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Factory Worker at Osborne Works

Date: 09 1908
Description: Factory worker sawing a large piece of lumber at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as "Auburn Works"). The belt-driven machinery is alon...
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Falk Employee with a Steel Spur Gear

Date: 03 31 1905
Description: An unidentified Falk employee stands next to a large Steel Spur Gear. The sign in the photograph reads: "Cast Steel Spur Gear. Made by The Falk Co. Milwauk...
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Davern's Bottling Works

Date: 05 12 1938
Description: Workers standing at a machine putting bottles into crates. One of the workers is wearing an apron and rubber knee-high boots. A McCormick-Deering eight can...
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Weighing a Bale of Sisal Fiber

Date: 1949
Description: A worker carefully weighs a bale of sisal fiber, possibly at an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Weighing the bale of s...
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Early P&H 5-Ton Traveling Crane

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger crane design with cab-operated dial controls. The stencil on the crane says "Pawling and Harnischfeger ...
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An Early P&H Hoist Crane in Brewery

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Description: Interior view of Pawling & Harnischfeger hoist cranes in a Schlitz brewery where men are working with beer barrels.
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P&H Mobile Dragline

Date: 04 29 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered mobile dragline with a horizontal trench digger in the background. A large group of men are standing and posing on...
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Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of men working in the metal finishing room of the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Metal parts are stacked on the floor and the room is suppor...
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Cartoon "Cutting out the Axis"

Date: 08 1943
Description: A cartoon originally published in the August issue of the "HARVESTER NEWS-LETTER" showing a International Harvester employee working on a lathe cutting out...
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Allis Chalmers Factory

Date: 1911
Description: Interior elevated view of an Allis Chalmers factory. Men are posing on the factory floor.
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Bandlow Workshop

Date: 08 03 1949
Description: "Ruben Bintzler, Fred Bandlow, Dotty & Ollie Justman, relax in the Bandlow workshop."
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Factory Workers at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers amid heavy machinery, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works. A bicycle is hanging from the ceiling in the background.
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Men Spooling Twine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers use a balling machine at the McCormick Twine Mill to wind twine onto wooden spools.
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Man with Spreader Machine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: A factory worker uses a spreader machine to work with sisal fiber during the production of binder twine at the McCormick Twine Mill. White sheets are hangi...
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Factory Worker at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Factory worker operating a drill press or punch, probably at the McCormick Reaper Works. The worker is standing against a backdrop of canvas sheets and the...
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Man with Machinery at Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: A factory worker is standing next to a large piece of machinery at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). Around him are ca...
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Men Moving Machinery with a Tractor

Date: 11 24 1913
Description: A man on the left is sitting on an early tractor that appears to be equipped with a fork lift, and is moving parts around a factory. Another man is standin...
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Mine and Workers

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Description: Group portrait of workers posing outside a mine, probably in Hurley, Wisconsin. Three young boys stand behind the group among stacks of logs.
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Polisher at Work

Date: 1910
Description: A workman poses beside a belt-driven polisher inside a shed at the Montello granite quarry. Two other men relax in the background near an open door where n...
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Taking Oxygen Samples

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is kneeling on the ice and snow at Potter's Lake. He is running a machine that is testing the oxygen levels in the water, while recording the results...

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