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Machining Parts at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: Workers machining parts with turret lathes at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company before 19...
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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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Rake Wheels on McCormick Works Shipping Platform

Date: 1900
Description: Two workers among hundreds of hay rake wheels stacked on a shipping platform next to rail cars at the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by the ...
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Parts on Display at McCormick Works

Date: 10 08 1908
Description: Parts displayed on a board inside a factory.
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Interior View of Osbourne Factory with Parts (Painting Room?)

Date: 10 09 1907
Description: A view of the center aisle of a factory, (painting room?), with large windows, wooden rafters, and a wooden floor. Hanging from the ceiling from large hook...
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Dump Rakes on Factory Floor

Date: 1900
Description: Dump rakes on factory floor at McCormick Works. Wheels are stored in the background.
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Chart of Agricultural Machinery Parts

Date: 1905
Description: Chart of numbered agricultural machinery parts.
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Parts: Scale 1/10 Size

Date: 04 14 1908
Description: Chart of parts.
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Parts: Scale 1/10 Size

Date: 06 17 1908
Description: Chart of parts.
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Hay Press Parts — Scale 1/16 Size

Date: 06 17 1908
Description: Hay press parts at Champion Works.
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Manufacturing Area — Mower Wheels

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of men working in a large room with mower wheels.
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Loading Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View down covered loading dock at McCormick Works. Men are loading or unloading machinery parts and are standing near railroad cars. Parts are lined up alo...
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Men in Main Wheel Rooom

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of men in the main wheel room of McCormick Works. One man is standing with a piece of machinery near the stacks of wheels which is probably f...
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Men in Storage Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of men working in a storage room. Machinery parts are stacked on the floor and on shelves.
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Plant Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Men working in the yard outdoors at McCormick Works. A large stack of wheels is under an elevated section of the factory.
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Plant Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of plant yard. Stacks of wheels are in rows in the center of the yard on a wood platform, and along the brick wall of the factory building in...
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Southeast Panorama of McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across canal towards McCormick works. There are piles of parts along the shipping dock. A large church building is in the far distance.
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Close-up of Manure Spreader

Date: 01 23 1906
Description: Close-up of a stick propping up a conveyor to show underside on a manure spreaders. There is a fence in the background.
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Molds for Machine Parts

Date: 02 15 1906
Description: Close-up of machine parts lying on a board on top of a barrel at McCormick Works.
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Wagon Parts

Date: 02 15 1906
Description: Wagon parts set up indoors on sawhorses at McCormick Works. Painted on the section of wagon are the words: "Columbus Wagon Co., Chicago, Ill."

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