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| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of workers on the bottling line at the Schlitz Brewery. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Men working on combines (harvester-threshers) on an assembly line at International Harvester's East Moline Works. The factory was constructed in 1933 and w... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Factory workers on a tractor assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Women are stamping hams with the USDA grade stamp and the Oscar Mayer label as the hams move by on an assembly line. |
| Date: | 03 1947 |
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| Description: | View of north section of International Harvester's Evansville Works warehouse testing of new conveyor line. The Evansville Works also produced refrigerator... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Factory worker attaches the front grill to an International model M-5-6 military truck on the assembly line. The trucks were originally sold to the United ... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men and women working on a combine (harvester-thresher) assembly line at International Harvester's East Moline Works. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Female employees processing "Yellow Band" weiners at the Oscar Mayer Company during World War II. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A man working with metal parts as they are carried in baskets along a conveyor suspended from the ceiling at West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Male and female factory workers at West Pullman Works wrap items in paper and package them in boxes as they roll down a conveyor belt. |
| Date: | 11 03 1941 |
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| Description: | A factory worker places charges into an electrically controlled draw furnace at International Harvester's Canton Works. Original caption reads: "Shell Pack... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Factory workers stack bales of twine in a warehouse at the McCormick Twine Mill. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Factory workers move crates containing International M-5-6 trucks onto rail cars, possibly at International Harvester's Ft. Wayne Works. Original caption r... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Factory workers unloading a rail car on a loading dock at International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Original caption reads: "Medium Caliber Artillery Gun M... |
| Date: | 09 19 1941 |
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| Description: | Factory workers use a crane mounted on a truck to unload a transformer on the loading dock of International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Original caption re... |
| Date: | 05 01 1941 |
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| Description: | Factory workers loading Farmall tractors onto rail cars outside International Harvester's Tractor Works. Original caption reads: "Machines for use in the p... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A factory worker loads bales of twine onto a platform, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "The workman is shown here placing bal... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A man loads packaged twine onto a conveyor belt, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "After IH baler and binder twine is packaged... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A man loads packaged twine onto a conveyor belt, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "After IH baler and binder twine is packaged... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Workers standing near bottling equipment at the Royal Crown Cola Company. Advertising signs for Royal Crown and Nehi soda are in the background. |
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