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McCormick Reaper Exhibit at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1933
Description: Female model posing with a rake next to a reproduction of Cyrus Hall McCormick's first reaper at International Harvester's "A Century of Progress" Worlds F...
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Workers Pouring Molten Metal at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1914
Description: Three workers pouring molten metal into small containers at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Com...
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Workers Handling Castings at International Harvester's Tractor Works

Date: 1919
Description: Factory workers using a pulley to load castings onto a table at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The factory produced tractors (including Farmall A...
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Children Toil in Community Garden

Date: 1917
Description: Children working and playing in a community garden at 38th and St. Louis streets.
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Woman Pumping Water from Farmhouse Well

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Description: Woman pumping water from a well near the porch of her farmhouse.
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Woman Cleaning Wooden Floor

Date: 1920
Description: Woman cleaning a wooden floor in an open doorway of her farmhouse with a scrub brush.
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Woman Wringing Clothes with Early Washing Machine

Date: 10 1923
Description: Mrs. Granere wringing clothes with a Maytag washing machine at Harvester Farm.
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Woman Chopping Wood

Date: 06 1923
Description: Woman chopping wood on the farm of E.A. Bancroft.
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Men Digging at Mine No. 2

Date: 04 21 1919
Description: Workers digging an intermediate bin for mine no. 2. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the Wisconsin Steel C...
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Men Cutting Grain with Cradles

Date: 1929
Description: Men cutting grain with cradles while other men gather it into bundles by hand. The scene is a re-enactment filmed in 1929 for the Fox-Hearst film "Romance ...
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McCormick Super W-4 Tractor and Hammer Mill

Date: 1953
Description: View of a man operating a hammer mill powered by a McCormick Super W-4 tractor in the doorway of a barn.
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Mexican Workers in Field

Date: 06 29 1928
Description: Group of Mexican workers posing in front of a large stack of hay. Most of the people are wearing hats, many of them sombreros, and worn clothing. Several p...
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International Harvester Dealership

Date: 04 1929
Description: Elevated view of a customer at the sales counter of O.T. Kercheval's International Harvester dealership. Advertising posters and a calender are on the wall...
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Boy and Girl Working in the Field

Date: 1917
Description: A girl and a boy doing field work beside a wagon.
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Boiling Vats at Sugar Mill

Date: 1915
Description: Workers standing beside boiling vats at a sugar mill where the sap is boiled and made into sorghum molasses.
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Loading a Wagon

Date: 01 1916
Description: A farmer shoveling corn stalks from a field into a wagon.
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Factory Workers at Plano Works

Date: 1919
Description: Men working with molds at International Harvester's Plano Works. One worker is standing at a workbench. The factory was later known as "West Pullman Works....
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Hawkins Mine Workers

Date: 1945
Description: Two workers in coveralls and hardhats underground at International Harvester's Hawkins Mine near Hibbing, Minnesota.
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Workers at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Two workers, both in overalls and hardhats, use tools underground at International Harvester's Hawkins Mine in Hibbing, Minnesota. One man uses a drill wh...
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Farmer Wearing Hat

Date: 1921
Description: A farmer, standing near a barn and pitchfork for a portrait.

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