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Mowing Along Waterfront (League Island?)

Date: 1899
Description: A man in work clothes is operating a horse-drawn mower in a patch of grass along a waterfront, while another man wearing a hat and tie is looking on. Ships...
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Ships in Docks at McCormick Works

Date: 03 11 1909
Description: Elevated view across water towards ships at the docks at McCormick Works. Lumber is stacked along the shoreline on the left.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower near Shoreline

Date: 1900
Description: View from rear of a man using a horse-drawn mower along a shoreline at League Island. A man is standing near him on the right. In the background on the lef...
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Men with Dolly on Shipping Dock

Date: 1900
Description: View towards men posing on shipping dock.
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Men and Oxen Posing on Dock

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men and oxen on a dock.
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Ox-Drawn Caravan at Dock

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men with ox-drawn caravan at docks..
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Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of ship at a dock. Railroad tracks are in the foreground near low factory and storage buildings. The name on the back of the ship reads: "Nor...
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Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of ship at a dock. Railroad tracks are in the foreground near low factory and storage buildings. The name on the back of the ship reads: "Nor...
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Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View across water towards ship, the "Northman Fairport," at a dock at McCormick Works. Factory buildings are in the background. In the foreground is a wall...
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Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View from shoreline across water towards opposite shoreline where a ship is at the dock of McCormick Works. Factory buildings are in the background near sm...
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Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View looking down at ship at dock. A man stands at the edge of the dock just under the painted name of the ship, "Northwestern." Stacks of wheels are near ...
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Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View from roofed loading area of ship at dock. Men are waiting to load crates using hand carts.
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Northeast Panorama of Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of McCormick Works, with construction of wheel shop. In the foreground are the roofs of buildings, and what may be a ship on the lower left. ...
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Southeast Panorama of McCormick Works

Date: 1900
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.
Drawing

Aerial View of McCormick Plant

Date: 1909
Description: Drawing of an aerial view of the McCormick plant on a river in Chicago, Illinois.
Print

Engraving Showing Deering Factory

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of Deering factory.
Photograph

Early McCormick Works

Date: 1918
Description: Artist's rendering of early McCormick Works. In the foreground is a locomotive pulling railroad cars. A sign on one of the buildings reads: "Reapers and Mo...
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Ship in Docks

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: Elevated view of ship in docks. There is a line of railroad cars on the right.
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Industrial Tractors at Shipping Dock

Date: 08 16 1926
Description: A man is driving an industrial tractor to pull a large trailer along a shipping dock. There is a ship alongside the dock in the background.
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"Beaverton" Steamship

Date: 04 30 1927
Description: "Beaverton" steamship at a dock at McCormick Works.

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