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Workers Adjusting Printing Press
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Workers adjusting a large printing press as two other men are examining freshly printed copies of Farmers Advance. The paper was a publication of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. The press was likely part of the company's in-house printing operation.
1900
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
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WHi 9291
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