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IH Industrial Power Division

Date: 10 06 1946
Description: Branch managers tour Melrose Park Works.
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Man on Tall Ladder

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Description: Fire fighting scene in which a man is at the top of a very tall ladder mounted on a hook and ladder fire truck. A group of men observe. A haze of smoke fil...
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Native Americans Inspecting Grain Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 1913
Description: Man, most likely R.G. Brooks, showing a Milwaukee grain binder to three Native Americans in traditional dress in front of McCormick Works. One of the Nativ...
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Deering Works seen from Diversey Avenue

Date: 1919
Description: Deering Works factory seen across the waterfront from Diversey Avenue. In the foreground is a street and sidewalk with the sign "horse vehicles keep to rig...
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Osborne Works No. 1 Plant

Date: 1915
Description: Plant No. 1 at International Harvester's Osborne Works located at 5 Pulaski Street. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Company until 1903, when it w...
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McCormick Works

Date: 1911
Description: International Harvester's McCormick Works on the river with railroad tracks and a cargo dock. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Com...
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Baseball Game at Tractor Works

Date: 1924
Description: Baseball game at Tractor Works, an International Harvester factory.
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Oscar Mayer Company Cooling Tower

Date: 05 22 1935
Description: End view of cooling tower outside Oscar Mayer Company.
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Air-Lec Doors

Date: 06 15 1927
Description: Schoelkopf Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of Air-Lec power door operators. The doors are in an open position, view from indoors looking out towards t...
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Dousman Office Building

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view across street towards the Dousman Office building, later used as a pearl button factory. A large group of people are sitting and standing at ...
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Oscar Mayer Plant

Date: 07 29 1941
Description: Oscar Mayer Company processing plant.
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Weber Works Office Staff Portrait

Date: 1917
Description: The office staff of International Harvester's Weber Works are posing beneath an American flag in front of the exterior office door. Weber Works produced wa...
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Entrance to Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view along sidewalk towards front door of International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory).
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Case Strike

Date: 1960
Description: Three men pose together on a picket line at the Case plant. The man in the center holds a sign reading: "Case Local demands justice." The Case eagle on a g...
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Portrait of Male Employee Standing Outdoors

Date: 12 26 1922
Description: Full-length portrait of a man wearing a suit standing on a sidewalk alongside a factory wall.
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Portrait of Male Employee Standing Outdoors

Date: 03 30 1926
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing on a sidewalk. Behind him is a set of steps next to a brick wall with an iron fence. The man is wearing worn clothes...
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Corn Picker

Date: 03 1907
Description: Corn Picker outdoors at McCormick Works.
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Man Standing on Corn Picker

Date: 03 1907
Description: A man is standing on a Corn Picker outdoors at McCormick Works. There are railroad cars in the background.
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Corn Picker

Date: 03 1907
Description: Corn Picker outdoors at McCormick Works.
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Header Binder with Attachments, Bunchers

Date: 05 03 1906
Description: Header binder, with attachments, bunchers outdoors at McCormick Works.

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