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Quitting Time at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve...
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Photographer Setting Up Outdoor View of IHC McCormick Works

Date: 08 06 1914
Description: Rear view of company photographer setting up shot of IHC's McCormick Works docks from across the waterfront. Two men are in a long wooden boat, with the na...
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International Harvester Factory(?) Site

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of men standing around a lumber yard among buildings at an International Harvester factory(?) site, most likely in Illinois. A Chicago, Burli...
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Processing Facility

Date: 1902
Description: Men standing around a brick processing facility that may be near a body of water. A burn-barrel is in the foreground.
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Man Standing on a Railroad Loading Dock

Date: 08 17 1906
Description: A man is standing on a railroad loading dock near a factory building, probably the McCormick Works. He is dressed in dark pants, a light-colored shirt, sus...
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Men Standing with IH Stationary Engines

Date: 10 02 1906
Description: Three men are standing posing in street near a loading dock with early International Harvester stationary engines. The man on the left is standing with wha...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Mower near Lakeside

Date: 1900
Description: In the center a man is posing with a horse-drawn mower at the shore of a lake. On the left a man is posing in a horse-drawn buggy. Two men are standing nea...
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View Across Field Toward Man with Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards men standing near a man using a corn binder in a field to bind stalks.
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Man Spreading Lime on Snow-Covered Field

Date: 09 21 1909
Description: Rear view of a man spreading lime on snow-covered field with a team of horses. There is a building in the background on the left, and a smokestack in the f...
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Railroad Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 1920
Description: Railroad yard at McCormick Works. A man is looking out the window of the locomotive on the right, and there are stacks of lumber on the small, open railroa...
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Industrial Tractor Moving Dirt near Factory Building

Date: 07 29 1926
Description: View across yard towards a man using an industrial tractor to move dirt near a factory building with a tall smokestack.
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Industrial Tractor Moving Dirt near Factory Building

Date: 07 29 1926
Description: View across yard towards a man using an industrial tractor to move dirt near a factory building with a tall smokestack.
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Truck for St. Francis Convent

Date: 07 29 1926
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck in front of a church building. The sign painted on the driver's side door reads: "...
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Man on Horseback at Fair

Date: 08 15 1927
Description: A man is on horseback at a fair. Behind him are trucks along a fence, and large buildings and smokestacks.
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Man on Horseback at Race Track

Date: 08 15 1927
Description: View across grounds towards a man on horseback at a racetrack. In the background are fences, and long, open sided roofed walkways leading to buildings. Smo...
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Illustration of a Man Driving a Truck

Date: 10 10 1927
Description: A man is driving a truck near factory buildings.
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Group Portrait of People at McCormick Works

Date: 11 10 1927
Description: Elevated view of men and women standing together for a group portrait in the yard at McCormick Works. The sign above the loading dock reads: "Quality is th...
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Grocery Delivery Trucks

Date: 12 12 1927
Description: Fleet of grocery delivery trucks backed up to a building with a sign that reads: "A.W. & H.H. Behrens Wholesale Grocers." One man is sitting in the driver'...
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Fleet of Delivery Trucks

Date: 12 12 1927
Description: Five men are sitting in the driver's seats of five trucks, parked in an angled line near a building. The sign on the truck in the front reads: "Hugh O'Hair...
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Fleet of Delivery Trucks

Date: 03 13 1927
Description: Elevated view of delivery trucks parked in front of a brick building. Men are standing near the trucks, and also standing in the truck beds, which have sta...

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