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Poster

Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Lithographed poster depicting an elevated view of the Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner factory and surrounding area. Text in the upper left corner reads, "Ch...
Print

Plankinton Packing Co. Memohead

Date: 
Description: Memohead of the Plankinton Packing Company, a pork and beef packer and provision dealer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Includes an elevated view of the company b...
Print

Stinson Tractor Company Factory

Date: 1918
Description: Illustration of the Stinson Tractor Company, located at the intersection of Central Avenue and 16th Street. The illustration was included in a booklet prod...
Photograph

Hartford Canning Company

Date: 1969
Description: Site of Libby McNeil and Libby canning company. In 1968, workers in Hartford staged a walkout to support Obreros Unidos (United Workers) to show dissatisfa...
Print

Rebuilt McCormick Buildings

Date: 1871
Description: Collage depicting multiple McCormick buildings reconstructed or built after the Chicago Fire. The caption at bottom reads, "Rebuilt Chicago. — Buildings Er...
Book or Pamphlet

Peerless Reaper Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1881
Description: Front cover with gold, red and green ink. There is an oval inset illustration of the factory building on the bottom left.
Photograph

Tractor at McCormick Works

Date: 06 03 1926
Description: View across factory yard towards a tractor hooked up to a harvester and another agricultural implement. There are railroad cars on elevated tracks in the b...
Photograph

Push Binder Header

Date: 04 09 1906
Description: Push Binder Header outdoors at McCormick Works.
Photograph

Milwaukee Reaper at McCormick Works

Date: 05 11 1908
Description: Milwaukee Reaper outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. There is a small building and a tall, wooden fence in the background. Beyond are brick buildings.
Photograph

Milwaukee Binder No. 12 at McCormick Works

Date: 10 05 1909
Description: A Milwaukee Binder No. 12 on the cobblestones in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background is a small building, with men standing near the gate, and a...
Photograph

Binder at McCormick Work

Date: 10 05 1909
Description: McCormick Binder outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background is a small building, with men standing near the gate, and a tall, wooden fence,...
Photograph

Binder at McCormick Work

Date: 05 16 1910
Description: Binder outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background is a small, wooden building near a tall, wooden fence. A street and buildings are beyond ...
Photograph

Tractor at McCormick Works

Date: 06 11 1910
Description: Rear view of a tractor at McCormick Works. In the background men are standing on the left near a street, with horse-drawn vehicles moving along the curb on...

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