Repair Facility

Date: 1942
Description: Men stand in a factory, possibly the Bettendorf Tank Arsenal, used during World War II to repair tanks for the United States military.
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Tank Assembly Line

Date: 12 24 1942
Description: Elevated view of tanks on the final assembly line inside International Harvester's Tank Arsenal at Bettendorf. The factory was on the site of the company's...
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Tank Ready for Shipping at Bettendorf

Date: 1942
Description: Military tank prepared for shipment at International Harvester's Bettendorf tank arsenal (factory).

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