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Steam Locomotive Loaded with Logs

Date: 1915
Description: Two workers perched on a steam locomotive pulling railroad cars loaded with logs. The coal car bears the name "Deering Southwestern Railway." The railway w...
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Steam Locomotive Pulling Crane at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Steam locomotive moving an overhead crane used to lay rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine. One man is standing on the right, and another man i...
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Missouri Pacific Railroad

Date: 1936
Description: An International Model C-35 is parked near a building. To the right men are working on a locomotive for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The front of another...
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Missouri Pacific Railroad Yard

Date: 06 02 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view of men loading the bed of an International Model C-35 truck parked behind a railroad car. The men are standing on a platform at the ...
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Brookville Locomotive

Date: 11 18 1937
Description: A man operating a Brookville locomotive powered by an International P-12 power unit while two men are working behind him at what appears to be a constructi...
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Farmalls Ready for Delivery

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of Farmall tractors ready for delivery by rail and truck leave International Harvester's Farmall Works factory. In the foreground are stacks ...
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Farmall Delivery by Rail

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of Farmall tractors are loaded onto railroad cars as they prepare to leave International Harvester's Farmall Works factory. On the locomotive...
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McCormick Works and Canal

Date: 1900
Description: View of what appears to be the McCormick Reaper Works, with the west fork of the south branch of the Chicago River in the foreground. Smokestacks, railroad...
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Flatcars Loaded with Lumber in Front of a Factory

Date: 12 22 1906
Description: Six flat cars loaded with lumber are lined up behind a locomotive in a factory rail yard, probably at the McCormick Works. In the background is a large fac...
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Scout and Locomotive

Date: 1967
Description: Family in red Scout convertible. The man in the driver's seat is pointing at the locomotive they are parked in front of. A woman is sitting in the passenge...
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Exterior of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1900
Description: View across street towards the front and left side of a dealership. On the street and sidewalk at the corner men and a boy stand near a horse-drawn wagon. ...
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Elevated View of McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of McCormick Works. In the foreground are powerlines, and beyond are railroad tracks and a locomotive pulling railroad cars. Near the factory...
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Farmall Tractors on Railroad Train

Date: 08 31 1928
Description: View across field towards the left side of a Chicago Great Western locomotive on railroad tracks pulling cars loaded with Farmall tractors. A sign on the l...
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Early McCormick Works

Date: 1918
Description: Artist's rendering of early McCormick Works. In the foreground is a locomotive pulling railroad cars. A sign on one of the buildings reads: "Reapers and Mo...
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Railroad Engine

Date: 11 01 1927
Description: Right side profile view of a locomotive pulling a railroad car with a sign painted on the side that reads: "Illinois Northern Ry." The railroad engineer is...
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Panoramic View of Railroad Cars Loaded with Trucks for Delivery

Date: 1929
Description: View down railroad tracks looking towards a long line of railroad cars on another set of tracks. The large banners on the side of some of the cars reads: "...
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Railroads — TD-9

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Description: Subject: "Railroads — TD-9." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "The NC&StL RR, Nashville, Tenn. uses six International Crawlers and two...
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Line of Boxcars

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Description: View from platform towards a line of boxcars on railroad tracks.
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Illinois Northern Rail Road Train

Date: 07 1907
Description: Illinois Northern rail road train, with two engines, a coal car and a car with front wall burst out, at McCormick Works. There are commercial buildings in ...
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Boxcars on Railroad Tracks

Date: 04 23 1915
Description: View of loaded boxcars on railroad tracks outside plant.

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