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Worker Painting Tractors at IHC Tractor Works

Date: 12 11 1934
Description: Worker spray painting a Farmall F-12 tractor while others attach rear wheels along an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Worker Drives F-12 Tractor off Assembly Line at IHC Tractor Works

Date: 12 13 1934
Description: Worker driving a Farmall F-12 tractor off of the assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Building Mower Bars at McCormick Works

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of workers building sickle bars for mowers at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in ...
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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...
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Hawkins Mine Employee

Date: 1945
Description: Worker at a Hawkins Mine machine shop checking a measurement on a large casting under a trouble light. Hawkins Mine was a subsidiary of International Harve...
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Sailors Load Cases of Coca-Cola onto Battleship

Date: 1962
Description: Sailors passing cases of bottled Coca-Cola (soda) from an International truck to a ship docked at Chicago. City skyline in background.
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Women Working in Canvas Department of McCormick Works

Date: 07 22 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view of women workers measuring, cutting and sewing sections of canvas for binder back curtains, combine hoods and curtains, burlap bags,...
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Women Ball Twine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 04 26 1939
Description: Women workers operating twine balling machines at International Harvester's McCormick Twine Mill. The twine mill was part of the McCormick Works. The McCor...
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Women Sewing Canvas Folds at McCormick Works

Date: 07 22 1936
Description: Female workers sewing canvas side folds on binder aprons at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in ...
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Women Operate Canvas Machines at McCormick Works

Date: 07 22 1936
Description: Female workers operating machines to insert wooden slats into binder canvas at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by ...
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Worker Hauling Metal Bars at McCormick Works

Date: 02 17 1916
Description: Man standing holding up the front of a wooden cart loaded with metal parts outside International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built...
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Open Hearth Lead Furnace

Date: 1872
Description: Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men...
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Workers Shaping Metal Bars for Frame

Date: 05 28 1930
Description: Two International Harvester factory workers using a large pneumatic vise to form frame components. The scene may be at the company's Auburn (formerly Osbor...
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McCormick Works Employee Posing with Mower Drivetrains

Date: 09 1908
Description: McCormick Works employee Peter Butzen with paint can and brush, applying pin-stripes to binder parts. He is posing with mower drivetrains hanging from hook...
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Female Factory Workers at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 06 07 1912
Description: Women working in the twine mill at International Harvester's McCormick Works. In the foreground in front of the machinery are fifty pound bags of manila, a...
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Employees at McCormick Works

Date: 1911
Description: Factory employees standing next to a large machine at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine ...
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Worker in front of Furnace at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 09 1908
Description: View of worker with a grey beard and hat standing and posing in front of a furnace inside IHC McCormick Works foundry.
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Photographer Setting Up Outdoor View of IHC McCormick Works

Date: 08 06 1914
Description: Rear view of company photographer setting up shot of IHC's McCormick Works docks from across the waterfront. Two men are in a long wooden boat, with the na...
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Factory Works with Agricultural Equipment Parts

Date: 1920
Description: Factory workers standing with cartloads of agricultural parts inside a workshop, most likely at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Aub...
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Workers Leaving McCormick Works

Date: 09 20 1928
Description: Stream of factory workers leaving International Harvester's McCormick Works. A sign along the front of the factory reads: "'Quality is the Foundation of ou...

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