Photograph
McCormick Reaper Works Wood Stock Yard
| Workers loading and unloading wood at the wood stock yard of the McCormick Reaper Works. Men are working on both sides of the Chicago River. Rail cars and wagons piled with lumber are parked on the far side of the river. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine company before 1902. In 1902 it became the McCormick Works of the International Harvester Company. The factory was located at Blue Island and Western Avenues in the Chicago subdivision called "Canalport". It was closed in 1961. |
| Image ID: | 9792 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1900 |
| Creator Name: | McCormick Harvesting Machine 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 90, pg. 126 |
| Original Dimensions: | 13.75 x 10.25 inches |
| Photograph taken by Mellen. |
| Cities and towns |
| Outdoor photography |
| Men |
| Lumber |
| Shipping |
| Rivers |
| Water towers |
| Work clothes |
| Factories |
| Railroad yards |
| Agricultural machinery industry |
| Railroad cars |
| Canals |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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