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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Workers assembling engine components and tightening head bolts along an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Factory workers assembling International 8-16 tractors on an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the International Harvester building, as seen from the northwest. Lake Michigan is in the background. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | International Harvester advertising artist sitting at his desk in a studio office with a wistful look on his face. Graphics from Deering brand advertisemen... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Warren G. Harding, the year he won the election for president of the United States. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Factory worker at International Harvester's Plano Works. The factory was later known as the "West Pullman Works." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A group of men assisting three men in diving gear on a boat on the Chicago River near the McCormick Works (factory). |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from a window of the International Harvester offices on Michigan Avenue showing Grant Park. Company employees have written their department n... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from a window of the International Harvester offices on Michigan Avenue showing Grant Park. Company employees have written their department n... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Hemp or sisal fiber piles on the floor of International Harvester's McCormick Twine Mill as it is processed through spreading machines. The mill was locate... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Young children playing with a toy wagon. An older boy is pulling a young girl sitting in a chair in a wagon, while another boy is pushing from behind. The ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Three boys and one girl playing outside Sunnyside School with a tricycle, toy wagon, and a twisted iron chair. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Girls turning rope for a young boy to skip outside the Sunnyside School in Cook County. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Young boy and girl sitting on a pile of rocks with a cat and a dog outside the Sunnyside School. The boy is cradling a cat under his arm, while a girl is f... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Dr. Otto Schmidt (1863-1935), noted Chicago physician and husband of Emma Seipp Schmidt. He is wearing a dark suit and bo... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Clara Seipp Bartholomay, a daughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. She is wearing a dress with elaborate trim and a pearl neckl... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Tickertape parade in a city. There appear to be people standing on the edge of the roof of the building in the center, standing near the base of a flagpole... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | "'Pop Sohner' drives one of the early Farmall tractors off the end of the assembly line back in the 1920's. He pioneered the production of this all-purpose... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Railroad yard at McCormick Works. A man is looking out the window of the locomotive on the right, and there are stacks of lumber on the small, open railroa... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Aerial view across water towards McCormick Works. Railroad cars are on railroad tracks along the shoreline. |
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