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Deering Works seen from Diversey Avenue

Date: 1919
Description: Deering Works factory seen across the waterfront from Diversey Avenue. In the foreground is a street and sidewalk with the sign "horse vehicles keep to rig...
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Crane Operator at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: A worker lifting a stationary gas engine frame with an overhead crane at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee ...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Office Building

Date: 1890
Description: McCormick Harvesting Machine Company office building from the corner of Market and Jackson streets. The building's address was 212 Market Street. Offices f...
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Visitors Enter Diesel Engine Exhibit Trailer

Date: 05 25 1938
Description: Visitors entering the trailer of International Harvester's touring diesel engine exhibit.
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IH Teletype Room

Date: 1937
Description: Female employees inside the teletype room at International Harvester's general office.
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Tractor Works' Sand Blast Booth

Date: 1935
Description: Factory worker in a protective suit, mask, and gloves cleaning engine blocks in the foundry sand blast booth at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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First Case Gas Tractor

Date: 1934
Description: First gas tractor built by the J.I. Case Threshing Machine Company of Racine, Wisconsin. Original caption reads: "The first Case gas tractor built in 1892....
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International 7488 Tractor Drivetrain Cutaway

Date: 1984
Description: Color illustration of a cutaway drive-train for International 7488 tractor.
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Factory Workers on Elevator at McCormick Works

Date: 1910
Description: Two factory workers standing on a freight elevator, silhouetted by light from an open window behind them. The men probably worked at International Harveste...
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Milwaukee Works Employee Tests Diesel Crankcases

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Factory worker reams diesel crankcases in a testing line at Milwaukee Works.
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Milwaukee Works Employee Inspects Diesel Engine

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Factory worker tears apart a diesel engine for inspection after run at Milwaukee Works. According to the original caption, each engine received this inspec...
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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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Testing Diesel Pump with Pressure

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Factory worker tests a diesel engine pump under 6000 pounds of pressure at Milwaukee Works. Photograph taken by Don Jones.
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Testing Diesel Engine Cylinder Hardness

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Factory worker tests the file-hardness of a diesel engine cylinder at Milwaukee Works. Photograph taken by Don Jones.
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Electrical Recording of Diesel Engine Horsepower

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: A factory worker electrically records the horsepower of Diesel engines at Milwaukee Works. According to the original caption, each engine was tested in thi...
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Experimental Cotton Harvester

Date: 08 26 1942
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental cotton harvester [picker] with its storage basket rotated outwards as if to release the picked cotton(?).
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Speck's Cotton Picker

Date: 1927
Description: Front view of "Speck's cotton picker," taken for International Harvester's Engineering Department.
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Pneumatic Spindle Cotton Picker

Date: 01 20 1925
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental pneumatic spindle cotton picker.
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Doffer Stripper on Cotton Picker

Date: 08 12 1929
Description: Engineering photograph of a doffer stripper on an experimental "one row - two row single and double drum picker."
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Research Engineer Carl Mott

Date: 1944
Description: The original photograph caption reads: "Carl Mott, research engineer in International Harvester Company's farm engineering machinery department in Chicago,...

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