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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...
Photograph

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...
Drawing

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...
Photograph

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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Stagecoach Office

Date: 1925
Description: A photographic print of an older illustration which was created by W. E.S. Trowbridge for Reminiscences of Early Chicago and Vicinity by Edwin O. Ga...
Drawing

Sauganash Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: A copy of an older illustration of the Sauganash Tavern, located on Lake Street in Chicago near Market. It was "built in 1831 by Mark Beaubien, who claimed...
Photograph

Field of Harvested Grain

Date: 1900
Description: View across large field dotted with many piles of harvested grain. In the middle distance is a man on a what may be a horse-drawn binder, and another man i...
Photograph

McCormick Company Office Building

Date: 1900
Description: Entrance of an office building of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company at 212 Market Street. The street around the building is full of rubble and appea...
Photograph

Boy in Buggy Pulled by Miniature Horse with Parrot and Dog

Date: 10 1906
Description: A boy dressed in a light suit and dark socks is sitting in a buggy pulled by a miniature horse. In the boy's arm is a small dog, and a parrot is perched on...
Photograph

Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1924
Description: Presidential campaign photo of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. standing up in the back of a convertible automobile with an American flag behind him. Two signs i...
Photograph

Daisy Reaper Displayed Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: Daisy Reaper set up on the cobblestones in front of a brick factory building. In the background on the right is a horse standing near the curb.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Header Binder in Plant Yard

Date: 03 27 1905
Description: Header binder set up in the yard of McCormick Works.
Photograph

Men with Horse-Drawn Dump Rake

Date: 1900
Description: Men with horse-drawn dump rake in a field. One man is sitting on the dump rake, and three other men are standing behind him on the right.
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: A man is standing in a field holding the reins of two horses pulling a mower. There are farm buildings and a windmill in the background.
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First Milwaukee Reaper Built at McCormick Works

Date: 12 20 1905
Description: "First Milwaukee Reaper Built at McCormick Works, Dec 20, 1905."
Photograph

First Milwaukee Reaper Built at McCormick Works

Date: 12 20 1905
Description: "First Milwaukee Reaper Built at McCormick Works, Dec 20, 1905."
Photograph

Man Driving Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 1905
Description: View towards a man driving a horse-drawn manure spreader in a field in a residential area, (test plot?). A sign on the side of the manure spreader reads: "...
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Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 1905
Description: Rear view of a man driving a horse-drawn manure spreader in a field in a residential area. (test plot?) Storefronts are in the background.

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