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Worker in front of Furnace at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 09 1908
Description: View of worker with a grey beard and hat standing and posing in front of a furnace inside IHC McCormick Works foundry.
Photograph

Employees at Office Christmas Party

Date: 12 1928
Description: International Harvester employees standing around a Christmas tree and Santa Claus during an office party. Many of the workers are wearing party hats and s...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Corn Machine Catalog

Date: 1916
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Deering line of corn machines, showing an old man next to a scarecrow with a jack-o-lantern f...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Chicago Seed

Date: 1968
Description: Cover of "The Chicago Seed," an underground newspaper, featuring Santa Claus crucified on a dollar sign. The landscape below is made from collaged advertis...
Photograph

Men Looking at Papers at Desk

Date: 04 1929
Description: Professor Perry G. Holden (right) and George W. Anstrand sitting behind a desk and looking at papers.
Print

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Date: 1950
Description: Holiday card of a die cut head of Santa Claus and a gold edged, embossed, black, square card. There is a hole at the top of both pieces with a tasseled str...
Print

Holiday Card of the Committee to Defend the Conspiracy

Date: 1968
Description: Holiday card from the Committee to Defend the Conspiracy. The front is a picture of seven defendants that were under indictment for criminal conspiracy dur...
Photograph

Algie M. Simons

Date: 1907
Description: Algie M. Simons, photographed in his office at the "Chicago Daily Socialist."
Photograph

Cook at McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1907
Description: Cook in the kitchen cutting a roast.
Photograph

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Petersen

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen poses, seated in a chair, and his wife stands next to him on the left. They appear to be reading papers which Edward is holding. Behind the...
Photograph

Edward Petersen

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen at home, wearing a smoking jacket with quilted collar and cuffs. He is sitting in a wide doorway, hanging with tasseled draperies, holding ...
Photograph

In the Backyard

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen, left rear, and his son William F. Petersen, right rear, pose behind three unidentified people sitting on a rustic bench in a yard. Edward ...
Photograph

Baba Hannibal Tirus Afrik

Date: 12 26 1972
Description: Waist-up portrait of Baba Hannibal Tirus Afrik, sent to an unnamed son for Kwanzaa 1972. Afrik was a school teacher and a leader in the creation of African...
Photograph

Employees Being Treated in Infirmary at McCormick Works

Date: 10 20 1908
Description: Full-length portrait of an employee standing inside a factory. He is holding a cane in his right hand, and is wearing a coat and hat.
Photograph

Todd Little

Date: 1985
Description: A man is standing and posing outdoor in front of a building. He is wearing eyeglasses. Caption reads: "Todd Little, organizer — Champaign-Urbana, IL."
Photograph

Martin Wolke

Date: 1985
Description: A man is standing and posing outdoors. He is wearing a small pin that reads "Stop the Bombing in El Salvador CISPES." Caption reads: "Martin Wolke, organiz...
Photograph

Man Wearing Business Suit at McCormick Works

Date: 05 01 1913
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing on a metal grate in front of a brick wall. A window on the right has a metal grate protecting it.
Photograph

Man Wearing Business Suit at McCormick Works

Date: 07 30 1913
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing on a wood platform in front of the brick wall of a factory building. A ladder for a fire escape is on the wall behin...
Photograph

Portrait of Man

Date: 06 28 1918
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors on a sidewalk. He is wearing a suit and hat. There is a brick building in the background.

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