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Construction of International Harvester Indianapolis Works, Buildings 3, 4, 5, 6 & 9, February 25, 1938

Description: In 1937 the International Harvester Company (now Navistar Corporation) built a plant devoted to the construction of motor trucks and farm machinery on the east side of Indianapolis at 5565 Brookville Road. As bulldozers and cranes turned the field and farmhouse into a factory the Bass Photo Company documented the event. Construction continues in February as workers are seen about the site and on the roof. The J.L. Simmons Company was the project contractor.
The original nitrate negative was copied with funds provided by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission in 1990. This digital image was created from that copy. The copy prints and negatives are stored in Microfiche Number order. Interpositives are stored in PAN number order.
Origin: February 25, 1938
Created By: W.H. Bass Photo Company
Source: http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/dc013/id/461
Collection: Panoramic Photograph Images
Copyright: Use must be accompanied with the attribution: Indiana Historical Society.
Geography: Indiana--Marion County--Indianapolis
Subjects: International Harvester Company
Construction equipment
Construction projects
Steel, Structural
Building materials
Building sites
Construction workers

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