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Outdoor Country Feast

Date: 1915
Description: View down long table set up outdoors for a feast. Men are standing on both sides, and a young girl is standing between two men on the right.
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Automobiles Parked Along Rural Road

Date: 1918
Description: Automobiles, including a Ford runabout, parked along a rural dirt road for an International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department short course and ma...
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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace with Lake Mendota and sailboats in the background.
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Two Faces of the UPWA

Date: 1948
Description: Two members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 1124 in New Orleans on strike against the Colonial Sugar Company. They graphically symbolize the UPWA's d...
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Meat Cutters

Date: 1945
Description: Unionized slaughterhouse workers of the P. Brennan Company of Chicago.
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Horse-Drawn Corn Picker

Date: 1915
Description: Farmers with a horse-drawn corn picker.
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International Titan 30-60 Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: A man is sitting in an International Harvester Titan 30-60 tractor outside a factory building.
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Titan Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: A man is sitting in a Titan tractor near a factory building. Bins of machinery parts are in the background.
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Corn Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A farmer operating a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. Buildings are in the background.
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Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1917
Description: A farmer is using a large team of mules and horses to pull a harvester-thresher (combine) through a field.
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Loading a Husker-Shredder

Date: 1905
Description: A group of men loading corn husks into a husker-shredder near a barn.
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Deering Works

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of the Fullerton Avenue side of the Deering Works (factory) building. Two cars are parked just inside the factory gate. Before 1902, the buil...
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Plumbing Room

Date: 04 25 1912
Description: Workers pose in the plumbing room of the "malleable shop" at Osborne Works. The factory was later known as "Auburn Works."
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Factory Worker at Plano Works

Date: 1920
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Plano Works. The factory was later known as the "West Pullman Works."
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Mechanical Lubricator at Tractor Works

Date: 1915
Description: A factory worker adjusts a mechanical lubricator at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Painting a Corn Sheller at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory worker spray painting a corn sheller at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works. Corn shellers are suspended from the ceiling in the background.
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Weber Works Building

Date: 1917
Description: Men line up outside on the sidewalk in front of the International Harvester's Weber Works building. The factory produced wagons. Two men are looking down f...
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Cream Separator Production at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: Factory workers manufacturing cream separators at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The poster at the back of the room reads: "Dairymade" while th...
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Making Wagon Wheels at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1919
Description: Factory workers making wagon wheels at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works. The men are working near the windows. An American flag is hanging on th...
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Making Wheel Hubs at Weber Works

Date: 1919
Description: Factory worker manufacturing wagon wheel hubs at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works.

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