Office Staff and Foremen at McCormick Works | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Office Staff and Foremen at McCormick Works

Office Staff and Foremen at McCormick Works | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Office staff and factory foremen at the McCormick Reaper Works. The men in the top row from left to right are:  Wm. Schaefer, Palmer, Herman Veller (machine shop), John Hudson (lumber yard), Chas. Montague (switching cars with mules), Hans Meyers (mower room), and C.I. Bewley (asst. wood shop); the second row from the top consists of, from left to right:  Svanoe, John Voice (wood shop), J.S. Wilson (machine shop), M.C. Brown (binder room), S.C.A. Holth (head draftsman), J.H. Haskins (tool room) and Van Kirk (canvas room); the third row features, from left to right:  Rudolph Schench (drafting room), Henry Pridmore (inventor), Herrick (clerk in office), Joe Bache (pay master), Will Hanna (time clerk), Wm. Crickard (time clerk), John Berg (paint shop), and Wm. Ward (foundry); the bottom row is made up of, from left to right:  two unknown men, Charlie Wilson (office), Frank Mangan (office), Geo. B. Averill (supt.), Hamilton (ex. supt.), W.R. Baker (inventor), and W.B. Howard (repair dept.). Many of these men still held their positions at the time of the Haymarket Riots in 1886.
DESCRIPTION
Office staff and factory foremen at the McCormick Reaper Works. The men in the top row from left to right are: Wm. Schaefer, Palmer, Herman Veller (machine shop), John Hudson (lumber yard), Chas. Montague (switching cars with mules), Hans Meyers (mower room), and C.I. Bewley (asst. wood shop); the second row from the top consists of, from left to right: Svanoe, John Voice (wood shop), J.S. Wilson (machine shop), M.C. Brown (binder room), S.C.A. Holth (head draftsman), J.H. Haskins (tool room) and Van Kirk (canvas room); the third row features, from left to right: Rudolph Schench (drafting room), Henry Pridmore (inventor), Herrick (clerk in office), Joe Bache (pay master), Will Hanna (time clerk), Wm. Crickard (time clerk), John Berg (paint shop), and Wm. Ward (foundry); the bottom row is made up of, from left to right: two unknown men, Charlie Wilson (office), Frank Mangan (office), Geo. B. Averill (supt.), Hamilton (ex. supt.), W.R. Baker (inventor), and W.B. Howard (repair dept.). Many of these men still held their positions at the time of the Haymarket Riots in 1886.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:24851
Creation Date:circa 1882
Creator Name:International Harvester Company
City:Chicago
County:
State:Illinois
Collection Name:McCormick Company visual materials, circa 1851-circa 1950
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:M2002-175, box 1, folder 25
Original Dimensions:9.5 x 7 inches
SUBJECTS
Outdoor photography
Factories
Agricultural machinery industry
Men
Portraits, Group
Clothing and dress

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