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Deering Works Seen from Waterfront

Date: 07 13 1905
Description: International Harvester's Deering Works as seen from railroad tracks near the waterfront. The factory was located at Fullerton and Clybourn Avenues, across...
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Workers Load Tractors for Shipment at IHC Tractor Works

Date: 04 12 1923
Description: Workers lowering McCormick-Deering 10-20 HP tractors onto railroad cars for shipment using an overhead crane at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Workers Load Tractors onto Railroad Cars at IHC Tractor Works

Date: 1930
Description: Workers using an overhead crane to load new McCormick-Deering tractors (including the 10-20 and possibly the I-20) onto railroad cars outside International...
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Workers Load Wagon Components onto Railroad Car

Date: 04 17 1918
Description: Workers loading wooden crates containing components for wagons or possibly "machine gun carts" onto railroad cars at International Harvester's McCormick Wo...
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Boxed Artillery Cart Ready for Shipment

Date: 05 17 1918
Description: Boxed 240 mm mortar cart ready for shipment to the U.S. military from International Harvester's McCormick Works. Includes a trench mortar barrel. A man is ...
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McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Southeast panorama of the McCormick Reaper Works, rail yard and canal. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine company before 1902. In 19...
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McCormick Reaper Works Wood Stock Yard

Date: 1900
Description: Workers loading and unloading wood at the wood stock yard of the McCormick Reaper Works. Men are working on both sides of the Chicago River. Rail cars and ...
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Loading Boxcars at Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: A group of men and women load wooden crates onto a boxcar at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory).
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Farmall A and Farmall B Tractors at Chicago Tractor Works

Date: 04 24 1941
Description: Slightly elevated view of rows of Farmall A and Farmall B tractors in the Chicago Tractor works loading yard. Original caption reads: "From: International ...
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Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View from roofed loading area of ship at dock. Men are waiting to load crates using hand carts.
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Machines Crated for Delivery

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Description: Three horse-powered hay presses, with crated dry battery alongside, outdoors at McCormick Works. There is a light-colored backdrop set up behind the crates...
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Hay Stackers Crated for Delivery

Date: 04 13 1908
Description: Hay stackers crated for delivery on a loading dock at McCormick Works, with a light-colored backdrop set up in the background. There is a railroad car on t...
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Hay Stackers on Loading Dock

Date: 04 13 1908
Description: Hay stackers crated for delivery sitting on a loading dock at McCormick Works. There is a light-colored backdrop set up in the background. A man is standin...
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Horse-Drawn Binders

Date: 04 13 1908
Description: Horse-drawn binder dismantled on a loading dock, ready for crating, with a light-colored backdrop set up in the background. There are railroad cars on the ...
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Milwaukee Binder on Transport Truck

Date: 05 22 1908
Description: View of a Milwaukee binder on a transport truck at McCormick Works.
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Horse-Drawn Osborne Mower Ready for Crating

Date: 02 13 1908
Description: Osborne Mower dismantled and ready for crating on a loading dock with a roof overhead. A man is standing on the right holding up a backdrop.
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4 Horse Power Engine

Date: 02 13 1908
Description: 4 Horse Power Engine dismantled and ready for crating, on a loading dock. A man is standing on the right holding up a backdrop.
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Tractors Crated for Shipment

Date: 10 28 1911
Description: Tractors being crated for shipment are sitting outdoors at McCormick Works.
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Machine Crated for Shipping at McCormick Works

Date: 05 19 1913
Description: Machine crated for shipping sitting outdoors in the yard. There is a man holding up the side of a small white backdrop behind the crate. There are railroad...
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Machine Crated for Shipping

Date: 05 21 1913
Description: A machine crated for shipping is set up on the end of a loading dock. There is a white backdrop behind, with a brick factory wall on the right.

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