Workers assembling “Darling” stoves in the Indiana Stove Works factory; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 7)
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A woman worker in a spray booth applies gold bronze used in the interior of stoves; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 8)
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Workers dipping cast iron and steel parts and hanging them on racks before they are placed in the baking oven (rear left); c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 9)
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Steel fabricating department; worker in foreground is Al Schaefer, and the one at right is George Eger; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 11)
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Workers assembling small heating stoves; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 12)
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Workers assembling cook stoves and ranges; men identified (l-r): Morton Northington, Bob Duncan, Ed Rogge, Bill Martin, and Al Rogge; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 13)
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Workers assembling gas stoves; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 14)
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Finished stoves stacked and ready for shipment; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 15)
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Worker in sand blast department cleaning cast iron parts before they are enameled; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 21)
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Workers in the pickling (cleaning) department, where steel parts are cleaned to remove impurities; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 23)
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View of sand blast department; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 22)
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Women workers priming steel parts after they have been cleaned in the pickling department; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 25)
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Workers in graining department applying imitation wood finish to cast iron and sheet iron parts; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 27)
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Women workers brushing black borders after steel parts are dried and before being burned; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 28)
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Woman applying decalcomania transfers to sheet iron door panels; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 29)
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Workers operating the double speed fork in front of a furnace; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 30)
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Women workers applying enamel to steel parts in spray booths; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 26)
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Area of factory containing battery of six furnaces; c. 1925 (Indiana Stove Works 31)
Indiana Stove Works Factory
Located at 1412 W. Illinois St. from c. 1870-1926; site later occupied by Craddock Finishing (Indiana Stove Works 19)