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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... |
| Date: | 1847 |
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| Description: | Engraving of the McCormick Reaper Works as it appeared in 1847. The factory was located on the north bank of the Chicago River, east of the Michigan Avenue... |
| Date: | 11 1906 |
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| Description: | New Weber wagon parked in front of a fence. |
| Date: | 04 04 1924 |
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| Description: | Engineering photograph of an experimental McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor taken in a factory rail yard. A man in a suit and hat is sitting at the wheel of ... |
| Date: | 10 09 1928 |
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| Description: | A line of horses are entering the McCormick Works (factory) gate as a line of trucks and a tractor are exiting. The tractor appears to be an industrial tra... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Billboard for International motor trucks on Diversey Avenue outside of Deering Works. The billboard lettering reads: "Use International for Low-Cost Haulin... |
| Date: | 03 12 1909 |
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| Description: | View across unpaved road towards four men standing outside of the Weber Works lumberyard. The men are standing near a gate in the fence surrounding industr... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Sign for International Harvester's Melrose Park Works (factory). The sign includes the IH logo and advertises diesel engines and crawler tractors (TracTrac... |
| Date: | 08 1952 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Sign posted outdoors near a factory gate, which reads: "TRACTOR WORKS / WHAT WILL YOU DO TODAY TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS?" |
| Date: | 11 17 1942 |
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| Description: | Interior view of factory workstations in the Instrument Checking and Repairing Department at International Harvester's Tractor Works. |
| 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: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Men use teams of horses to excavate a lot to be used as the site for the future McCormick Twine Mill. |
| Date: | 07 24 1906 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Corn picker set up outdoors. In the background are a fence and industrial buildings. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Corn picker set up outdoors. In the background are a fence and industrial buildings. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Corn picker set up outdoors. In the background are a fence and industrial buildings. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Close-up of corn binder set up outdoors. Industrial buildings are in the background. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of a Daisy Reaper displayed on the cobblestones in front of a factory building. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Mower with rake and platform sitting on cobblestones outdoors. In the background a man is standing on railroad tracks near a railroad car. Behind the man i... |
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