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| Date: | 08 06 1914 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across canal of the McCormick Reaper Works, rail yard, and surrounding buildings. After 1902, the factory became International Harvester's Mc... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across canal of the McCormick Reaper Works factory, rail yard, and surrounding buildings. Men in the foreground are stacking piles of lumber. After 19... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | McCormick Reaper Works, as seen from across the west fork of the south branch of the Chicago River. There are stacks of lumber in the foreground, and railr... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of what appears to be the McCormick Reaper Works, with the west fork of the south branch of the Chicago River in the foreground. Smokestacks, railroad... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of factory buildings and smokestacks from across a river or industrial canal. The factory is probably the McCormick Reaper Works as seen from across t... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Corn binder dismantled for shipping. Some parts are crated. There is a white sheet behind the corn binder serving as a backdrop, and railroad tracks run al... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Binder dismantled for shipping. There is a white sheet behind the crates serving as a backdrop. In the background on the left are railroad tracks running a... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across water towards McCormick Works. Lumber is stacked in the foreground. Along the far shoreline are railroad cars on railroad tracks. Smok... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline over canal towards McCormick Works. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline across canal towards McCormick Works. A building is partially constructed on the far right. There is a railroad train on railr... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across canal of the plant, with railroad boxcars behind a long, low industrial buildings along the far shoreline. Behind the railroad tracks ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across canal towards McCormick works. There are piles of parts along the shipping dock. A large church building is in the far distance. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over canal of docks and ships at the dock. In the background are railroad cars on a railroad track, factory buildings, and smokestacks. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a float(?) erected in harbor alongside docks at McCormick Works. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View along dock towards a boat with two decks (float?) anchored in harbor at McCormick Works. Painted on the back of the boat is a sign that reads: "McCorm... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across water towards factory buildings on the opposite shoreline. A two-decker boat with the name "Harvester" is moored at the dock. A large smokestac... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Aerial view across water towards McCormick Works. Railroad cars are on railroad tracks along the shoreline. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards McCormick Works buildings and railroad cars along the water. |
| Date: | 04 30 1927 |
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| Description: | "Beaverton" steamship at a dock at McCormick Works. |
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