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Crane Operator at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: A worker lifting a stationary gas engine frame with an overhead crane at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee ...
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Testing Room at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 02 1907
Description: Workers look on as machine parts are tested at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. This photograph was displayed at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Internat...
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International Harvester Factory Employee in Foundry

Date: 1907
Description: Older factory worker standing among stacks of molds for casting parts. The man most likely worked at International Harvester's Osborne Works.
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Factory Worker Standing at Work Bench

Date: 1907
Description: Employee standing at a work bench with his hand on a hammer, most likely at International Harvester's Osborne Works.
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Businessman and Secretary in Office

Date: 10 1906
Description: A businessman in a three-piece suit and hat sits behind a large desk with a paper in his hand, while a secretary in a long, high-collared dress writes on a...
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Polishing Aluminum

Date: 1905
Description: Women polishing aluminum items with belt-driven polishing machinery at Manitowoc Aluminum Novelty Co.
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Stacks of Parts at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: A factory worker is standing at the end of an aisle flanked by agricultural machinery parts, mostly likely at the McCormick Reaper Works. The parts appear ...
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Stacks of Lumber near Factory

Date: 1902
Description: Large stacks of lumber, probably at the McCormick Reaper Works.
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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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Factory Floor at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Rails or tracks in a factory floor, probably at the McCormick Reaper Works, with machines, a cart loaded with lumber, and ghostly images of workers in the ...
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Age and School Certificate Cover

Date: 01 05 1907
Description: A photograph of an "Age and School Certificate" for "Peter Stacloroski(?)." The certificate is filled in by hand and gives the boy's address as "399 N. 25 ...
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International Harvester Factory Worker at McCormick Works

Date: 06 06 1906
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing in front of a dark-colored makeshift background. He is wearing dark work shoes, light-colored overalls, and a dark s...
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Two Men Oil a Wheel

Date: 04 23 1906
Description: Two men standing on what appears to be a factory floor, probably the McCormick Works, oiling a wheel. The man on the left is dressed in suit pants, vest an...
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IH Vertical Engine

Date: 02 26 1906
Description: An IH vertical engine engine is sitting on a table with a dark background at McCormick Works. The plate on the front of the engine reads: "I.H.C. Vertical ...
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Child Employment Document Cover

Date: 06 12 1906
Description: A document for employing children. The left side reads: "EMPLOYMENT OF CHILD. AFFIDAVIT UNDER ACT OF 1893. Name of Child_ Residence_ Filed and en...
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Stationary Engine

Date: 10 1906
Description: A stationary engine is sitting in the corner of what appears to be a shed. There are a number of pipes and wires attached to the engine. In the background,...
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Four Men Transport Cargo in a Cart

Date: 1907
Description: Four men are transporting a cart of goods from a railroad car to a loading dock. The men are most likely employees of the International Harvester Osbourne ...
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Factory Worker with Cart at Osborne Works

Date: 1909
Description: A man in overalls stands with a large cart filled with parts at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). Behind him is a wall...
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Factory Workers at Osbourne Works

Date: 1909
Description: A man dressed in a vest, tie and a long apron stands near a vise at a work station at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works)...
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Worker with Paint Bucket

Date: 1909
Description: A man dressed in overalls and a button-up shirt standing in the corner of a factory yard in front of a brick wall and a corrugated wall with windows. The m...

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