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Men at Forge at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Men working with hot metal in what appears to be a forge at the McCormick Reaper Works factory.
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Three Falk Employees

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Description: Three male employees appear to be preparing for a casting in sand. One man holds a hose in his hand while another has a shovel and the other a long metal p...
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Man Shovelling Metal into West Pullman Works Furnace

Date: 1944
Description: A man wearing protective gloves is shoveling metal pieces into a radiant tube clean hardening furnace at West Pullman Works.
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Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
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...
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Men Working in McCormick Foundry

Date: 1900
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 ...
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Sheet Metal Factory Worker

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Description: A boy (teenager?) works in a sheet metal factory.
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Manufacturing Enameled Metalware

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Description: Several men dip pitchers and pails to apply metal at Vollrath Company.
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Factory Workers Iron Molding at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers pouring hot metal into molds, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works in Chicago.
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Man at McCormick Works Furnace

Date: 1900
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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Interior View of Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Interior view of Gisholt Machine Company. A man is standing on metal parts and pouring, what is probably molten metal, from a vat into a mold or industrial...
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Gisholt Machine Company Employee Pouring Molten Metal

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Description: A Gisholt Machine Company factory worker, wearing protective glasses, is using a wheel to position a large cauldron for pouring molten metal into a mold to...
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Gisholt Machine Company Employees Working with Molten Metal

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Description: Two employees of Gisholt Machine Company are pouring molten metal from large cauldrons into molds as another worker looks on. A company supervisor is stand...

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