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Twine Mill Worker and Machinery

Date: 1900
Description: A male employee of the McCormick Twine Mill works with sisal fiber as it comes out of a finisher machine and piles into metal buckets. The machine is belt-...
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Farm Hands at Work Reaping Grain with Scythes

Date: 1899
Description: Farm scene of foreman watching five farm hands reaping grain with cradles as children, women and field hands help gather it into bundles.
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International Oil Truck

Date: 08 09 1929
Description: Two men filling oil canisters from the rear of an International Mobiloil truck.
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McCormick Works Paint(?) Laboratory

Date: 1900
Description: Technicians standing and sitting in the paint(?) laboratory at the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Tables are equipped with burners, beakers and other supp...
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Horse Powered Hay Press

Date: 01 11 1906
Description: Two men operating a hay press in a mown field. Two horses are hitched to the machine.
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Mexican Workers in Field

Date: 06 29 1928
Description: Group of Mexican workers posing in front of a large stack of hay. Most of the people are wearing hats, many of them sombreros, and worn clothing. Several p...
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International Harvester Dealership

Date: 04 1929
Description: Elevated view of a customer at the sales counter of O.T. Kercheval's International Harvester dealership. Advertising posters and a calender are on the wall...
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Man Driving Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: View across cutover land of a man or young boy driving a horse-drawn mower. There is a tall tree trunk behind the horses. Another man or young boy is stand...
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Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Men working at tables in the metal finishing room of the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Stacks of parts are piled on the floor, and a hat and coat are han...
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Men Working in McCormick Foundry

Date: 1900
Description: View across foundry floor of factory workers in a large room with high ceilings, vent hoods and skylights at McCormick Works. Two men in the middle ground ...
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Men Working on Silage Operation

Date: 1902
Description: Several men working on silaging operation with a husker and shredder in front of a barn. Men are standing on wagons moving grain, and full bags are leaning...
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Twine Mill Construction Site

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a construction site surrounded by buildings in what appears to be an industrial area. A sign on the building on the left side of reads: "W...
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Men with Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Men with a horse-drawn mower in a field. One man is working with a hand implement in a pile of hay, and another is sitting in a horse-drawn carriage in the...
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Four Men and One Boy in Field with Grain Binder

Date: 1895
Description: One man is operating a grain binder pulled by two horses, while three other men and a boy are working in the field near him. One man is holding a cradle us...
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Two Men Operating McCormick Corn Husker-Shredder

Date: 1900
Description: Two men are operating a McCormick husker-shredder. One man is feeding corn from a pile into the machine with a pitchfork. The shredded husks are being shot...
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Haying Operation

Date: 1900
Description: Men are working with a horse-drawn mower and a horse-powered hay stacker in a field. Two men and a child are standing on a large stack of hay, and a horse-...
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Men Raking Hay in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: A young man is operating a horse-drawn hay rake in a field, while other men are raking by hand. There are large piles of hay scattered in the field. In the...
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Factory Workers Iron Molding at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers pouring hot metal into molds, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works in Chicago.
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Foreign Harvesting Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Men with hand harvesting tools and an ox-drawn hay cart in a foreign field (possibly India?).
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Workers on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1900
Description: Workers standing in a field next to henequen or sisal plants, probably in Yucatan, Mexico.

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