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Steam Engine Pulling McCormick-Deering Harvester-Threshers

Date: 02 17 1928
Description: Elevated view of a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad steam engine transporting new McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines) from Moline, Illin...
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Trolley Car Pulling Flat Car Carrying McCormick Binder and Mower

Date: 1899
Description: Group of people posing on a trolley car, which is pulling a flat car loaded with a McCormick grain binder and mower as part of an event culminating the "Cr...
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McCormick Reaper Works Factory

Date: 1900
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...
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International Union Pacific Systems Fleet Truck

Date: 09 12 1928
Description: Left side view of an International fleet truck for the "Union Pacific Systems" company. The trailer of the truck as well as the door have the company emble...
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Men Loading Implement on IH Tractor

Date: 10 01 1928
Description: One man is standing on an IH industrial tractor driver's seat while three other men are loading what appears to be a farm implement onto a trailer. The "In...
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Man with Milwaukee No. 12 Harvester and Binder

Date: 07 24 1906
Description: Right side view of a man sitting on a Milwaukee No. 12 Harvester and Binder (grain binder). In the background are men standing by a large metal gate and ra...
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Northern Railway Locomotive

Date: 1905
Description: A locomotive for the Northern Railway sits on railroad tracks, probably on the grounds of the McCormick Works. The side of the locomotive reads: "Northern ...
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Man Standing on a Railroad Loading Dock

Date: 08 17 1906
Description: A man is standing on a railroad loading dock near a factory building, probably the McCormick Works. He is dressed in dark pants, a light-colored shirt, sus...
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Twine Mill Under Construction

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a twine mill under construction. Railroad cars are on tracks in the foreground. A large smokestack is in the center.
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Railroad Engine Entering Plant Yard

Date: 1908
Description: Railroad engine entering plant yard. A man is standing near the tracks.
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Engraving of Deering Harvester Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Deering Harvester Works. Includes insets: one in the bottom left corner is of a man using a horse-drawn mower, and the one in the bottom r...
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Engraving Showing Deering Factory

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of Deering factory.
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Engraving of "Factory of Warder, Mitchell and Co."

Date: 1877
Description: Elevated view of Warder, Mitchell and Co., manufacturers of Champion Reapers and Mowers exclusively.
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Engraving of Plano Works

Date: 1877
Description: Aerial view of Plano Works in Plano, Illinois.
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Midnight at McCormick's

Date: 
Description: Copy of graphic which reads: "Midnight at McCormick's" with a bird's-eye view of the factory.
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Engraving of International Harvester Company

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of factory.
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Aerial View of International Harvester Plant

Date: 1918
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester plant.
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Delivery Truck at Union Pacific Railroad

Date: 08 11 1927
Description: View of a man sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck backed up to a loading dock. The sign painted on the passenger door reads: "Union Pacific, D...
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Delivery Truck at Union Pacific Railroad

Date: 08 11 1927
Description: View of a man standing on a loading dock behind a delivery truck backed up to the loading dock. The sign painted on the passenger door reads: "Union Pacifi...
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Man in Driver's Seat of Dump Truck

Date: 03 01 1928
Description: Right side view of a truck with a stake body and a sign that reads: "Canadian National Express."

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