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Evansville Works Home Economics Kitchen in "International Harvester World"
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Cover of "International Harvester World" magazine, with an image of three women in the home economics model kitchen at International Harvester's Evansville works. Zelma Purchase is wrapping a food product at the table. Loris Knoll is cooking at a stove. And Mrs. Ethel Jean Mitchell is washing dishes at a sink. The kitchen also includes an International Harvester refrigerator and a Model 4 FC International Freezer.
February 1948
International Harvester Company
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Evansville Works Home Economics Kitchen
1948
Three women in the home economics model kitchen at International Harvester's Evansville Works. Zelma Purchase is wrapping a food product at the table. Loris Knoll is cooking at a stove. And Mrs. Et...
Evansville Works Home Economics Kitchen
1948
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Home Economics Department Kitchen
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View of the new home economics department kitchen. Zelma Purchase is at the range and Priscilla Cobb is standing at the sink.
Miss Zelma Purchase
1948
Miss Zelma Purchase, of the Home Economics Department at International Harvester's Evansville Works, sits at a table with folded hands.
Executives Examine New International Freezer
1947
Three executives pose in front of the new International Harvester freezer at International Harvester's Evansville Works. The Evansville Works also produced refrigerators and air conditioners.
International Harvester Refrigerator Advertising Poster
1951
Color advertising poster for International Harvester refrigerators showing several refrigerators stocked with food, color chips, and the disembodied heads of three smiling women. The poster include...
