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Deering Works seen from Diversey Avenue

Date: 1919
Description: Deering Works factory seen across the waterfront from Diversey Avenue. In the foreground is a street and sidewalk with the sign "horse vehicles keep to rig...
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Mogul Tractors Loaded onto Railroad Cars

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of Mogul tractors loaded onto railroad cars outside International Harvester's Tractor Works. A variety of parts, engines, implements, and tra...
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Worker Assembles Wagon Wheel Spokes

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Description: Worker inserting spokes into a wagon wheel apparatus at International Harvester's Accurate Engineering Works.
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Young Worker Sands Wooden Wagon Wheel Section

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Description: Young man - possibly a teenager - sanding a section of a wooden wagon wheel with a belt sander at International Harvester's Accurate Engineering Works.
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McCormick Works

Date: 1911
Description: International Harvester's McCormick Works on the river with railroad tracks and a cargo dock. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Com...
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Worker Mortises Wagon Wheel Hubs

Date: 1919
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Weber Works working on wooden wagon wheel hubs.
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Tractor Works' Foreign Shipping Room

Date: 06 20 1935
Description: Elevated view of new McCormick-Deering T-40 TracTracTors (crawler tractors) await transfer in the foreign shipping room at International Harvester's Tracto...
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Parts Room at McCormick Works

Date: 03 21 1934
Description: View down an aisle with rows of shelves containing parts for agricultural implements at the McCormick Works (factory).
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Parts Storage at McCormick Works

Date: 03 21 1934
Description: Several storage racks stocked with hanging gears and machine parts fill a room at the McCormick Works (factory).
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Women with Metal Parts at West Pullman Works

Date: 1930
Description: Three women are posing while holding metal parts manufactured at West Pullman Works.
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Blooming Mill at Wisconsin Steel Works

Date: 12 08 1937
Description: Blooming Mill at International Harvester's Wisconsin Steel Works. Original caption reads: "150' transfer conveying billets from 32" blooming mill table to ...
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Men Painting Crawler Tractors at Tractor Works

Date: 1943
Description: Factory workers painting crawler tractors (TracTracTors) at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Entrance to Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view along sidewalk towards front door of International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory).
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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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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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Parts for Machine Displayed on Board

Date: 03 23 1906
Description: Parts for a machine are displayed on a board with part numbers written below each one at McCormick Works.
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Man Standing on Corn Picker

Date: 03 1907
Description: A man is standing on a Corn Picker outdoors at McCormick Works. There are railroad cars in the background.
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Binder Parts at McCormick Works

Date: 04 23 1906
Description: Binder wheel on factory floor.
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Feed Grinder

Date: 06 23 1906
Description: Feed grinders outdoors on loading dock at McCormick Works.
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Overhead Gear Driven Delivery

Date: 07 1907
Description: Overhead gear driven delivery system in a factory at McCormick Works. Windows are along the wall in the background.

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