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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

Train Stopped at Crossroads

Date: 03 1907
Description: The engine of a train stopped at a crossroad, possibly near International Harvester's McCormick Works (factory).
Photograph

Grant Park

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of Grant Park through a window of the offices of International Harvester on Michigan Avenue. Trains are passing in the background behind a la...
Photograph

Farm Machinery Hall at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 21 1933
Description: Pedestrians near the entrance to Farm Machinery Hall at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
Photograph

Downtown Chicago with Wrigley and Tribune Buildings

Date: 1947
Description: Numerous cars driving on what appears to be the Michigan Avenue Bridge (later renamed DuSable Bridge) in front of the Wrigley and Tribune buildings. There ...
Photograph

Columbian Exposition View

Date: 1893
Description: View of the canal area of the Columbian Exposition grounds looking north from near the front of the Machinery building (at left). The South canal is in the...
Photograph

International Delivery Truck for the Vacuum Oil Company

Date: 08 08 1929
Description: Elevated view of a man sitting in the driver's seat of an International delivery truck for the "Vacuum Oil Company." The top of the cab reads: "Mobiloil" w...
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

Exterior View of the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1905
Description: View across street towards the McCormick Works Club House. Pedestrians are walking on the sidewalk in front, and small trees have been planted in the terra...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Workingmen's Headquarters

Date: 1905
Description: View across street towards the exterior of the bar at Workingmen's Headquarters. A man is standing on the sidewalk in front of the building.
Photograph

Push Binder Header

Date: 04 09 1906
Description: Push Binder Header outdoors at McCormick Works.
Photograph

View down Railroad Tracks and Dock Area

Date: 1908
Description: View of railroad tracks and dock area at McCormick Works.
Photograph

Milwaukee Reaper at McCormick Works

Date: 05 11 1908
Description: Milwaukee Reaper outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. There is a small building and a tall, wooden fence in the background. Beyond are brick buildings.
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Milwaukee Binder No. 12 at McCormick Works

Date: 10 05 1909
Description: A Milwaukee Binder No. 12 on the cobblestones in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background is a small building, with men standing near the gate, and a...
Photograph

Binder at McCormick Work

Date: 05 16 1910
Description: Binder outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background is a small, wooden building near a tall, wooden fence. A street and buildings are beyond ...
Photograph

Front of Tractor

Date: 06 11 1910
Description: View towards the front of a tractor parked outdoors. In the background a man is standing along a street with a streetcar moving in front of storefronts.
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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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