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Quitting Time at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
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...
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Four Women in front of Factory

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Description: Four women workers standing in front of the Four Wheel Drive Factory.
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Water Tank at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1911
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 ...
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McCormick Reaper Works Factory

Date: 1900
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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Farmall Tractors at Farmall Works

Date: 1959
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...
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Tractors at Farmall Works

Date: 1959
Description: Rows of Farmall tractors stand outside International Harvester's Farmall Works. The factory site includes Industrial buildings and a water tower.
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Hartford Canning Company

Date: 1969
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...
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Experimental Machine

Date: 05 21 1909
Description: Man sitting on an experimental machine with plows. Factory buildings are in the background.
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Speed Queen Building

Date: 07 1936
Description: View across street towards automobiles parked in front of a two-story brick office building with a long, one story factory wing. There is a water tower beh...
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Manila or Cotton Unloading

Date: 1905
Description: Men unloading manila or cotton at McCormick Works, under a partially covered loading dock. There is a water tower in the distance.
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Group of Employees Using Fire Escape at McCormick Works

Date: 07 23 1912
Description: A group of employees is outdoors in front of a plant building. Other men are using the fire escape on the side of the building. A railroad car is in the ba...

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