McCormick Offices | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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McCormick Offices

McCormick Offices | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Elevated view across street of a McCormick agency(?) or dealership(?) building with man visible through a window. The windows are painted with symbols and product names. Upper line on windows read "McCORMICK HARVESTING MACHINE CO., CHICAGO, ILL." Sign hanging from platform reads "VISITORS ARE INVITED TO INSPECT THE McCORMICK MACHINES." Name painted on 2nd story window of building reads, "SS PLOW." There is an open umbrella in left foreground, which reads: "Onion Clothing Co." "A.V. DILLENBECK GEN'L AGENT," is painted above the windows to one side of the entrance.
DESCRIPTION
Elevated view across street of a McCormick agency(?) or dealership(?) building with man visible through a window. The windows are painted with symbols and product names. Upper line on windows read "McCORMICK HARVESTING MACHINE CO., CHICAGO, ILL." Sign hanging from platform reads "VISITORS ARE INVITED TO INSPECT THE McCORMICK MACHINES." Name painted on 2nd story window of building reads, "SS PLOW." There is an open umbrella in left foreground, which reads: "Onion Clothing Co." "A.V. DILLENBECK GEN'L AGENT," is painted above the windows to one side of the entrance.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:67409
Creation Date:circa 1900
Creator Name:McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
City:Chicago
County:
State:Illinois
Collection Name:Glass negative series, circa 1900-1939
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:negative, original
Original Format Number:Box 18, IHAA-0828
Original Dimensions:10 x 8 inches
SUBJECTS
Signs and signboards
Offices
Outdoor photography
Moustache
Men
Land use, Urban
Agricultural machinery industry
Sidewalks
Cities and towns
Work clothes
Umbrellas
Hats
White collar workers
Brickwork
Commercial buildings
Facades
Loading docks
Roads

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