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McCormick Station along Illinois Northern Railway
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An empty street outside McCormick Station on the Illinois Northern Railway. An overpass bears a sign for the McCormick Freight Station on the same railroad line.
1912
International Harvester Company
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Deering Works Employees Unloading Wood from Railroad Cars
July 8, 1912
Three workers unloading planks of wood from a Frisco railroad boxcar in a lumber yard outside International Harvester's Deering Works.
Workers Load F-12 Tractors onto Railroad Cars at IHC Tractor Works
December 13, 1934
Workers loading Farmall F-12 tractors onto railroad cars using an overhead crane outside International Harvester's Tractor Works. The factory yard is covered with snow.
Workers Box McCormick-Deering Mowers
July 22, 1936
Workers boxing McCormick-Deering mowers for shipment inside the packing department at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was built in 1873 and was located at Blue Island and Wes...
McCormick Works Twine Mill
1900
Twine mill with shipping platform at the McCormick Reaper Works, just after construction. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine company before 1902. In 1902 it became the McCorm...
Loading Rail Freight with I-12 Tractor
June 20, 1935
African American workers load barrels of freight onto a Southeastern Express rail car at a Jacksonville rail station. One worker is operating an International I-12 industrial tractor while the oth...
International Truck at Freight Station
1921
An International truck labeled "Kingston's Baggage Line" and piled with luggage trunks pulls out of the parking lot of a Northwestern Line Freight Station. The truck is likely a model H, or 21.
