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Ambulance Personnel and Onlookers Attending to Boy in Accident

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: Citizens look on as City of Chicago emergency personnel and others carry an injured boy at an accident scene. The event was most likely a staged exercise. ...
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Ambulance Personnel Loading Person into International Ambulance

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: City of Chicago ambulance personnel are loading a person involved in an accident into an International ambulance as a small group of people are looking on....
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Workers Exposed to "Unguarded Belts" at Tractor Works

Date: 1929
Description: Workers operating machines at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The original caption reads: "Use of photograph questioned by Industrial Relations De...
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McCormick Reaper Works during Chicago Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Elevated view of men and ships near the McCormick Works and the Chicago River during the Chicago Fire of 1871. The original caption reads: "Reproduction o...
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Haymarket Square Riot

Date: 05 04 1886
Description: Photograph of a painting depicting a confrontation between police and protesters at the Haymarket in Chicago. Smoke from an explosion drifts in the backgro...
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Safety Board at McCormick Works

Date: 1935
Description: Factory workers looking at safety posters on a bulletin board at the McCormick Works.
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Danger of Firearms

Date: 08 1927
Description: A man sits on wooden outdoor stairs holding a firearm, while three children standing around him.
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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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Hole in Plant Floor at McCormick Works

Date: 05 11 1907
Description: Interior view from plant floor, towards a floor collapsed on level above. Men are standing on the first floor, and other men are looking down from above at...

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