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Engineering Department
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Elevated view of men working at machines in an International Harvester engineering shop. The original caption reads: "Scene from International Harvester Company's shop in the engineering department in Chicago, where the ideas of farm machinery designers are translated into metal and other materials."
December 20, 1943
International Harvester Company
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W012X56
WHi 50648
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Sheet Metal Shop
December 20, 1943
Men working in the sheet metal shop of the farm machinery engineering department of the International Harvester Company. The original caption reads: "Part of the sheet metal shop of the farm machin...
Engineer and Designer
December 7, 1943
A.H. Keller (left), chief engineer, sits next to C.M. Hyman, designer, at International Harvester Company's farm implement engineering department.
Machine Shop for Experimental Machines
1944
Elevated view of men working at stations in the machine shop of International Harvester Company's engineering department. The original caption reads: "Scene from a part of the machine shop of Inter...
Drafting Room
1944
Men sit behind desks in the drafting room of International Harvester Company's farm machinery engineering department. The original caption reads: "A portion of the drafting room of International Ha...
Moisture Controller
December 20, 1943
Research engineer A.B. Welty stands next to the moisture controlling device at International Harvester Company's farm machinery engineering department. The original caption reads: "A.B. Welty, rese...
Repair Shop
1930
Two men work in the repair shop of Wertz S. Shaw, an International Harvester dealership.
