Photograph
Workers Box Cans of Paint at McCormick Works
| Paint Department workers boxing cans of "Motor Truck and Tractor Synthetic Enamel Paint" for shipment from the International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in 1873 and became part of International Harvester in 1902. The factory was located at Blue Island and Western Avenues in the Chicago subdivision called "Canalport." It was closed in 1961. |
| Image ID: | 8908 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1939 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Chicago |
| County: | |
| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | Photo albums, circa 1899-1965 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 7Z, album 293, pg. 127 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| Work clothes |
| Eyeglasses |
| Blue collar workers |
| Factories |
| Paint industry and trade |
| Agricultural machinery industry |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Trucks |
| Tractors |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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