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Excavation for New York City Subway

Date: 1925
Description: View looking down at workers at work below street level, with cranes and International trucks excavating area for the future New York City subway. On the r...
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Worker Hauling Metal Bars at McCormick Works

Date: 02 17 1916
Description: Man standing holding up the front of a wooden cart loaded with metal parts outside International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built...
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Man Checking Automobile Tire in front of Service Station

Date: 12 28 1928
Description: View across street towards a man checking an automobile tire in front of a service station and garage owned by Charles Lawrence. A boy is standing with h...
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International 54-C Dump Trucks

Date: 08 03 1928
Description: Two International 2 1/2 ton Model 54-C dump trucks parked along a curbside. The trucks were owned by S. Trimmer & Co. International Harvester produced 1,09...
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International Harvester Motor Truck Dealership

Date: 07 14 1926
Description: View across street towards the International Harvester motor truck dealership and service station.
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Photographer Setting Up Outdoor View of IHC McCormick Works

Date: 08 06 1914
Description: Rear view of company photographer setting up shot of IHC's McCormick Works docks from across the waterfront. Two men are in a long wooden boat, with the na...
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Group of Workers Posing on Flat Cars Loaded with Lumber

Date: 09 21 1914
Description: Group portrait of men posing while standing and sitting on two small flat cars linked to each other. One of the cars is loaded with lumber. Another set of ...
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Boxed Artillery Cart Ready for Shipment

Date: 05 17 1918
Description: Boxed 240 mm mortar cart ready for shipment to the U.S. military from International Harvester's McCormick Works. Includes a trench mortar barrel. A man is ...
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Criticism of a John Deere Grain Binder

Date: 04 23 1915
Description: John Deere grain binder in the yard outside an International Harvester factory(?). The binder has signs attached to it indicating "deficiencies" in design ...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: View from street of workers, including some African Americans, loading (and/or unloading) agricultural equipment and parts outside a general office of the ...
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International Harvester Building

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of the International Harvester building, as seen from the northwest. Lake Michigan is in the background.
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International Motor Truck Dealership

Date: 04 05 1926
Description: International motor truck dealership and branch house(?) buildings. A wooden building has a small "International Motor Trucks" sign over the door. However,...
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Delivery Driver Posing with Horse-Drawn Cart

Date: 10 01 1912
Description: African American wagon driver standing with a horse-drawn wagon parked on a city street. The man is likely an employee of International Harvester, possibly...
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Women and Young Girls Posing in Dresses and Hats

Date: 1907
Description: Outdoor group portrait of women and young girls posing in dresses and flowered hats in an urban area, perhaps near the McCormick Works Club House. There ap...
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One-Armed International Harvester Factory Worker

Date: 10 12 1910
Description: One-armed factory worker in a suit and bowler hat posing against a brick wall. The man likely worked at International Harvester's Osborne Works.
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International Harvester Employee

Date: 04 01 1915
Description: Old man wearing a suit and hat with his back against a brick wall. The man is likely an employee at International Harvester's Osborne Works. One of his leg...
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McCormick Experimental Thresher/Shredder

Date: 07 22 1908
Description: Experimental McCormick "improved 8-roll thresher/shredder" in a factory yard, most likely at International Harvester's McCormick Works.
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Construction Workers Excavating for NYC Subway

Date: 08 19 1925
Description: Workers are removing dirt for the construction of the New York City subway with a Bucyrus shovel loader and an International truck. The workers are below s...
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International Fire Truck

Date: 06 13 1925
Description: International fire truck, owned by the city of Lindsborg, parked on a street in front of a brick building.
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Emergency Personnel with International Ambulance and Fire Truck

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: Group portrait of emergency ambulance personnel and fire fighters posing with an International ambulance and a fire truck in front of a fire station. The h...

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