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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve... |
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| Description: | Fire fighting scene in which a man is at the top of a very tall ladder mounted on a hook and ladder fire truck. A group of men observe. A haze of smoke fil... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Workers loading and unloading wood at the wood stock yard of the McCormick Reaper Works. Men are working on both sides of the Chicago River. Rail cars and ... |
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| Description: | Four women workers standing in front of the Four Wheel Drive Factory. |
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| Description: | Woman worker with her back turned to the camera standing in front of the Clintonville Four Wheel Drive factory. |
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| Description: | A woman stands in front of the Four Wheel Drive Auto Company factory in Clintonville. |
| Date: | 08 09 1929 |
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| Description: | Driver sitting in an International truck operated by the Mobiloil Company. Text on the side of the truck reads: "The World's Quality Oil." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Two men pose on a water tank on top of Building #43 at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory, while another man hoists building materials from ... |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn wagons, also known as milk buggies, dropping off cans of milk at the country cheese factory during summer. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across river towards the McCormick Works. Railroad cars are on railroad tracks near the factory buildings. Stacks of lumber are stacked in front of th... |
| Date: | 05 21 1909 |
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| Description: | Man sitting on an experimental machine with plows. Factory buildings are in the background. |
| Date: | 01 20 1927 |
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| Description: | Men receiving paychecks from armored trucks parked outdoors at an IH plant. Signs on the trucks read: "Department of Finance, City of New York." A police o... |
| Date: | 07 1936 |
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| Description: | View down street towards two buildings in the background that are part of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company, makers of Mirro cookware. The buildings... |
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| Description: | Elevated view from roof of the Oscar Mayer plant. There is a water tower on the roof with a sign painted on it that reads: "Oscar Mayer." Automobiles are p... |
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| Description: | Oscar Mayer employees are walking near the plant, down the entrance road near a chain link fence. There is a water tower and three American flags on three ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of pigs grazing inside the outdoor pig pen attached to a large industrial building. A man is standing outside the pen in the foreground on th... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Men unloading manila or cotton at McCormick Works, under a partially covered loading dock. There is a water tower in the distance. |
| Date: | 07 23 1912 |
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| Description: | A group of employees is outdoors in front of a plant building. Other men are using the fire escape on the side of the building. A railroad car is in the ba... |
| Date: | 08 12 1912 |
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| Description: | View across yard towards McCormick Works buildings. There is a wall along the left. Two men wearing hats, vests and neckties are standing near a smaller bu... |
| Date: | 05 04 1916 |
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| Description: | View across three sets of railroad tracks, with railroad cars on the tracks on the left. Buildings and a water tower are in the background behind the track... |
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