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Female Auto Workers

Date: 1918
Description: Women working on the automobile assembly line at Nash Motors (later American Motors) during World War I.
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Allis-Chalmers Company

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Description: Plate Steel Spiral Casing for 70,000 horse-power Niagara Falls hydraulic turbine unit at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company erecting shop. The castin...
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Manufacturing Automobile Frames

Date: 1954
Description: Workers at the A.O. Smith Corporation in Milwaukee assembling frames for Cadillac automobiles. In 1902 Arthur O. Smith, son of the company's founder, produ...
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An Assembly Line of the Ford Motor Company

Date: 
Description: Men working on the automobile assembly line in the Rouge Plant of the Ford Motor Company.
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Chassis Assembly

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Description: General Motors chassis assembly. Men are working among the machinery.
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First Gillette Company Tire

Date: 1917
Description: Interior shot of a group of men, women and boys at the Gillette Tire Company. The Gillette Safety Tire Company was founded in Eau Claire in 1916 and the cr...
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Factory workers construct frames in the Frame Assembly Department of the Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Factory workers in the Tire Mounting Department of the Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Factory workers in the pleasure car assembly room of the Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Factory workers in the Motor Assembly Department of the Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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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 Workers

Date: 1921
Description: Informal portrait of workers sitting outside the Winther Motor and Truck Company factory. Exterior of factory in background, with a row of trucks in front ...
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Detail of driving mechanism of a posthole digging machine manufactured by Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Side view of an early rotary snowplow truck manufactured by the Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Side view of an early rotary snowplow manufactured by the Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: A side view of vehicle manufactured by the Winther Motor and Truck Company, used to carry employees to and from work in mines. This vehicle was apparently ...
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Streetcar manufactured by the Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Gasoline rail car manufactured by the Winther Motor and Truck Company, situated on railroad tracks.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Front view of gasoline rail car manufactured by the Winther Motor and Truck Company, situated on railroad tracks.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: Rotary snowplow with special spiked tires manufactured by the Winther Motors company, with factories in Kenosha, Wisconsin and Winthrop Harbor, Illinois.

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