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Chattanooga Chilled Plows Advertising Poster

Date: 1925
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering Chattanooga chilled plows. Includes a color illustration of a man using a walking plow behind two horses as viewed...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering All-Steel Threshers Loaded on Railroad Cars

Date: 05 23 1925
Description: McCormick-Deering all-steel threshers loaded on railroad cars outside International Harvester's West Pullman Works (factory). The factory originally belong...
Photograph

Otto 42 HP Engine

Date: 06 02 1925
Description: Side view of a man posing standing and holding onto the steering wheel of an "Otto 42 HP engine, which was built in 1896-97" with a 12-inch bore and 18-inc...
Photograph

Female Worker Balling Twine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 01 27 1925
Description: Female employee balling twine with a large twine baller at International Harvester's McCormick Twine Mill. The McCormick Works was in operation from 1873-1...
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Bagging Twine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 01 27 1925
Description: Male and female workers producing balls of twine and placing them in burlap bags. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in 1873 and became part ...
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Worker Shapes Steel Parts at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 11 20 1925
Description: Worker forming steel components on a machine at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Compan...
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Printing Twine Bags at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 01 27 1925
Description: Workers stitching and printing labels on burlap bags used to store balls of binder twine at International Harvester's McCormick Twine Mill. The McCormick w...
Photograph

Experimental McCormick-Deering Orchard Tractor

Date: 04 14 1925
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental McCormick-Deering tractor with fenders apparently designed for use in orchards or groves. Left side view.
Photograph

Workers at Harvester Press

Date: 03 26 1925
Description: Slightly elevated view of workers at Harvester Press, International Harvester's in-house print shop.
Postcard

Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. office building. Caption reads: "Office Building, Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co., West Allis, Wis."
Photograph

Cheese House

Date: 1925
Description: The rear facade of a cheese house. A man is standing in the doorway of the loading dock next to a hand cart.
Postcard

Phoenix Chair Factory

Date: 1925
Description: View across water towards the Phoenix Chair factory on the waterfront. Caption reads: "Phoenix Chair Factory, Sheboygan, Wis."
Photograph

Liberty Mills

Date: 1925
Description: Caption reads: "'Liberty Mills' Wisconsin Milling Co. Menomonie, Wis." There is a flag on roof, and snow is on the ground.
Photograph

Parker Pen Screw Machine Department

Date: 1925
Description: Workers in the Parker Pen Screw Machine Department.
Photograph

Thresher Transport

Date: 05 23 1925
Description: A train transports McCormick-Deering All-Steel threshers from International Harvester's Plano Works. The factory was later known as "West Pullman Works."
Photograph

Men at McCormick Works

Date: 11 20 1925
Description: Two factory workers use long-handled tongs to handle a long piece of heated metal at the McCormick Works factory.
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Men Stacking Twine Fiber

Date: 01 27 1925
Description: Three men use a lift to stack bales of bound fiber in a storage area, possibly at the McCormick Works twine mill. The company used sisal and hemp fiber to ...
Photograph

Female Factory Worker

Date: 01 27 1925
Description: A female factory worker balling binder twine with a machine, most likely at International Harvester's McCormick Works Twine Mill.
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McCormick Works Machinery

Date: 01 27 1925
Description: A male factory worker is dwarfed by a large machine at International Harvester's McCormick Works.
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Machines at McCormick Works

Date: 01 27 1925
Description: Factory floor with machines at International Harvester's McCormick Works.

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