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| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Left side view of an International Model KB-10 truck owned by Consumers Company and outfitted with a fuel oil tank. The text on the truck reads: "Better Fu... |
| Date: | 11 11 1937 |
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| Description: | Alfred Lindstrom (left) and Davis Campbell, drivers for the Decatur Cartage Company, stand next to an International truck parked on a dirt road. There are ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of rows of railroad cars at the lakefront in Chicago, south of the Randolph Street viaduct. |
| Date: | 04 24 1941 |
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| Description: | View along railroad track of railroad cars loaded with crawler tractors (TracTracTors) at International Harvester's Tractor Works. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across canal of the McCormick Reaper Works factory, rail yard, and surrounding buildings. Men in the foreground are stacking piles of lumber. After 19... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Two men picking through bushels of potatoes that have been dumped from a freight train. The men are scouring for potatoes that are still good. Original cap... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Thousands of potatoes dumped from a freight train along a rail embankment. There is a cow in the background foraging. Original caption reads, "Many thousan... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Men unload pieces of lumber from the opened boxcars of a train near the McCormick Reaper Works factory. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Men use teams of horses to excavate a lot to be used as the site for the future McCormick Twine Mill. |
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| Description: | Memohead of the Live Poultry Transportation Company, with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, with a three-quarter view of a stock car for transporting live... |
| Date: | 08 08 1929 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man sitting in the driver's seat of an International delivery truck for the "Vacuum Oil Company." The top of the cab reads: "Mobiloil" w... |
| Date: | 07 24 1906 |
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| Description: | Right side view of a man sitting on a Milwaukee No. 12 Harvester and Binder (grain binder). In the background are men standing by a large metal gate and ra... |
| Date: | 10 09 1928 |
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| Description: | A man is sitting in the cab of a "McCormick Works International Harvester No.1" crawler-based crane with an earth moving attachment. The crane is loading a... |
| Date: | 08 17 1906 |
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| Description: | A man is standing on a railroad loading dock near a factory building, probably the McCormick Works. He is dressed in dark pants, a light-colored shirt, sus... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd at flag raising ceremony at Western Avenue. A group of people are standing on a stage or platform decorated with flags, and a large ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a building at McCormick Works under construction. There are railroad cars under a section of the building under construction. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across river towards the McCormick Works. Railroad cars are on railroad tracks near the factory buildings. Stacks of lumber are stacked in front of th... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Mower with rake and platform sitting on cobblestones outdoors. In the background a man is standing on railroad tracks near a railroad car. Behind the man i... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Corn binder set up on the cobblestones near a factory. In the background are railroad cars on railroad tracks in front of a fence. Behind the fence are ind... |
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