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Schmidt and Glade Brewers

Date: 1870
Description: Group portrait of workers, a young boy and a dog outside the Schmidt and Glade Brewery posing with tools and barrels.
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Worksheds at Walden

Date: 1941
Description: Worksheds filled with stacked logs and wagons at "Walden", the estate of Cyrus McCormick, Jr.
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Assembling Farm Wagons at Weber Works

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Description: Workers assembling wagon chassis at International Harvester's Weber Works in Auburn Park. The factory was owned by the Weber Wagon Company until 1904 when ...
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Walgreen Commissary

Date: 1941
Description: Worker Harold Johnson standing near a machine and a McCormick-Deering cooler at the Walgreen Commissary. The original caption describes the cooler as an "8...
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Coats Hanging in a Barn

Date: 06 1927
Description: Coats with matches in the pockets are hanging on nails inside a barn on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm, demonstrating a farm hazard. ...
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Man Standing on Barrel

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man is standing on a wooden barrel which is resting on a wooden box on concrete entrance steps near a door. He is using a hammer to fix a window frame. T...
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Smoking Near Gasoline

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man is using a funnel to siphon gasoline from a tank into a pail while smoking a pipe. The photograph was staged on the K. Legge Memorial Farm to demonst...
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Rain Barrel

Date: 1923
Description: A rain barrel standing beneath a drain spout on a farmhouse. A barn is in the background.
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McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers stand at tables while working to assemble farm equipment at the McCormick Reaper Works factory.
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Factory Workers at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Male workers standing at stations positioned along a wall of windows inside the McCormick Reaper Works. A belt-driven power system is suspended from the ce...
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Peter Hand Brewery Trucks

Date: 1975
Description: A 1927 International six-speed special and an International 1710 Cargostar-B cab-over truck parked in front of a Hyatt Regency hotel. Both trucks belonged ...
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Man Standing on a Railroad Loading Dock

Date: 08 17 1906
Description: A man is standing on a railroad loading dock near a factory building, probably the McCormick Works. He is dressed in dark pants, a light-colored shirt, sus...
Print

Hotel Sherman Cellar Book Menu Exterior

Date: 12 05 1933
Description: Front and back covers of the Hotel Sherman wine list of cocktails, wines, champagnes, and liqueurs, with a woodcut of a man clutching multiple bottles of s...
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Manufacturing Company Advertisement

Date: 1900
Description: Advertisement from catalog featuring an illustration of the Jones Chain Mower, and a man using it in a field with a team of horses. Around the border are i...
Photograph

View of Manufacturing Area at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Men working in a manufacturing area of the factory. Belt-driven machinery is attached to the high ceiling of the brick factory. Barrels are sitting on the...
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Mower Displayed Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: Mower set up on the cobblestones near a factory. In the background is a fence, and a small building, perhaps a guardhouse.
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Dump Rake Displayed Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: Dump rake set up on the cobblestones near a factory. In the background is a fence, and a small building, perhaps a guardhouse.
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McCormick Binder Displayed Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: McCormick binder set up on the cobblestones near a factory. In the background are railroad cars on railroad tracks in front of a fence. Behind the fence ar...
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Daisy Reaper Displayed Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: Daisy Reaper set up on the cobblestones in front of a brick factory building. In the background on the right is a horse standing near the curb.
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Mower Displayed Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: Mower set up on the snow-covered cobblestones in front of a brick factory building. In the background a man is standing on the wooden sidewalk near the doo...

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