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Grain Binder Assembly Room

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers assemble grain binder parts at the McCormick Reaper Works. Metal machinery pieces are stacked at right and men work at tables to the left n...
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Men Spooling Twine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers use a balling machine at the McCormick Twine Mill to wind twine onto wooden spools.
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Man with Spreader Machine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: A factory worker uses a spreader machine to work with sisal fiber during the production of binder twine at the McCormick Twine Mill. White sheets are hangi...
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Men with Sisal Fiber at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers stand with piles of sisal fiber used in the production of binder twine. The fiber is fed into spreading machines on the right.
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Weighing and Sacking Room at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers in the weighing and sacking room at the McCormick Twine Mill. A scale is standing in the background at right. White sheets are hanging in t...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Agency

Date: 1900
Description: Storefronts along a city street, including a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership, and a Western Union Telegraph office. A cart loaded with bund...
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John F. Steward

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of John F. Steward, head of International Harvester's Patent Department. Steward had previously worked for the Deering Harvester Company.
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Saloon Interior

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of a saloon. A bartender stands behind the bar, and another man wearing a hat stands in front of the bar. The back of the carved wood bar is mirro...
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Carl Leopold

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of Carl Leopold, Aldo Leopold's father, sitting on a rock with a gun. He is wearing hunting attire, a jacket and hat. His dog is sitting in front ...
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Snow-Covered Road

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with a man sitting in a wagon pulled by a single horse down a snow-covered road. The horse is wearing blinders and a turnout blanket. Two men ...
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Luncheon Hall — East of Stand Rock #87

Date: 1900
Description: Three people and a young child sitting around a stone table in Luncheon Hall. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scener...
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Woman Sitting Outdoors & Outdoor Portrait of Man and Woman

Date: 1900
Description: Two images: Left side is: Woman sitting outside in a chair near a tree with roadway and slight hill behind. On the right side is: Man posing sitting in a c...
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Sherwin Gillett

Date: 1900
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Sherwin Gillett.
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Ontonagon River

Date: 1900
Description: View from rocky shoreline across river towards a man standing on rocks and holding a stick in front of a rock face on the opposite shoreline. There are lar...
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Man Sitting on Pinnacle of Rock

Date: 1900
Description: Man sitting atop ridges of quartzite rock in the Baraboo Range.
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Railroad Wreck

Date: 1900
Description: View looking down at men gathered at railroad wreck The locomotive is on its side, and the freight cars are demolished.
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View of the Whitney House

Date: 1900
Description: View from across street of the Whitney House. A man stands in the yard behind the fence. There are large trees along the curb, and more trees and shrubs in...
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Young Couple

Date: 1900
Description: Young couple in moderately intimate pose against the end of a tall board fence on a boardwalk. A stone wall is next to the fence, and in the background on ...
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Man Working at Desk

Date: 1900
Description: Man, seen from the side, seated working at a small desk or table and smoking a cigar. Behind him is a wooden gate and a metal fence.
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Two Men Picnicking

Date: 1900
Description: Two unidentified men at a picnic spread on the grass.

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