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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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Payday at Truck

Date: 01 20 1927
Description: A group of men line up for their pay at an armored International Model 63 truck used by the City of New York Department of Finance. The truck is guarded by...
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Trains at Corliss Depot

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Description: Train depot workers pose in front of a train at the depot. There is a sign that reads "This Train For Milwaukee".
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Train Carrying McCormick-Deering Combines

Date: 1930
Description: A train carries McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines) bouind for North Dakota farms. A sign on the train reads: "McCormick-Deering Harvester-Thr...
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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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Rock Island Lines Railroad Truck

Date: 12 16 1936
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...
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Striking Workers with Signs

Date: 02 09 1951
Description: Striking workers near a railroad crossing march in a circle holding handmade signs.
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Locomotive Engine No. 2861

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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.
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New Water Tower

Date: 05 27 1997
Description: "Theresa water tower construction."
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Demolition of Old Water Tower

Date: 09 10 1997
Description: "Dismantling Theresa's Water Tower."
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Postal Carrier and Route Truck

Date: 1970
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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Harvesting Ice

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Description: View across ice towards a group of men, employees of the Conklin Ice House, which is in the distance, guiding horses pulling ice cutters. The horses are we...
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TD-20C Crawler Dozer and H-90E Pay Loader

Date: 1971
Description: A man is driving a TD-20C Crawler Dozer on the left, and in the background another man is driving an H-90E Pay Loader. They are moving earth near the side ...
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Tractor-Drawn Corn Picker

Date: 09 23 1927
Description: View towards a man driving a Farmall tractor pulling a corn picker in a cornfield. Another man is standing on a wagon pulling cornstalks out of the picker....
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Grain Delivery Truck

Date: 06 05 1928
Description: View towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a Gillespie Grain Co. Ltd. truck, with an open truck bed loaded with sacks of oats. In the background is...
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Man Sitting in Delivery Truck

Date: 12 17 1928
Description: View towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of an enclosed truck parked on an unpaved road. The sign painted on the side of the truck reads: "National ...

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