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Plowing with McCormick Farmall Super M Tractor

Date: 1953
Description: Slightly elevated view of a farmer plowing with a Farmall Super M tractor.
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Packing Mowers for Shipment International Harvester Factory

Date: 1915
Description: Workers assembling and boxing mower frames for shipment at one of International Harvester's "Harvester Works" (most likely McCormick Works).
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McCormick Works(?) Machine Shop

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Description: Rows of belt-driven machines inside the "automatic screw machine shop" at International Harvester's McCormick Works(?). According to the original caption: ...
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Making Grey Iron Wheels for Mowers at International Harvester Foundry

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Description: The original caption reads as follows: "Harvesting machines are made largely of iron and steel, consequently foundries, blacksmith shops, machine shops and...
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Deering Works Machine Shop

Date: 05 20 1911
Description: Two workers in the "drop hammer malleable foundry" at International Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was owned by the Deering Harvester Company befor...
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Dipping Mower Wheels at Deering Works

Date: 1919
Description: Two workers dipping mower wheels in paint at International Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was owned by the Deering Harvester Company before 1902. I...
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Child Laborers Bringing Fibre Down From Mountains

Date: 1910
Description: Procession of child laborers carrying bundles of twine fibre (fiber) down from the mountains in the Philippines. The fibre was likely used by International...
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Osborne Twine Mill Workers Comb Fibre

Date: 1910
Description: Workers using a large machine to comb twine fibre (fiber) - the first process preparatory to spinning - at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. Th...
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Workers Store Bundles of Twine inside Warehouse

Date: 1910
Description: Three workers and a supervisor stacking bundles of twine all the way to the roof in a warehouse at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. The Osborn...
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Workers Processing Sisal in Philippines

Date: 1948
Description: Workers processing bundles of sisal fibre (fiber) at a factory or mill in the Philippines. The factory likely was owned by the International Harvester Comp...
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Workers Process Sisal in Philippines

Date: 1948
Description: Workers processing sisal at a factory in the Philippines. The factory likely was owned by the International Harvester Company as part of its twine producti...
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Workers Hanging Sisal in Yucatan(?)

Date: 1948
Description: Workers, mostly female, hanging bundles of sisal on wires on a plantation in the Yucatan(?). The plantation was likely run by the International Harvester C...
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Processing Sisal in the Philippines

Date: 1948
Description: Workers processing bundles of sisal in large piles at an International Harvester facility in the Philippines.
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Women's Lunch Room at IHC Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of female workers gathered in the women's lunch room at the International Harvester's Osborne Works twine mill. The factory was owne...
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Women Balling Twine at Deering Works

Date: 1915
Description: Female workers using machines to ball twine at International Harvester's Deering Works twine mill. The Deering works was located at Fullerton and Clybourn ...
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Woman Sweeps Debris at Deering Works Twine Mill

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Description: Woman sweeping up debris in a warehouse at International Harvester's Deering Works twine mill. The factory was owned by the Deering Harvester Company until...
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Women's Rest Room at Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Female workers and an attendant reading magazines and relaxing inside a "rest room" at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. The Osborne Works was ...
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Workers Pour Molten Metal into Molds at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1916
Description: Two workers pouring molten metal from a crane-held vat into a mold to make castings at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by ...
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Workers Tend to Engines at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1916
Description: Two men working on engine components on an assembly line at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Com...
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Horse-Drawn Osborne Disc Harrow in Field

Date: 05 17 1917
Description: Farmer cultivating a field with an Osborne bumper double disc harrow pulled by three horses.

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