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Research Products Employees

Date: 05 12 1952
Description: Group portrait of Research Products employees on the factory floor, 1011-1015 East Washington Avenue, having received the National Safety Council Award for...
Poster

Signboard Showing Factory Safety Measures

Date: 1916
Description: A poster or signboard showing seven different mechanical safeguards on machines in International Harvester factories. The poster is one of a series illustr...
Poster

"First Aid Rooms" Factory Safety Poster

Date: 1916
Description: A poster or signboard showing six first aid rooms at six different International Harvester factory and office locations: Champion Works, Akron Works Dispen...
Poster

Safety Poster on Shop Lighting

Date: 1916
Description: A poster or signboard describing lighting specifications at International Harvester factories and their contribution to employee health and safety. Four fa...
Poster

Health and Safety Poster on Pure Drinking Water

Date: 1916
Description: Poster or signboard with the title "Pure Drinking Water - Friend to Health - Foe to Typhoid." Includes images illustrating old and new ways of providing dr...
Photograph

Safety Inspector

Date: 1921
Description: Portrait of a safety inspector at International Harvester's West Pullman Works (factory).
Photograph

Workers with Sign at 20 Millimeter Gun Plant

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Factory workers posing under a sign at Internationl Harvester's St. Paul Works. Original caption reads: "The Production Drive Committee of Harvester's gun ...
Photograph

Processing Sisal Fiber at a Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Factory worker standing behind a machine to process sisal fiber, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. There are safety posters on the back wall. Original ...
Photograph

Tractor Works Safety Sign

Date: 1948
Description: Sign posted outdoors near a factory gate, which reads: "TRACTOR WORKS / WHAT WILL YOU DO TODAY TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS?"
Photograph

Fitting Safety Glasses at Tractor Works

Date: 1948
Description: Two men standing in a factory office at International Harvester's Tractor Works. One man is fitting safety glasses on the other man. Behind them is a poste...
Photograph

Dangers While Chopping Wood

Date: 06 1927
Description: Two men chop wood beside a wooden shed at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. One man raises an axe while steadying a piece of wood with ...
Photograph

Man Standing on Scaffolding

Date: 05 1926
Description: A man stands on makeshift scaffolding while hammering a nail into a door awning. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extens...
Photograph

Old Farm Machinery

Date: 04 23 1926
Description: Exterior view of a barnyard littered with old farm machinery and piled wood.
Photograph

Men Sawing Wood

Date: 1926
Description: Three men use circular saws to cut wood in a forest. The tractor on the right appears to be providing belt-driven power to the saws.
Photograph

Man Pumping Water at Well

Date: 04 19 1926
Description: A man uses a well to pump water into a metal bucket while standing in front of a farmhouse.
Photograph

Sloping Porch

Date: 03 1926
Description: A man holding a bundle of logs is opening the screen door on a farmhouse with a deteriorating front porch.
Photograph

Leaky Top of Well

Date: 02 1928
Description: A boy wearing a winter coat and hat is pumping water from a well into ladles two other boys are holding. A shed, wheelbarrow, and wood scraps are in the ba...
Photograph

Wooden Water Pump

Date: 05 26 1926
Description: A man using a wooden pump to fill a metal pail with water. The photograph was staged to demonstrate a hazard found on farms.
Photograph

Gisholt Sight-Saving Program

Date: 02 25 1954
Description: William Farrell (left), Ida Holman, and Robert George at the opening of Gisholt's sight-safety program.
Photograph

Demonstration of Possible Accident in Work Situation

Date: 04 25 1928
Description: Three men are posed in a demonstration of possible accident. A man is holding a long board while talking to another man. The end of the board is resting on...

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