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Quitting Time at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve...
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McCormick Reaper Works

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Description: Illustration of the McCormick Reaper and Mower Works of 1847. The factory was located on the north bank of the Chicago River, east of the Michigan Avenue B...
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McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1847
Description: Engraving of the McCormick Reaper Works as it appeared in 1847. The factory was located on the north bank of the Chicago River, east of the Michigan Avenue...
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Construction near McCormick Harvesting Co. Office in Chicago

Date: 1890
Description: Construction work in the streets outside the offices of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company located at 212 Market Street. Two horse-drawn wagons and s...
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C.H. & L.J. McCormick's Reaper Manufactory

Date: 1875
Description: Drawing of the C.H. & L.J. McCormick Reaper Manufactory (McCormick Reaper Works). The factory was built after the Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed the origin...
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Horses Entering and Trucks Exiting McCormick Works Gate

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: A line of horses are entering the McCormick Works (factory) gate as a line of trucks and a tractor are exiting. The tractor appears to be an industrial tra...
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Binder Displayed Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: McCormick binder set up on the snow-covered cobblestones in front of a brick factory building. In the background a horse hitched to a wagon stands near a l...
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Winter View of the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view across street in winter of the McCormick Works Club House. In front of the club house is a man standing on a loaded horse-drawn wagon parked ...
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Header Binder in Plant Yard

Date: 03 27 1905
Description: Header binder set up in the yard of McCormick Works.
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Chicago Quick Shoe Repair

Date: 1920
Description: View down sidewalk towards a delivery truck for "Chicago Quick Shoe Repair" in front of the storefront for the repair business at 120 James Street. Across ...
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Two Buggies in Street

Date: 10 1906
Description: View across street towards a man on a buggy on the curb at the left, and a man and boy on another buggy being pulled by a pony or miniature horse. They are...
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Boy, Dog and Parrot in Buggy Drawn by Miniature Horse

Date: 10 1906
Description: Boy and dog posing in buggy drawn by miniature horse, in the vicinity of Chicago. A parrot is perched on the front of the buggy. There is a house in the ba...
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Push Binder Header at McCormick Works

Date: 05 1907
Description: Push Binder Header in a yard at McCormick Works. There are buildings, a horse-drawn wagon, a fence, and a railroad car in the background.
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McCormick Thresher at McCormick Work

Date: 11 13 1908
Description: McCormick Thresher outdoors in a yard at McCormick Works. In the background on the left is a small building near a fence. There is a horse-drawn wagon near...
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Push Binder Header at McCormick Works

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Description: Push binder header outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. The binder is labeled in Spanish: "Reformada, Espigadora de picaflor." A man is driving a horse...
Photograph

Mower at McCormick Works

Date: 01 27 1910
Description: Mower outdoors in a snowy yard at McCormick Works. A horse-drawn vehicle is in the background.
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Mower at McCormick Works

Date: 01 27 1910
Description: Mower outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background on the left is a man standing near a tall, wooden fence. Brick buildings are beyond the fe...
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Man on Tractor at McCormick Works

Date: 06 11 1910
Description: View towards left side of tractor, with a man sitting in the tractor seat. Men are standing behind the tractor. Behind them is a street with a horse-drawn ...
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Tractor at McCormick Works

Date: 06 11 1910
Description: Rear view of a tractor at McCormick Works. In the background men are standing on the left near a street, with horse-drawn vehicles moving along the curb on...
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Mower Front Extension

Date: 01 11 1912
Description: Mower Front Extension outdoors in the snowy yard at McCormick Works. There is a man in a horse-drawn wagon on the left. In the background are railroad cars...

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