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Schmidt and Glade Brewers

Date: 1870
Description: Group portrait of workers, a young boy and a dog outside the Schmidt and Glade Brewery posing with tools and barrels.
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Deering Works Machine Shop

Date: 05 20 1911
Description: Two workers in the "drop hammer malleable foundry" at International Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was owned by the Deering Harvester Company befor...
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International Harvester Employee

Date: 04 01 1915
Description: Old man wearing a suit and hat with his back against a brick wall. The man is likely an employee at International Harvester's Osborne Works. One of his leg...
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Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Workers in the metal finishing room at the McCormick Reaper Works. In 1902 the factory became part of the International Harvester Company.
Book or Pamphlet

Feed Your Hungry Crops

Date: 1918
Description: Cover of an "educational" pamphlet published by International Harvester to promote the use of manure spreaders, fertilizers and lime spreaders. Features an...
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Man Standing Near Factory Door

Date: 1916
Description: Portrait of a man standing in office clothes just outside a factory door. The man was an employee of International Harvester, likely in Chicago.
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Deering Works Employee

Date: 1910
Description: Man, possibly an employee of International Harvester's Deering Works, standing outside a factory building.
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Man Sanding Reaper Platform

Date: 05 16 1912
Description: Factory worker(?) sanding a reaper platform at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The man is wearing a bowler hat.
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Men at Forge at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Men working with hot metal in what appears to be a forge at the McCormick Reaper Works factory.
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International Harvester Employees

Date: 03 31 1917
Description: Three older International Harvester employees(?), possibly recent retirees, standing near a brick building. The building may be part of the McCormick Works...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Chicago Seed

Date: 1968
Description: Cover of "The Chicago Seed," an underground newspaper, featuring Santa Claus crucified on a dollar sign. The landscape below is made from collaged advertis...
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McCormick Reaper Works Employees

Date: 1890
Description: A group of factory workers sit on wooden benches in front of a brick building to have their portrait taken. The workers were employees of the McCormick Rea...
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Three men in Arab dress pose in front of the base of an obelisk on the Midway at the World's Columbian Exposition. A gentleman in western dress also poses ...
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UPWA Union Man

Date: 1944
Description: An unidentified United Packinghouse of America member. He is wearing badges that identify him as an employee at the Swift Company plant in Chicago and the ...
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Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of men working in the metal finishing room of the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Metal parts are stacked on the floor and the room is suppor...
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McCormick Offices

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across street of a McCormick agency(?) or dealership(?) building with man visible through a window. The windows are painted with symbols and ...
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Man Near Bales of Fiber

Date: 1900
Description: A man is standing in a warehouse beside bales of manila fiber used to make twine at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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John McArthur

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted portrait of Brigadier General John McArthur. At the start of the Civil War he was a colonel of an Illinois volunteer regiment, but after the Batt...
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Republican National Convention

Date: 07 07 1952
Description: Wisconsin Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman (left) chats with Charles P. Curran of Mauston at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
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Men at McCormick Loading Docks

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers are loading a wooden crate marked "McCormick Folding Daisy Reaper" using a pulley system in the docks of the McCormick Works.

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