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Typesetters at International Harvester Press

Date: 1947
Description: Two men operating monotype keyboards at International Harvester Press. The paper-punched product later goes through a caster, which makes new type to print...
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Hawkins Mine Employee

Date: 1945
Description: Worker at a Hawkins Mine machine shop checking a measurement on a large casting under a trouble light. Hawkins Mine was a subsidiary of International Harve...
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Worker Grinds Bearings with Landis Machine

Date: 09 30 1938
Description: Worker operating a hydraulic Landis machine for grinding pin bearings on crankshafts at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. The Indianapolis Work...
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Worker Entering War Production Slogan Contest

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Factory worker Bill Niskala submitting an entry for a war production slogan contest conducted by International Harvester's Production Drive Committee. The ...
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Worker Inspecting M-1 Rifle

Date: 1955
Description: Factory worker inspecting the barrel of an M-1 rifle produced at International Harvester's Evansville Works for the U.S. military.
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Assembling Tractors at Farmall Works

Date: 1952
Description: Factory worker installing a wheel on a tractor on the assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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International Farmall 300 Assembly Line

Date: 1955
Description: Factory workers making Farmall 300 tractors on an assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Worker at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Worker in an elevator at International Harvester's Hawkins Mine near Hibbing, Minnesota.
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McCormick Works Employee

Date: 03 31 1919
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors in front of a building. He is wearing eyeglasses, and overalls over a shirt, vest and necktie.
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Milwaukee Works Employees Working on Diesel Engine

Date: 11 18 1937
Description: Two factory workers drill and grind valve slats into a diesel engine at Milwaukee Works. Photograph taken by Don Jones.
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Milwaukee Works Employee Reams Crankcases

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Factory worker reams Diesel engine crankcases at Milwaukee Works.
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Internal Grinding of Tractor Roller Shell

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Factory worker operates a machine that grinds the inside of a TracTractor (crawler tractor) track roller shell at Milwaukee Works. Photograph taken by Don ...
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Safety Committee Dean

Date: 1935
Description: John Kiecol, dean of the 40-year special safety committeemen, works in the Quality Inspection Department at an International Harvester factory (most likely...
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Female Factory Worker at West Pullman Works

Date: 1947
Description: A female factory worker machines a part in the ball bearing plant at West Pullman Works.
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Woman Polishing Torpedo at McCormick Works

Date: 06 08 1943
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...
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Woman with Copper Tubing for Torpedo

Date: 05 25 1943
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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Dicky Chapelle at US Military Aid Headquarters

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: Dicky Chapelle at US Military Aid Headquarters. She holds an unlit cigarette and a lighter. She is wearing eyeglasses and smiling at the camera.
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Man Working on Machine at Tractor Works

Date: 1947
Description: A factory worker wearing eyeglasses is holding a metal part while standing at a large machine in International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Rosser Reeves

Date: 1959
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Rosser Reeves, holding a cigarette and wearing a bow tie.
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Veteran Tire Builder

Date: 10 19 1944
Description: Veteran tire builder Bill McNair works on a pocket while constructing a heavy service truck tire. Two men wearing suits and hats stand in the left backgrou...

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