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School Boys Using Wood Tools

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Description: Two boys of different ages using wood tools, including planes and files, during a classroom exercise.
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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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Assembling Wheel at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1919
Description: A factory worker with a wagon wheel at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works.
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General Plow, Safety Cartoon

Date: 1964
Description: Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon depicts four men in a semi-circle looking at a personified wrench standing on a rais...
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Service Procedures Household Refrigerators Cartoon

Date: 1949
Description: Cartoon from an International Harvester technical manual. The cartoon depicts a repair man dropping a pair of pliers on the shelf of an open, personified r...
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"Romance of the Reaper" Film Still

Date: 1929
Description: Scene from the film "Romance of the Reaper" showing the building of the first practical reaper on the McCormick farm in Virginia. Actors playing the parts ...
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1831 Reaper on Film Set

Date: 1929
Description: Men repair a reaper replica on the motion picture set of "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celeb...
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Constructing a Reaper on Film Set

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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"Jo Anderson" in Forge Shop Scene

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Showroom at Morrison Implement Co.

Date: 1929
Description: A corn sheller, plow and disc harrows on display in the showroom of the Morrison Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. Posters and bann...
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Special Machine Tool Shop

Date: 05 02 1942
Description: Factory workers rebuilding production machinery at International Harvester's "Special Machine Tool Shop." Original caption reads: "All old machine tools co...
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Man Compositing Metal Type

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: Man in an apron, composing metal type to be printed. The man may have been a worker at the Harvester Press.
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Reviewing Nailbox Assembly

Date: 08 1919
Description: Two women and one man, probably rural school teachers, are standing outdoors near a work bench, reviewing the blueprints to construct a nail box.
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Rural Teachers Learn Woodworking and Rope Tying

Date: 08 1919
Description: Group of several women, probably rural school teachers, assembling wood projects, including benches, while others are learning to tie rope.
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Group of Women Learning Woodworking

Date: 1918
Description: Group of women, probably teachers, using tools to assemble various wooden products including nail boxes, benches and cabinetry(?). Three large posters are ...
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Bench Work

Date: 1919
Description: View of a teacher watching over a group of male students as they practice woodwork at benches inside a classroom. The text on the blackboard hanging on the...
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Factory Worker at Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: A man wearing work clothes, a hat, and a long apron is standing and posing in front of a work station at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later kno...
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Worker with Pneumatic Chisel Carving Block of Limestone

Date: 1976
Description: Frank Arena carving a block of limestone with a pneumatic chisel. He is wearing a yellow sweater and a hat. He is in a large building with many windows, an...
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Boys Working in a Workshop

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Description: Group of boys working in a workshop.
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Sawmill Inside Shed

Date: 1914
Description: Drawing of a sawmill inside three-sided roofed shed, open to the front. Attached to a barn along the back wall.

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