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International Motor Trucks Billboard

Date: 1919
Description: Billboard advertising 3/4, 1, 1 1/2, and 2 ton International Motor Trucks.
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Melrose Park Signboard

Date: 1947
Description: Sign for International Harvester's Melrose Park Works (factory). The sign includes the IH logo and advertises diesel engines and crawler tractors (TracTrac...
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Group Boarding Airplane

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of group of men and women boarding an American Airlines airplane while an International D-15 truck marked "U.S. Mail" and "American Airlines"...
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A cyanotype photograph of a man in oriental dress on the Midway of the World's Columbian Exposition. He stands behind a gate; a sign warns, "No Admittance ...
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Senior Meatpackers

Date: 08 1952
Description: Four members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 56 employed at the Illinois Meats Company: (left to right) Bill Murdock, Mike Mickle, Bill...
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Tractor Works Safety Sign

Date: 1948
Description: Sign posted outdoors near a factory gate, which reads: "TRACTOR WORKS / WHAT WILL YOU DO TODAY TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS?"
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Instrument Checking and Repairing Department

Date: 11 17 1942
Description: Interior view of factory workstations in the Instrument Checking and Repairing Department at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Harold McCormick Residence Exterior

Date: 05 1901
Description: Exterior view of the residence of Harold McCormick and Edith Rockefeller McCormick surrounded by a fence made of stone and wrought iron. The home was built...
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Harold and Edith McCormick Residence

Date: 05 1901
Description: Exterior view of the residence of Harold McCormick and Edith Rockefeller McCormick. The home and yard are surrounded by stone and wrought-iron fencing with...
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Potatoes at Chicago Dump

Date: 1917
Description: Thousands of potatoes dumped from a freight train along a rail embankment. There is a cow in the background foraging. Original caption reads, "Many thousan...
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Chicago Union Stock Yards

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of stock yards with cattle.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Chicago Union Stock Yards.
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Extinguishing Fire at Deering Works

Date: 06 1934
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...
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Farm Equipment Workers Union Mass Meeting

Date: 11 05 1945
Description: Elevated view of members of the Farm Equipment Workers Union meeting in a parking lot of the McCormick Works factory located at the corner of Oakley and Bl...
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Prairie Court Housing Development

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the Prairie Court Housing Development, located at 26th and South Parkway in Chicago. This 14 story apartment building was designed by Kec...
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International KB-10 Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Men unloading machinery from an International KB-10 truck. The original caption reads, "An International KB-10 with Rodgers body and Braden winch owned by ...
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Excavation for McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Men use teams of horses to excavate a lot to be used as the site for the future McCormick Twine Mill.
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Man with Milwaukee No. 12 Harvester and Binder

Date: 07 24 1906
Description: Right side view of a man sitting on a Milwaukee No. 12 Harvester and Binder (grain binder). In the background are men standing by a large metal gate and ra...
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Northern Railway Locomotive

Date: 1905
Description: A locomotive for the Northern Railway is backed up near the closed doors of a brick building which sits on the railroad tracks, probably on the grounds of ...
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IH Stationary Engine and Water Pump in Garden

Date: 10 1906
Description: An International Harvester stationary engine appears to be powering a water pump, perhaps for irrigation. In the background is a pond.

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