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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve... |
| Date: | 06 12 1933 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of Capital Times newspaper carriers. In the background is a church building on the left, and a water tower on the right. |
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| Description: | Train station with several men, including one standing atop a large water tower. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View from water tower, showing the grove where Black Hawk's pursuers were supposed to have camped in 1832. The group of men in the foreground are digging f... |
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| Description: | Corner of Grove and Mineral Streets with cars parked along the road. Storefronts line the streets. The Goodwill store, a used car dealership and a water to... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View of a worker's village on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Caption on photograph reads, "View of typical worker's village. This vil... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Two men pose on a water tank on top of Building #43 at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory, while another man hoists building materials from ... |
| Date: | 12 16 1936 |
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| Description: | A man places a bag onto the bed of an International C-1 truck owned by the Chicago Rock Island Railroad. The truck is marked with the text "No.9" and "Wate... |
| Date: | 04 04 1942 |
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| Description: | Workers from the Tunnicliff Construction Company build a temporary office building at International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal. On the right a par... |
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| Description: | View of the St. Louis-San Francisco train yard and railway shops. Train cars are parked on the track leading into a warehouse. Men are working near the tra... |
| Date: | 02 09 1951 |
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| Description: | Striking workers near a railroad crossing march in a circle holding handmade signs. |
| 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... |
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| Description: | Left side view of locomotive engine no. 2861, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of rows of Farmall tractors lined up in a lot outside International Harvester's Farmall Works. Original caption (with magazine article) reads... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Rows of Farmall tractors stand outside International Harvester's Farmall Works. The factory site includes Industrial buildings and a water tower. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Site of Libby McNeil and Libby canning company. In 1968, workers in Hartford staged a walkout to support Obreros Unidos (United Workers) to show dissatisfa... |
| Date: | 03 17 1997 |
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| Description: | "Work begins on the new water tower south of Theresa." |
| Date: | 03 21 1997 |
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| Description: | "The base of the new water tower is now taking shape." |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | An African-American postal carrier is standing on the sidewalk with mail in a rolling cart. He is wearing a winter postal employee uniform and a hat. Behin... |
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