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| Date: | 04 1893 |
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| Description: | Launching Captain Abe McDougall's whaleback boat, "Christopher Columbus", from the American Steel Barge Company dock. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 12 11 1926 |
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| Description: | Fire destroyed the Atlas Flour Mill, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Thirteen engine companies, six truck companies, and two fire boats fought the... |
| Date: | 07 13 1905 |
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| Description: | Workers milling around the factory gates at the Fullerton Avenue side of International Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was originally built by Willi... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Crowd gathered outside International Harvester's Tractor Works for the raising of an American flag. The factory was located at 2600 West 31st Blvd., and wa... |
| Date: | 11 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of funeral and tent/morgue from the Cherry Mine disaster. Caption reads: "#37 Cherry Mine Horror Showing Morgue Dunham Photo Princeto... |
| Date: | 11 13 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of people gathering around an air shaft of a mine in after a mining disaster. Caption reads: "(?) at Mine Disaster showing wrecked ai... |
| Date: | 11 13 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of an elevated view of people walking to the mine (in the distance) after a disaster. Caption reads: "Scene at Mine Disaster, Cherry,... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A crowd surrounds a man as he stands atop a tree trunk swinging his axe in a woodchopping contest. |
| Date: | 10 15 1934 |
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| Description: | Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, standing in the doorway of a train car and signing autographs. |
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| Description: | Thousands of employees appear in a composite photograph representing 50,000 employees of the Ford Motor Company. A company building reading "Ford Motor Com... |
| Date: | 11 13 1909 |
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| Description: | Two men in oxygen helmets outside of the Cherry, Illinois, mining disaster. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A poster or signboard titled: "The Right Spirit" depicting five examples of International Harvester employees engaging in recreational and voluntary activi... |
| Date: | 07 31 1921 |
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| Description: | Crowds of individuals along South Shore Beach in the Bay View neighborhood. Some individuals are swimming while others are sitting on the grass and sand. ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Milwaukee Harvester Works. View from hill towards a large crowd of workers, mainly men and boys, posing in front of the factory in an ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over crowd of people towards a man standing on a platform, possibly Cyrus McCormick III. He is speaking to a large group of people gathered o... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A group of young women at an International Harvester factory (most likely McCormick Works) ride on a parade float reading "Welcome 4-H Club Champions, Inte... |
| Date: | 12 11 1948 |
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| Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor is laying the cornerstone for Our Lady Queen of Peace church and school. Flanking him are, left to right, the Very Rev. Edward N... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A man smoking a cigarette and wearing a hat is juggling tin cans in front of the "Prize Cakes and Coffee" booth at a Civilian Defense Rally. |
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