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Quitting Time at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
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...
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Deering Works seen from Diversey Avenue

Date: 1919
Description: Deering Works factory seen across the waterfront from Diversey Avenue. In the foreground is a street and sidewalk with the sign "horse vehicles keep to rig...
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Horses Entering and Trucks Exiting McCormick Works Gate

Date: 10 09 1928
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...
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South Water Street Market

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of vendors gathered in the South Water Street Market. Horse-drawn carriages and automobiles park in rows between commercial buildings on eit...
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Binder Displayed Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: McCormick binder set up on the snow-covered cobblestones in front of a brick factory building. In the background a horse hitched to a wagon stands near a l...
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Winter View of the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view across street in winter of the McCormick Works Club House. In front of the club house is a man standing on a loaded horse-drawn wagon parked ...
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Header Binder in Plant Yard

Date: 03 27 1905
Description: Header binder set up in the yard of McCormick Works.
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Horse-Powered Push Binder Headers in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View down hill towards men using a horse-powered push binder header. Farm buildings are in the background.
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McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of McCormick Works. Lumber is stacked in the foreground.
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Southeast Panorama of McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across canal. Along the shoreline are piles of lumber along the shipping dock. Men are working with horse-drawn vehicles among the stacks of ...
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Chicago Quick Shoe Repair

Date: 1920
Description: View down sidewalk towards a delivery truck for "Chicago Quick Shoe Repair" in front of the storefront for the repair business at 120 James Street. Across ...
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Milwaukee Binder

Date: 07 24 1906
Description: Milwaukee binder outdoors at McCormick Works. A horse-drawn vehicle is in the background near a loading dock.
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Two Buggies in Street

Date: 10 1906
Description: View across street towards a man on a buggy on the curb at the left, and a man and boy on another buggy being pulled by a pony or miniature horse. They are...
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Boy, Dog and Parrot in Buggy Drawn by Miniature Horse

Date: 10 1906
Description: Boy and dog posing in buggy drawn by miniature horse, in the vicinity of Chicago. A parrot is perched on the front of the buggy. There is a house in the ba...
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Push Binder Header at McCormick Works

Date: 05 1907
Description: Push Binder Header in a yard at McCormick Works. There are buildings, a horse-drawn wagon, a fence, and a railroad car in the background.
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McCormick Thresher at McCormick Work

Date: 11 13 1908
Description: McCormick Thresher outdoors in a yard at McCormick Works. In the background on the left is a small building near a fence. There is a horse-drawn wagon near...
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Push Binder Header at McCormick Works

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Description: Push binder header outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. The binder is labeled in Spanish: "Reformada, Espigadora de picaflor." A man is driving a horse...
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Mower at McCormick Works

Date: 01 27 1910
Description: Mower outdoors in a snowy yard at McCormick Works. A horse-drawn vehicle is in the background.
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Mower at McCormick Works

Date: 01 27 1910
Description: Mower outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background on the left is a man standing near a tall, wooden fence. Brick buildings are beyond the fe...
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Man on Tractor at McCormick Works

Date: 06 11 1910
Description: View towards left side of tractor, with a man sitting in the tractor seat. Men are standing behind the tractor. Behind them is a street with a horse-drawn ...

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