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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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Steam Engine in front of Factory

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Description: Men pose on and around a large steam engine locomotive and mineral cars(?) in front of a factory with tall smokestacks. The side of the engine reads: "Calu...
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Weber Wagon Works Factory Building

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Description: Elevated panoramic view of International Harvester's Weber Works factory building in Auburn Park. The factory was owned by the Weber Wagon Company until 19...
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McCormick Works at Dusk

Date: 05 17 1937
Description: Elevated view of International Harvester's McCormick Works at dusk. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in 1873 and became part of Internation...
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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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Early Experimental IHC Tractor

Date: 06 21 1911
Description: Man sitting on an experimental lightweight tractor. The photograph was probably taken outside International Harvester's McCormick Works. Original caption i...
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Railroad Tracks outside Deering Works

Date: 04 20 1929
Description: Railroad tracks and waterway outside International Harvester's Deering Works. The Deering Works was owned by the Deering Harvester Company before 1902.
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Chicago River near McCormick Works

Date: 1910
Description: Chicago River near International Harvester's McCormick Works (factory). A sailboat, water tower, railroad cars and many industrial buildings line the shore...
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McCormick Works Smokestacks

Date: 11 29 1918
Description: Elevated view of smokestacks on International Harvester's McCormick Works factory buildings. The sky is hazy and appears to be filled with smog or pollutio...
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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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McCormick Works and Canal

Date: 1900
Description: View of what appears to be the McCormick Reaper Works, with the west fork of the south branch of the Chicago River in the foreground. Smokestacks, railroad...
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Northern Railway Locomotive

Date: 1905
Description: A locomotive for the Northern Railway is backed up near the closed doors of a brick building which sits on the railroad tracks, probably on the grounds of ...
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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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Aerial View of Lumber Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Aerial view over factory buildings towards lumber yard.
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Corn Picker Displayed Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: Corn picker set up outdoors. In the background are a fence and industrial buildings.
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Corn Picker Displayed Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: Corn picker set up outdoors. In the background are a fence and industrial buildings.
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Corn Picker Displayed Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: Corn picker set up outdoors. In the background are a fence and industrial buildings.
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Corn Binder Displayed Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: Corn binder set up on the cobblestones near a factory. In the background are railroad cars on railroad tracks in front of a fence. Behind the fence are ind...
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McCormick Binder Displayed Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: McCormick binder set up on the cobblestones near a factory. In the background are railroad cars on railroad tracks in front of a fence. Behind the fence ar...
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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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