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Swift Company Picketers

Date: 09 09 1956
Description: Striking members of Amalgamated Meatcutters Local 28 picketing at the Swift and Company plant in Chicago.
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Factory Workers at Plano Works

Date: 1919
Description: Factory workers work on a steel wheel at International Harvester's Plano Works. Factory was later known as "West Pullman Works."
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Factory Workers at Plano Works

Date: 1919
Description: Factory workers operating marchinery at International Harvester's Plano Works. The factory was later known as "West Pullman Works."
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Pouring Metal Into Molds at Plano Works

Date: 1919
Description: Factory workers pouring metal into molds at International Harvester's Plano Works. The factory was later known as "West Pullman Works."
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Making Wagon Wheels at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1919
Description: Factory worker cutting spokes for wagon wheels at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works. Other men are working in the background.
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Harvester Employees(?) Grouped for Parade

Date: 1918
Description: Group of men and women, many holding American flags, on top of and around a wagon or an International truck on a city street. The truck has a banner which ...
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McCormick Works Machinery

Date: 11 10 1926
Description: Factory workers assemble mower or grain binder parts at International Harvester's McCormick Works.
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Factory and Chicago Streets

Date: 11 04 1926
Description: Two men wearing hats and overcoats walk along the sidewalk adjacent to a large building, possibly the McCormick Works factory. Signs on the electrical pole...
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Men Stacking Twine Fiber

Date: 01 27 1925
Description: Three men use a lift to stack bales of bound fiber in a storage area, possibly at the McCormick Works twine mill. The company used sisal and hemp fiber to ...
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Women Spooling Twine

Date: 01 27 1925
Description: Female factory workers at the McCormick Works twine mill use machines to wind twine onto spools.
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Man Working at Machine

Date: 1925
Description: A man standing at a machine, in what is possibly the McCormick Works twine mill, handles bags, probably containing sisal to be made into twine.
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Men Stacking Twine

Date: 01 27 1925
Description: A factory worker loads bags of twine onto a conveyor belt, while another waits at the top of the pile to stack the twine in a storage space, possibly at th...
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Men Using Machinery in a Factory

Date: 1918
Description: Factory workers tend to machines on wheeled carts at International Harvester's McCormick Works factory. The carts run along a track embedded in the floor.
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Men Using Machinery at McCormick Works

Date: 10 26 1918
Description: Factory workers at International Harvester's McCormick Works.
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McCormick Works Machinery

Date: 11 26 1918
Description: Factory worker stands at what appears to be a large press at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The machine is labeled: "Williams, White & Co., Mol...
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McCormick Works Factory

Date: 1918
Description: Factory workers assemble machines moving along a track on wooden carts at International Harvester's McCormick Works.
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International Deluxe Delivery Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Mr. Kuss of International Harvester's Chicago North Side Branch with an International model D-2-M truck with a 102-inch wheelbase and a Metro body. Mr. Kus...
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Wheel Tractors for National Defense

Date: 04 24 1941
Description: International military tractor on a rail car, most likely at Internaitonal Harvester's Tractor Works (factory). Original caption reads: "A wheel-type Diese...
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100,000th Crankcase at Melrose Park Works

Date: 03 1974
Description: A group of male and female workers are posing around a sign and a crankcase sitting on the factory floor. The sign reads "Melrose Park Plant / March, 1974 ...
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Decatur Cartage Truck with Drivers

Date: 11 11 1937
Description: Alfred Lindstrom (left) and Davis Campbell, drivers for the Decatur Cartage Company, stand next to an International truck parked on a dirt road. There are ...

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