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McCormick Works Employee Posing with Mower Drivetrains
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McCormick Works employee Peter Butzen with paint can and brush, applying pin-stripes to binder parts. He is posing with mower drivetrains hanging from hooks inside IHC's McCormick Works paint and pinstriping room, Chicago, Illinois. There are details of mower pin-striping. In operation from 1873-1961, the works was located at Blue Island Avenue and Western Avenue in the Chicago subdivision called "Canalport." The works encompassed 160 acres of multi-story buildings and 103.3 land acres at maximum. It later closed in 1961 due to technological and architectural obsolescence. Products: binders, reapers, headers, push binders, corn machines, harvester-threshers, mowers, rakes, sweep rakes, hay stackers, huskers and shredders, ensilage cutters, knife cutters, cotton machines, seeders, farm trucks, fertilizer distributors, harrows, manure spreaders, mowers, potato planters, rakes, rotary hoes, tractor-trailers, auto-buggies (until 1907), binder twine (until 1951).
September 1908
International Harvester Company
Publication Information
| Creator | International Harvester Company |
|---|---|
| Date Created | September 1908 |
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 26 x 21 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Glass negative series, circa 1900-1939 |
|---|---|
| Call Number | Box 97, IHMC-1215 |
| Media Number | Box 97,Folder 1215 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES |
|---|---|
| Rights Holder | Wisconsin Historical Society |
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