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Bridge No. 1

Date: 05 10 1919
Description: Workers digging in a muddy trench near bridge no. 1, mine no. 2. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the Wisc...
Book or Pamphlet

N.C. Thompson Advertising Booklet

Date: 1880
Description: Front page of booklet with an engraving of a man with a team of two horses in a field with the "Celebrated Gorham Sulky Cultivator."
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Building under Construction

Date: 11 11 1911
Description: Men, some wearing suits, and other work clothes, are standing around a building under construction. There are railroad cars on a bridge on the left.
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Man Sitting on Mower at McCormick Works

Date: 04 02 1914
Description: A man is sitting on a mower in the yard of McCormick Works. In the background are stacks of agricultural parts near the side of brick factory buildings. Th...
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Mower Outdoors in Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 08 06 1914
Description: Man riding a McCormick Mower in the factory yard. He is demonstrating the raising of the blade. In the background railroad cars are on an elevated platform...
Photograph

Two Men Examining Binder Parts

Date: 11 12 1915
Description: Two men examining binder labeled parts outdoors in the factory yard. Brick factory buildings and railroad cars on an elevated platform are in the backgroun...
Photograph

Hay Stacker at McCormick Works

Date: 03 20 1917
Description: Man standing on a box and reaching up while attaching parts to a Hay Stacker outdoors in the factory yard. Railroad cars are on an elevated platform in the...
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Employee with Agricultural Machinery Part

Date: 09 08 1917
Description: Employee standing and holding an agricultural machinery part, including a large wheel, in factory yard. On the right is an elevated railroad platform, and ...
Photograph

Detail of Binder

Date: 09 08 1917
Description: View of section of a binder outdoors in factory yard. In the background railroad cars are on an elevated platform. A man is standing behind the machine on ...
Photograph

Detail of Milwaukee Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 09 08 1917
Description: Close-up of a man (head out of frame) working on a Binder outdoors in factory yard. In the background are railroad cars on an elevated railroad platform.
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Detail of Milwaukee Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 09 08 1917
Description: Close-up of a man working on a Binder outdoors in factory yard. In the background are railroad cars on an elevated railroad platform.

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