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Drafting Room
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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 Harvester Company's farm machinery engineering department at Chicago. Here the designers put on paper the ideas which eventually are incorporated through the medium of steel and other materials into Harvester products."
1944
International Harvester Company
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WHi 50690
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Research Engineer Carl Mott
1944
The original photograph caption reads: "Carl Mott, research engineer in International Harvester Company's farm engineering machinery department in Chicago, examines a part of a device developed in ...
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...
Chief Engineer C.R. Rogers
1944
C.R. Rogers, chief engineer of International Harvester Company's Gas Power Engineering Department, sitting behind a desk. The original caption reads: "C.R. Rogers, chief engineer of International H...
Engineering Department
December 20, 1943
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...
Chief Engineer Paul Kane
1944
Paul Kane, chief engineer at International Harvester Company's farm machinery engineering department, sits behind a desk.
Assembly Shop
1944
Men are standing among machines on the assembly floor in one of the International Harvester Company's engineering shops. The original caption reads: "Assembly floor in one of International Harveste...
