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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...
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Railroad Tracks and Bridge

Date: 03 19 1919
Description: Small steam engine hauling empty cars over a bridge along a narrow gauge railroad track. Houses in a residential neighborhood are in the background. The tr...
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Indianapolis Branch House

Date: 1917
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester branch house. Signs on the building advertise farm machines, oil tractors, engines, wagons and motor trucks. A lon...
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Reaper in Factory Yard

Date: 09 03 1912
Description: An experimental reaper(?) in a factory yard. There is a Russian name on the Reaper, and the front is set up on saw-horses. Men are working near a brick fac...
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Drill Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1901
Description: Catalog cover with the title: "The Three Greatest Empires," features an illustration of an Empire Drill in the foreground, and in the background a train tr...
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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Yard Outdoors along River at McCormick Works

Date: 04 15 1910
Description: View along river of a yard at McCormick Works. There is a railroad train on a bridge across the river.
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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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Hay Stacker at McCormick Works

Date: 05 06 1911
Description: Hay Stacker outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background a man is standing in front of a small building, and other men are standing near an e...
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Hay Stacker at McCormick Works

Date: 05 22 1911
Description: Hay Stacker outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. A railroad car is on an elevated railroad track in the background.
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Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 06 21 1911
Description: Binder outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. Behind the Binder are stacks of parts, and railroad cars on an elevated platform.
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McCormick Reaper at McCormick Works

Date: 08 04 1911
Description: A McCormick Reaper is set up in the yard at McCormick Works. There are other pieces of agricultural machinery in the background along the side of a railroa...
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Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 08 08 1911
Description: Binder outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background are railroad cars on an elevated platform, and a man walking towards the underpass. Brick...
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Milwaukee Mower at McCormick Works

Date: 1911
Description: Milwaukee Mower outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background is agricultural machinery near and elevated platform that railroad cars are on.
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McCormick Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 08 1911
Description: Binder outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background are brick factory buildings, and railroad cars on an elevated platform.
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McCormick Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 09 09 1911
Description: Close-up rear view of a McCormick Binder outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. Below and to the right of the seat is a container that reads: "McCormick ...
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Dump Rake at McCormick Works

Date: 11 01 1911
Description: Rear view of a Dump Rake outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background is other agricultural equipment along the side of a railroad bridge. Bu...
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Milwaukee Binder No. 10 at McCormick Works

Date: 06 18 1912
Description: Milwaukee Binder outdoors in the yard. In the background is a raised platform for a railroad track, a small, wooden building, and brick buildings beyond.
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Milwaukee Binder No. 10 at McCormick Works

Date: 06 18 1912
Description: View of a Milwaukee Binder No. 10 outdoors in the yard. In the background are railroad cars on a platform.
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Milwaukee Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 06 18 1912
Description: Milwaukee Binder outdoors in the yard. In the background are brick factory buildings, and railroad cars on an elevated platform. There are striped awnings ...

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