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| Date: | 07 29 1936 |
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| Description: | Workers pouring alloy into a stream of iron in the foundry of International Harvester's Tractor Works. The factory was located at 2600 West 1st Blvd. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Female worker inspecting small plastic and metal parts at International Harvester's West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 04 11 1939 |
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| Description: | Two welders in welding shop at Howard Welding Company, located at 319 E. Wilson Street. |
| Date: | 04 11 1939 |
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| Description: | Two welders looking at finished welding job in shop at Howard Welding Co., 319-321 E. Wilson Street. |
| Date: | 10 01 1943 |
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| Description: | Factory workers paint completed corn picker units at Chatham Works as they pass through a down-draft spray booth on a power conveyor. Over-spray is exhaust... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Two workers, both in overalls and hardhats, use tools underground at International Harvester's Hawkins Mine in Hibbing, Minnesota. One man uses a drill wh... |
| Date: | 11 04 1937 |
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| Description: | Factory worker in safety goggles tests the hardness of TracTracTor (crawler tractor) roller shells on a Gogan machine at Milwaukee Works. Photograph taken ... |
| Date: | 12 07 1955 |
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| Description: | A worker welds together sections of a press slide that was later purchased by Federal Engineering and used by the automotive industry. |
| Date: | 06 1957 |
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| 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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| Description: | Factory worker operating a "Hannifin quenching press" at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. |
| Date: | 07 22 1936 |
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| Description: | A factory worker in the dry forging area at the McCormick Works. |
| Date: | 07 22 1936 |
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| Description: | A factory worker at McCormick Works uses a hydraulic press to straighten malleable castings. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A female factory worker machines a part in the ball bearing plant at West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A factory worker at West Pullman Works wears long gloves while testing condensing units for leaks. |
| Date: | 12 22 1941 |
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| Description: | A female factory worker at West Pullman Works wears safety goggles to operate a "tapping machine." The original caption reads: "This photograph shows a wom... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Factory workers at West Pullman Works operate a multiple drill machine. The original caption reads: "A side view of women employes (sic) of the Chic... |
| Date: | 08 19 1935 |
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| Description: | A factory worker at International Harvester's West Pullman Works spray paints the interior of a 6-can McCormick-Deering milk cooler. |
| Date: | 06 08 1943 |
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| Description: | A female factory worker wearing safety glasses uses what appears to be a piece of sandpaper to polish a torpedo part at International Harvester's McCormick... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A woman's face is visible through an opening in the after-body of an aircraft torpedo as she uses a tool to tap holes in it. The photograph was taken at In... |
| Date: | 05 25 1943 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a hat, protective gloves, and safety glasses uses a tool to bend copper tubing used in making aircraft torpedoes at an International Harves... |
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