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| Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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| Description: | Edward P. Allis Reliance Works under the protection of the Wisconsin State Militia during the first general labor strike. The strike is also known as the ... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Mill dam and sash factory. "The Northwester Gateway. Excursion to Lake Superior, June 1867. Photographed and Published by J. Carbutt, 131 Lake St., Chicago... |
| Date: | 1847 |
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| Description: | Engraving of the McCormick Reaper Works as it appeared in 1847. The factory was located on the north bank of the Chicago River, east of the Michigan Avenue... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Engraving of the McCormick Reaper Works as it appeared in 1867. The factory was located on the north bank of the Chicago River, east of the Rush Street bri... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the city of Manitowoc with a population of 5,168 inhabitants as it appears in 1870, the year the village was granted a city charter by t... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Office staff and factory foremen at the McCormick Reaper Works. The men in the top row from left to right are: Wm. Schaefer, Palmer, Herman Veller (machin... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Reaper, grain binder and mower in a yard outside the McCormick Reaper Works. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | McCormick Self-Rake reaper in front of a fence or wall in a factory(?) yard. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | McCormick self-rake reaper as manufactured in the 1860s. The reaper is sitting in the yard of the McCormick Reaper Works (factory). Original caption reads:... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of factory workers entering the Oakley Avenue gate of the McCormick Reaper Works. The men are filing in from the street, passing railroad box... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men and ships near the McCormick Works and the Chicago River during the Chicago Fire of 1871. The original caption reads: "Reproduction o... |
| Date: | 05 03 1886 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting depicting police in a horse-drawn wagon firing into a crowd of striking workers near the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company fact... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | A farmer driving a horse-drawn wagon with milk cans. Behind him is a frame structure, possibly a cheese factory, with a porch and a full door on the second... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | View of the J.S. Morris Carriage and Sleigh Factory, a two-story frame building on Franklin Street in Waupun. Carriages and men in work aprons are in front... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an industrial waterfront along the Fox River. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Esterly Harvesting Machine Company looking southeast across State Street at intersection with Newcomb Street. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Esterly Harvesting Machine Company looking southwest across State Street at intersection with Newcomb Street. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Esterly Harvesting Machine Company looking north across Milwaukee Street. Buildings shown include the Packing and Shipping Department (far left), the Paint... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | The No. 1 Cotton Mill. Plank sidewalk in foreground. |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | The Reliance Flooring Mill. Men are posing in front, and another man is on a horse-drawn vehicle near the loading dock. The mill building was physically mo... |
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