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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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Tire Factory Interior

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated interior view of the Boone Tire Factory. Men are lined up along a wall with open windows. They are each using a stand to hold a wheel while wrappi...
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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

Date: 
Description: General Motors chassis assembly. Men are working among the machinery.
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Springfield Works Factory Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Men operating large machines at International Harvester's Springfield Works. The factory produced trucks.
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Skilled Hands at Work

Date: 01 27 1968
Description: Woman working on a wire harness for the lunar module section of an Apollo spacecraft at the AC Electronics division of General Motors Corp. plant.
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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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Hudson Auto Co. "Motor School"

Date: 02 19 1947
Description: Hudson Auto Co., 1134 E. Washington Avenue, holding a "motor school" to teach the use of Sun diagnostic equipment. Group of men in background, and front e...
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Door-Window Test Machine

Date: 12 20 1943
Description: Louis Graves uses a door-window regulator test machine in the truck engineering department. The original caption reads: "This door-window regulator test ma...
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A-100 "Golden Jubilee" Truck on Assembly Line

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of an International A-100 "Golden Jubilee" truck as it drops for final assembly through an opening in the trim line floor at International Ha...
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A-100 Golden Jubilee Truck on Assembly Line

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of part of a five-man assembly team working on the body of an International A-100 "Golden Jubilee" truck. The fender-grille unit is dropping ...
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A-100 "Golden Jubilee" Truck on Assembly Line

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of part of a five-man assembly team working on the body of an International A-100 "Golden Jubilee" truck. The fender-grille unit is dropping ...
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A-100 "Golden Jubilee" Truck on Assembly Line

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of a five-man assembly team working on the body of an A-100 "Golden Jubilee" truck. The fender-grille unit is dropping through an opening in ...
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A-100 "Golden Jubilee" Truck on Assembly Line

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of a five-man assembly team working to assemble the cab and chassis of an International A-100 "Golden Jubilee" truck at International Harvest...
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A-100 "Golden Jubilee" Truck on Assembly Line

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of a five-man assembly team working to assemble the cab and chassis of an International A-100 "Golden Jubilee" truck at International Harvest...
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Employees with A-100 "Golden Jubilee" Truck Hood

Date: 1957
Description: Two factory workers remove an International A-100 "Golden Jubilee" truck hood from a press at Springfield Works. The hoods took shape from flat sheets of...
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Employees with Hood Press at Springfield Works

Date: 1957
Description: Two factory workers remove an International A-100 "Golden Jubilee" truck hood from a press at Springfield Works. The hoods took shape from flat sheets of s...
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Hood Press at Springfield Works

Date: 1957
Description: Two factory workers remove an A-100 "Golden Jubilee" truck hood from a press at International Harvester's Springfield Works. The hoods took shape from fla...
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Conveyor for A-100 "Golden Jubilee" Truck Parts

Date: 1957
Description: Parts for an International A-100 "Golden Jubilee" truck hang from hooks as they descend along a suspended conveyor at International Harvester's Springfield...
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Worker Inspects Part of A-100 "Golden Jubilee" Truck

Date: 1957
Description: Inspector Harvey Linder looks for "fog," "sag," and spots on the finish on part of an International A-100 "Golden Jubilee" truck at International Harvester...

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