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| Date: | 09 09 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man standing near railroad cars which appear to be loaded with coal and ore inside IHC's McCormick Works railroad yard. Other men are wo... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Construction work in the streets outside the offices of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company located at 212 Market Street. Two horse-drawn wagons and s... |
| Date: | 03 12 1909 |
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| Description: | View across unpaved road towards four men standing outside of the Weber Works lumberyard. The men are standing near a gate in the fence surrounding industr... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A factory worker at International Harvester's Tractor Works is using a forklift with a small crane to transport materials. |
| Date: | 10 31 1938 |
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| Description: | A man smoking a cigarette shovels what appears to be gravel onto the back of an International D-30 truck marked "City of Quincy" from a train car. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men load bundles of plywood(?) onto the bed of an International KB-7 owned by Burnside Construction Company. The truck had a 157-inch wheelbase and a B... |
| Date: | 04 23 1942 |
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| Description: | Men from contractor J.H. Hunzinger & Co. work on construction of the "Micro-Westco, Inc. plant addition." The addition may be part of International Harvest... |
| Date: | 05 16 1942 |
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| Description: | Men use a crane to work on the "Micro-Westco Addition" at International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal. The text on the crane reads: "Universal; Exca... |
| Date: | 07 21 1942 |
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| Description: | Men pouring and smoothing cement on the construction site of the Ordnance Steel Foundry Company. The Foundry may have served as part of International Harve... |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | Men are standin on scaffolding to work on the Boiler House at International Harvester's Quad Cities Tank Arsenal. Another man is working on the ground besi... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a construction site surrounded by buildings in what appears to be an industrial area. A sign on the building on the left side of reads: "W... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Lumber, wheelbarrows, a screen for sifting sand, and portions of scaffolding clutter the area around a new addition to the rear of the Hotz residence. Ther... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | An International Speed Truck hauls building materials while constructing walls surrounding Brandon Pool. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of street being constructed outside the dealership office of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. on 212 Market Street. Stacks of cobblestones are in ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of street being constructed outside the dealership office of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. on 212 Market Street. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view across street in winter of the McCormick Works Club House. In front of the club house is a man standing on a loaded horse-drawn wagon parked ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Winter view of the McCormick Works Club House. There are building materials for the front walk way near the curb. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a twine mill under construction. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of twine mill under construction. Men are standing on and near many sets of railroad tracks. There is a large smokestack on the right. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a twine mill under construction. Railroad tracks are in the foreground below. A partially built smokestack is in the center. A number of c... |
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