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Balling Machine in Operation

Date: 1905
Description: A man operates a balling machine while another handles spools of binder twine. The men may have been working at the McCormick twine mill in Chicago.
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IH War Materials Division Manager Makes Blood Donation

Date: 1943
Description: Two nurses test C.E. Stevens' blood pressure and hemoglobin prior to his blood donation at the Red Cross blood bank. The original caption reads: "Blood pre...
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War Work Demonstration

Date: 1944
Description: A woman sits behind a glass wall while operating a piece of machinery as part of an International Harvester display recruiting additional workers during Wo...
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McCormick Works Office

Date: 1902
Description: A man stands beside a bookcase in a factory office, possibly in the bookkeeping or accounting department, at the McCormick Works. Several desks and cabinet...
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Men with Sisal Fiber Bales

Date: 1900
Description: Three men open bales of sisal fiber at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Catherine Seipp and Her Grandchildren

Date: 12 25 1915
Description: Catherine Orb Seipp, widow of prominent Chicago brewer and founder of Black Point Estate, Conrad Seipp, poses in her Chicago home with her nine grandchildr...

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