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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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Pharmaceutical Delivery by Bicycle

Date: 03 11 1949
Description: A delivery boy straddles his bicycle, ready to make a delivery of medicine for the Pekin Prescription Laboratory.
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International Truck Driver Talking with a Boy on a Bike

Date: 1950
Description: A uniformed driver of an International semi-truck (tractor-trailer) is talking with a boy on a bicycle outside a restaurant or diner.
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International G-61 Coal Truck

Date: 1921
Description: A man is driving an International Model G-61 truck with a bed full of coal for the Clyde Barber Coal Company. Bicycles are leaning against a stone building...
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Fith Street Business District

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Description: View of the 5th Street business district, featuring pedestrians, a trolley, an automobile, storefronts, and a horse-drawn carriage.
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Manure Pile Near House

Date: 04 1926
Description: View of a manure pile near a barn. Used to demonstrate the dangers of placing waste too near to a house. A rooster is standing atop the pile, and a bicycle...
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Shopping District

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Description: Pedestrians cross the street in front of cable cars and horse-drawn carriages at the intersection of Fifth and Hampshire Streets.
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Factory Workers at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers amid heavy machinery, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works. A bicycle is hanging from the ceiling in the background.
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McCormick Reaper at McCormick Works

Date: 08 04 1911
Description: A McCormick Reaper is set up in the yard at McCormick Works. There are other pieces of agricultural machinery in the background along the side of a railroa...
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Corn Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 07 07 1913
Description: Corn binder outdoors. There are bicycles in a wooden building on the left, and the yard is cluttered with parts. Factory buildings are in the background.
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Binder Outdoors at McCormick Works

Date: 07 23 1914
Description: Detail of sweep blades on Binder outdoors on the cobblestones in the factory yard. In the background an automobile is parked near an open-sided shed under ...
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Reaper in Factory Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 02 24 1916
Description: A Reaper is set-up in the factory yard in front of a small backdrop. The Reaper parts are numbered, and a sign on it reads: "Reaper Built 1851 Cut 24 Crops...
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Harvester Thresher Parts at McCormick Works

Date: 04 22 1916
Description: Harvester Thresher parts, including wheels, set-up in factory yard. In the background is bicycle inside an open-sided shed, a backdrop, and brick buildings...

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