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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | An empty street outside McCormick Station on the Illinois Northern Railway. An overpass bears a sign for the McCormick Freight Station on the same railroad... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Deering Works factory seen across the waterfront from Diversey Avenue. In the foreground is a street and sidewalk with the sign "horse vehicles keep to rig... |
| Date: | 06 15 1936 |
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| Description: | International C-1 "industrial motion picture sound truck" in transit along a Chicago city street. The truck was owned by the Chicago Film Laboratory. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Man inspecting the engine of an International Model H truck. The 201 cubic inch H engine featured an L-head design, with three main bearings and forced lub... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Chicago, with ships in the Lake Michigan harbor. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the Columbian Exposition pavilions from the vantage point of Lake Michigan. Included is an inset of the Union Passenger Station (now Uni... |
| Date: | 02 28 1935 |
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| Description: | Railroad cars and tracks at the North Pier River Barge Terminal at or near the McCormick Works (factory). |
| Date: | 07 1971 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of a worker operating an International TD-20C crawler tractor (TracTracTor) at a bridge construction site. Other construction workers are ... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the American Legion Parade in Grant Park(?). The photograph was likely taken from the window of the International Harvester offices on Mic... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Numerous cars driving on what appears to be the Michigan Avenue Bridge (later renamed DuSable Bridge) in front of the Wrigley and Tribune buildings. There ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men are looking at a newly unveiled plaque commemorating International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. Original caption reads: "Fowler ... |
| Date: | 01 03 1939 |
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| Description: | Elevated view through window of multiple International trucks used by the Decatur Cartage Company parked in a loading dock. Two men are standing in the for... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Cyanotype scenic view of the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition grounds showing the U.S. Government Building and a bridge over the lagoon. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Cyanotype view of the Illinois Building at Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition showing a gondola and motor launch on the lagoon near a bridge. A wing of... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | A cyanotype view across lagoon from shoreline of the U.S. Government Building (right), and the Fisheries building (left). There is a bridge over the lagoon... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | A cyanotype view of the Agriculture Building (right) and Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building (left) from the bank of the South Canal at the World's Colu... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men load bundles of plywood(?) onto the bed of an International KB-7 owned by Burnside Construction Company. The truck had a 157-inch wheelbase and a B... |
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| Description: | View down grassy median planted with trees in the center of Grand Boulevard. Stone residences are on either side. A man, perhaps a police officer, stands i... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Lithograph illustration of downtown Chicago near the Rush Street bridge (a "swing bridge"). The McCormick Reaper Works and other factory buildings are on t... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | A view of the World's Columbian Exposition mounted on a cardboard album page, looking east from the Transportation Building. On the right are the Mines Bui... |
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