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Osborne Works Paint Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Men working in the paint shop of the No. 2 plant at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Company until 1903, ...
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Manufacturing Spring Teeth at Osborne Works

Date: 03 18 1913
Description: Factory worker removing a harrow spring tooth from a heat treating furnace at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was owned by the D.M. Os...
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Testing Spring Teeth at Osborne Works

Date: 03 18 1913
Description: Factory workers testing newly manufactured harrow spring teeth at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Compan...
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Workers Inspecting Fibre at Osborne Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Workers inspecting strands of fibre (fiber) in a warehouse at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. The Osborne Works was owned by D.M. Osborne Com...
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Experimental McCormick Motorized Push Binder

Date: 10 21 1918
Description: Side view of a worker at the controls of an experimental McCormick motorized push binder in front of the McCormick Works factory, Chicago, Illinois. Two me...
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Farmer Filling Manure Spreader

Date: 02 09 1911
Description: Farmer shoveling manure into the box of a horse-drawn International New Low manure spreader in a farm yard.
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IHC Workers on Assembly Line

Date: 1916
Description: Workers on a factory floor installing engines onto tractor frames (chassis) at an International Harvester factory, most likely Tractor Works.
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IHC Tractor Works Assembly Room

Date: 1916
Description: Elevated view of actory workers assembling tractors at an International Harvester factory — most likely Tractor Works in Chicago.
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Workers at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 1915
Description: Workers on an assembly line producing mowers at an International Harvester factory - possibly the McCormick Works in Chicago.
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Criticism of a John Deere Grain Binder

Date: 04 23 1915
Description: John Deere grain binder in the yard outside an International Harvester factory(?). The binder has signs attached to it indicating "deficiencies" in design ...
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IHC Portable Engine on Flatcar

Date: 04 12 1911
Description: View of a new IHC Titan (?Mogul Tractor) tank-cooled portable engine loaded onto a flatcar for shipment from IHC's Milwaukee Works, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. S...
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Man Demonstrating McCormick Riding Disc Harrow

Date: 04 29 1911
Description: Man sitting on a "new" McCormick riding disc harrow, probably in an International Harvester factory. He is sitting in front of a makeshift white backdrop.
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Men Using International Harvester Hay Press

Date: 09 09 1913
Description: Two men using an International Harvester hay press at Springfield Works in Ohio. On the left is a large haystack. There are farm buildings in the backgroun...
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Man Sanding Reaper Platform

Date: 05 16 1912
Description: Factory worker(?) sanding a reaper platform at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The man is wearing a bowler hat.
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Stack of Sickle Bar Mowers at McCormick Works

Date: 01 24 1916
Description: Two rows of fifteen sickle bar mowers(?) stacked at an International Harvester factory (most likely McCormick Works in Chicago).
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Two Men Working on a Parts List at Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: Two men pause to read parts lists(?) while mounting farm equipment parts to a large board. The parts are labeled with part numbers. The board was probably ...
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Reaper in Factory Yard

Date: 09 03 1912
Description: An experimental reaper(?) in a factory yard. There is a Russian name on the Reaper, and the front is set up on saw-horses. Men are working near a brick fac...
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Grain Binder on a Country Road

Date: 1910
Description: View down road towards a man and a dog standing next to a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder near a lake.
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Motorized Hay Press

Date: 04 30 1910
Description: Two men demonstrate a motorized hay press in front of a barn and a Champion Works factory building.
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Pole and Evener Against Shed

Date: 11 21 1917
Description: A pole and evener for horse-drawn farm machinery leaning up against a shed. The shed is in a factory yard at McCormick Works.

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