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Worksheds at Walden

Date: 1941
Description: Worksheds filled with stacked logs and wagons at "Walden", the estate of Cyrus McCormick, Jr.
Photograph

McCormick Rush Street Home Exterior

Date: 1879
Description: The facade of the McCormick family residence at 675 Rush Street, which takes up an entire block between Erie and Huron Streets. Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. h...
Photograph

Walden Facade

Date: 
Description: Facade of "Walden", the Cyrus McCormick, Jr., family estate.
Photograph

Police Firing on Crowd Near McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 05 03 1886
Description: Photograph of a painting depicting police in a horse-drawn wagon firing into a crowd of striking workers near the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company fact...
Photograph

Wagons in Storage at Walden

Date: 07 11 1941
Description: Worksheds filled with stacked logs and wagons at "Walden", the estate of Cyrus McCormick, Jr.
Map or Atlas

Topographical Survey of McCormick Property at Lake Forest

Date: 04 22 1915
Description: Topographical survey of a McCormick family property in Lake Forest, Illinois. The survey was completed for Anita McCormick [Mrs. Emmons] Blaine. The survey...
Manuscript

The Death Of A Mansion

Date: 03 1952
Description: An invitation to “A Black Masque and Ball Macabre at the DOOMED McCORMICK MANSION.” The mansion was the former residence of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Hall McCormi...
Photograph

Southwest View of 50 E. Huron Street

Date: 01 1929
Description: Southwest view of 50 E. Huron Street. This house was the residence of Cyrus McCormick Jr. Snow is on the ground. Tall buildings and a water tower are in th...
Photograph

Southeast View of 50 E. Huron St.

Date: 01 1929
Description: Exterior view of Cyrus McCormick Jr's home at 50 E Huron Street. Original caption reads: "Frank S Fulton, Photographer. Jan 1929. 50 E Huron St, Chicago-s...
Photograph

Southwest View 50 E. Huron Street Home

Date: 01 1929
Description: Exterior view of home of Cyrus McCormick Jr. Original caption reads: "Frank S Fulton, Photographer, Jan 1929. 50 E Huron St, Chicago. Southwest view. Frank...
Photograph

House at Walnut Grove

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Description: View toward the entrance to the manor house at Walnut Grove. A fence surrounds the house, and a man is standing near an automobile parked on the left behin...
Photograph

Log Building at Walnut Grove

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Description: View towards the mill. There is an exterior chimney to the left of the door, and a wooden walkway leads up to the closed door on the right. A fence leads t...
Postcard

Cement Driveway at Walnut Grove

Date: 07 15 1909
Description: Postcard of the new cement driveway. The corner of the house is in the left foreground, and at the entrance to the drive is a gate and fence. On the right ...
Postcard

New Cement Driveway at Walnut Grove

Date: 07 14 1909
Description: View looking towards the gate and fenced entrance of the new cement driveway. A building, perhaps a garage, is behind the fence on the left. The house is b...
Photograph

Old Barn at Walnut Grove

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Description: Photograph from album with the caption: "Old Barn." The view is down a hill towards the barn which has a fenced enclosure. A horse-drawn buggy is near the ...
Photograph

Shed at Walnut Grove

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Description: View from road towards a fence and a shed at Walnut Grove. Fields are in the background surrounded by trees. A sign on the tree in the right foreground rea...
Photograph

Walnut Grove House

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Description: Slightly elevated view looking at side of manor house with porch. A boy is sitting on a tricycle on the left, and two dogs, blurred by movement are moving ...
Photograph

Tail Race — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: Handwritten on back: "Lower end of tail race." The Blacksmith Shop is on the far left, and the reconstruction of the mill is just behind it. In the center ...
Photograph

Mill Building — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: Three men are working on the top of the mill building. There is no roof, and the logs are not filled in or chinked. The road curves from the left in the ba...
Photograph

Buildings at Walnut Grove

Date: 1938
Description: View toward a road with two large buildings, and a small building on the opposite side. In the foreground on the right is a monument.

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