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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.
Photograph

Man with Camera Near McCormick Works

Date: 08 08 1914
Description: A photographer is standing near a camera on the bank of the Chicago River. He likely works for International Harvester Company and appears to be photograph...
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Rock Island Lines Railroad Truck

Date: 12 16 1936
Description: A man places a bag onto the bed of an International C-1 truck owned by the Chicago Rock Island Railroad. The truck is marked with the text "No.9" and "Wate...
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Industrial Power Exhibit

Date: 1947
Description: Equipment on display in the Industrial Power Exhibit for Allied Equipment Manufacturers at International Harvester's Melrose Park Works. The foreground fea...
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Roller and Compressor on Display

Date: 1947
Description: Equipment on display in the Industrial Power Exhibit for Allied Equipment Manufacturers at International Harvester's Melrose Park Works. Equipment includes...
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Motor Grader on Display

Date: 1949
Description: Motor grader on display in the Industrial Power Exhibit for Allied Equipment Manufacturers at International Harvester's Melrose Park Works. The sign in fro...
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Girdler Corporation Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Men from the Girdler Corporation use an International KB-6 truck with a 21-foot wheelbase and a Tulsa winch to load equipment pieces into a train car.
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International Truck with Fuel Oil Tank

Date: 1947
Description: Left side view of an International Model KB-10 truck owned by Consumers Company and outfitted with a fuel oil tank. The text on the truck reads: "Better Fu...
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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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Combing Sisal Fiber

Date: 1910
Description: Sisal combing machines inside an International Harvester twine mill, possibly at McCormick Works in Chicago.
Photograph

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.
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Manufacturing Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1902
Description: Catalog cover featuring an illustration, on an orange background, of a young child wearing overalls standing near a pile of corn, corn cribs, and a Plano H...

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