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Damaged Eyeglasses

Date: 11 06 1935
Description: Eleven pairs of damaged eyeglasses or spectacles. The eyeglasses may have been worn by workers at International Harvester's Auburn Works (factory), or they...
Photograph

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...
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AAA Tour Cars

Date: 05 14 1944
Description: Men doing a periodic rotation of the synthetic and recapped tires on one of the two cars parked in front of the Park Hotel, and participating in the Americ...
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...
Photograph

Safety Inspector

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

Industrial Safety Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Industrial safety poster or sign warning factory workers against taking chances. The poster is illustrated with the image of funeral procession consisting ...
Poster

"Gambling With Fate" Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Industrial safety sign or poster featuring the "grim reaper" and advising factory workers to "be a booster for safety." The sign reads: "Gambling With Fate...
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

Dangerous Operating Position

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man driving a team of four horses while standing on the front standard of a wagon loaded with what appears to be hay. Photograph taken for International ...
Photograph

Danger of Binder Reels

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man is reaching in between reels on a grain binder hitched to several horses on the farm of Peter Ricker.
Photograph

Children Too Near Grain Binder

Date: 07 1927
Description: Two children are walking closely behind a man operating a grain binder pulled by a team of four horses through a field, illustrating the dangers of standin...
Photograph

Danger of Gas Vapors

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man lies on the floor of a garage to repair an automobile at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The photograph was taken for Internati...
Photograph

Farm Machinery Dangers

Date: 1927
Description: A man puts his hand into a McCormick-Deering 15-30(?) tractor to reach the running belt at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
Photograph

Old Farm Machinery

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

Automobile Accident

Date: 1926
Description: Men examine the wreckage of an automobile resting on the edge of a foundation near a collapsed bridge. A portion of a crane can be seen in the background a...
Photograph

Leaning Shed

Date: 03 1926
Description: Exterior view of a deteriorating wooden shed surrounded by an animal shelter, farm equipment, and other farm buildings. The painted sign on the shed reads:...
Photograph

Putting Belt on Pulley

Date: 1926
Description: A man putting a tractor belt on a pulley while the machine is in operation, demonstrating a farm hazard. Taken at International Harvester's Hinsdale experi...

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