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| 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... |
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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: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Boy removing a bundle of twine from a decorticator machine at an International Harvester factory in the Yucatan, Mexico. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Boy removing a bundle of twine from a decorticator machine at an International Harvester factory in the Yucatan, Mexico. Accompanying text reads: "No guard... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Pictures and diagrams mounted on a wall in a "new building" at International Harvester's Deering Works. The display was part of an industrial exhibit and d... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Workers operating machines at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The original caption reads: "Use of photograph questioned by Industrial Relations De... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men and ships near the McCormick Works and the Chicago River during the Chicago Fire of 1871. The original caption reads: "Reproduction o... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Sign warning International Harvester factory workers against various types of skin diseases. The sign reads: "Skin Diseases; There are many different kinds... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Sign warning International Harvester factory workers about about typhoid fever. The sign reads: "Typhoid Fever is Here; Here are a few facts about it: 1. T... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Sign warning International Harvester factory workers about tuberculosis. The sign reads: "Tuberculosis; There are hundreds of cases of tuberculosis in Chic... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Factory workers looking at safety posters on a bulletin board at the McCormick Works. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Side view of an International truck used as a mobile disaster unit by the Detroit Chapter of the American Red Cross. The truck is parked in what appears to... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a burned-out stone building with a missing roof next to a pond. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of a woman tying a scarf around her head and knotting it under her chin. The photograph is one of a series demonstrating how to use... |
| Date: | 06 1934 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd gathered outside International Harvester's Deering Works at Fullerton and River, as a crew of firemen works to extinguish a fire i... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Collage depicting multiple McCormick buildings reconstructed or built after the Chicago Fire. The caption at bottom reads, "Rebuilt Chicago. — Buildings Er... |
| Date: | 08 07 1924 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks of the canning factory in the aftermath of a tornado. The top of the brick structure and the smokestack has been blown off. Pil... |
| Date: | 07 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the fire at the McGillivray factory. Pedestrians and onlookers are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 07 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the fire at the McGillivray factory. |
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