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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Workers in the metal finishing room at the McCormick Reaper Works. In 1902 the factory became part of the International Harvester Company. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Factory workers work on a steel wheel at International Harvester's Plano Works. Factory was later known as "West Pullman Works." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Men working with hot metal in what appears to be a forge at the McCormick Reaper Works factory. |
| Date: | 11 21 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view within the coffer dam showing four steel draft tubes; wooden supports are visible inside one of the tubes. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Two men standing on the back of an International truck used by the Zimmerman Steel Company. Text on the truck reads: "Zimmerman Steel Company, Bittendorf, ... |
| Date: | 07 22 1936 |
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| Description: | A factory worker at McCormick Works uses a hydraulic press to straighten malleable castings. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Factory worker producing artillery shells at International Harvester's West Pullman Works. Original caption reads: "37-Millimeter Shell Manufacture. The fo... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | An early Pawling and Harnischfeger cab-operated crane with dial operated controllers and a 5-ton type "O" bridge with a type "A" trolley. The operator is i... |
| Date: | 02 10 1913 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton type "M" auxiliary hoist at the Belmont Iron Works. A man wearing a hat is in the cab. The monorail hoist crane, used in stee... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton grab bucket suspended from a 25-ton type "AN" crane with a 5-ton auxiliary type "A" trolley in an unidentified foundry. A ma... |
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| Description: | Two Pawling & Harnischfeger Type "AN" cranes with standard bottom blocks holding metal ladles in a foundry operation. The upper half, as well as other area... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two men stand outdoors by a pile of scrap metal intended for donation to the war effort at the Chapman and Follmer International Harvester dealership. A ro... |
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| Description: | Workers of the Malleable Iron Range Company assemble stove-top ranges. Caption on stereograph reads, "No 14. The building floor where eight different sets ... |
| Date: | 02 22 1938 |
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| Description: | A man sits behind the wheel of a P-12 shop mule in a dirt lot in front of the Terre Haute Malleable & Manufacturing Company building. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Men working at tables in the metal finishing room of the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Stacks of parts are piled on the floor, and a hat and coat are han... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across foundry floor of factory workers in a large room with high ceilings, vent hoods and skylights at McCormick Works. Two men in the middle ground ... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Factory workers standing at machines in the metal finishing room at the McCormick Works. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Five foundry workers at Fairbanks, Morse & Company, taking a break just outside the door of the building. Workers names: Solomon Deberry, Curtis Barber, tw... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Factory workers pouring hot metal into molds, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works in Chicago. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A factory worker, facing away from the camera, is standing on a wooden bench and is using a tool to reach into a furnace at the McCormick Reaper Works. Mol... |
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