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Bag-o-matic

Date: 03 19 1955
Description: A tire factory worker operating the Bag-o-matic.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Factory workers in the Machine Shop of the Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: A man uses a post hole digger manufactured by the Winther Motors Inc., factory.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: The Blacksmith Shop and workers in the Winther Motor Company factory.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Men working on a tire press in the Winther Motor Company factory.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Workers in the Blacksmith Shop at Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Men working in the Spring Department at Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Exterior

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior of Winther Motor and Truck Company factory with a row of trucks in front, and workers posing in front of the trucks.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Workers in the Assembly Room of Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: The interior of the Truck Assembly Room at the Winther Motor and Truck Company factory.
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Rubber Worker at Gillette

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: Victor Marten, a worker at the Gillette factory owned by the United States Rubber Company, feeding rubber into a Banbury mixer. During World War II the go...
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Man Welding

Date: 12 07 1955
Description: A worker welds together sections of a press slide that was later purchased by Federal Engineering and used by the automotive industry.
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Seated Man Welding a Sugar Mill Drive

Date: 06 1957
Description: A seated man welds a sugar mill drive that was later purchased by E.L. Dennis Engineering Company of New Orleans, Louisiana and used by A. Wilbert's Sons M...
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H.S. Grigate Gear

Date: 04 30 1958
Description: A male employee inspects a H.S. Grigate Gear. This gear, a marine propulsion drive, was later used by the United States Navy.
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Transporting a Shipping Shield

Date: 10 08 1958
Description: Two male employees help transport a shipping shield. This shield was purchased by Stearns-Roger Company and used by Westinghouse. Original Falk caption rea...
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Single Helical Hub Gears

Date: 06 07 1963
Description: Single helical hub gear that was a component of an oxygen furnace drive. This gear was purchased by Morgan Engineering Company and used by Pittsburgh Steel...
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Employee at Test Stand

Date: 07 29 1966
Description: Ron Kudlewski, a Falk employee, attends to the test stand for large motors in the High Speed Department. This motor was later purchased and used by the Lou...
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Eighteen Foot Split Ring Gear

Date: 09 15 1966
Description: Eighteen foot split ring gear that is on display at the Falk Corporation. Falk caption reads, "Photos of ring gear to be displayed at Association of Iron a...
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Mill Drive

Date: 10 28 1966
Description: Mill drive that was later purchased by Traylor Engineering and used by Hudson Cement. Original Falk caption reads, "See engineering files for exact descrip...
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Double Reduction-Reverse Gear

Date: 08 29 1967
Description: View from above of double reduction-reverse gear that is a component of a gas turbine drive. This gear was purchased by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Compa...

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