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International Model E Truck with "Prosperity" Display

Date: 1916
Description: International Model E highwheeler truck adorned with American flags, advertising banners, and a statue of a sprite named "Prospy." "Prospy" was a little ma...
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TWA Airplane and Tractor

Date: 08 24 1937
Description: Worker moving Trans World Airlines DC-3 (DC-2?) airplane with an International industrial tractor outside the TWA hangar at Chicago's Municipal Airport (la...
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International Auto Buggy

Date: 05 1907
Description: International Auto Buggy parked on a street outside a brick building. The back of the print is stamped "Experimental Department, General Office, rec'd June...
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Wheel Assembly at Weber Works

Date: 01 19 1910
Description: Worker assembling the spokes of a wooden wagon wheel at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works in Auburn Park. The factory was owned by the Weber Wago...
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McCormick Works Lumberyard

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Description: Elevated view of lumberyard at International Harvester's McCormick Works as seen from across the water. The original caption reads as follows: "We think of...
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International Oil Truck

Date: 08 09 1929
Description: Two men filling oil canisters from the rear of an International Mobiloil truck.
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Riders on an Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle

Date: 04 09 1917
Description: Two riders on an early Excelsior-Henderson motorcycle near a community garden at Harrison and Jefferson streets in Chicago. An International Harvester trac...
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McCormick Reaper Works and Wood Stockyard

Date: 1900
Description: McCormick Reaper Works and wood shop stock yard as seen from across a canal. In the foreground is a rail yard with a small engine and rail cars. The factor...
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Experimental 15-30 Tractor

Date: 04 04 1924
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 ...
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Early Experimental IHC Tractor

Date: 06 21 1911
Description: Man sitting on an experimental lightweight tractor. The photograph was probably taken outside International Harvester's McCormick Works. Original caption i...
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Railroad Tracks outside Deering Works

Date: 04 20 1929
Description: Railroad tracks and waterway outside International Harvester's Deering Works. The Deering Works was owned by the Deering Harvester Company before 1902.
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Worker Moves Harvester-Thresher with Tractor

Date: 03 19 1926
Description: Worker transporting a McCormick-Deering No. 8 power-drive harvester-thresher (combine) with a McCormick-Deering tractor. The harvester-thresher is equipped...
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Loading Coal into International K-6 Dump Truck

Date: 1948
Description: Man loading coal from an overhead bin into an International K-6 dump truck owned by South Chicago Coal and Dock Company. The slogan "coal stoker heat is be...
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Aerial View of Wisconsin Steel Works

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester's Wisconsin Steel Works.
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Weber Works Lumber Yard

Date: 03 12 1909
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...
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Wisconsin Steel Works Parade Float

Date: 1951
Description: Parade float with a replica of the "First Blast Furnace in the Calumet District" for Wisconsin Steel Works. The parade was Chicago's East Side Centennial c...
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Pole and Evener Against Shed

Date: 11 21 1917
Description: A pole and evener for horse-drawn farm machinery leaning up against a shed. The shed is in a factory yard at McCormick Works.
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A. Finkl & Sons Company Truck

Date: 1922
Description: A. Finkl & Sons Co. International Model "L-101" truck in front of the company building.
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International G-61 Coal Truck

Date: 1921
Description: Two men standing in front of their International G-61 truck. The truck was operated by Alwart Brother's Coal Company of Chicago and Evanston. An advertisem...
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River Barge Terminal at McCormick Works

Date: 02 28 1935
Description: Railroad cars and tracks at the North Pier River Barge Terminal at or near the McCormick Works (factory).

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