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Men Unloading Lumber from Train
1900
Men unload pieces of lumber from the opened boxcars of a train near the McCormick Reaper Works factory.
Loading Platform at McCormick Works
1936
Factory workers on the loading platform in the Repair Parts Department at McCormick Works.
McCormick-Deering All-Steel Threshers Loaded on Railroad Cars
May 23, 1925
McCormick-Deering all-steel threshers loaded on railroad cars outside International Harvester's West Pullman Works (factory). The factory originally belonged to the Plano Manufacturing Company.
Men at McCormick Loading Docks
1900
Factory workers are loading a wooden crate marked "McCormick Folding Daisy Reaper" using a pulley system in the docks of the McCormick Works.
McCormick Works Shipping Dock
1900
Dock workers preparing boxed farm machines for loading onto a ship at the McCormick Reaper Works dock. The boxes contain McCormick Daisy reapers, New 4 mowers, and let hand open grain elevators. Th...
McCormick Works Dock and Stock Yard
1900
View across water towards a boat called "The Imperial" moored along the dock at the McCormick Reaper Works. The boat is loaded with freight. In the background are the factory grounds, including bui...