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Building Mower Bars at McCormick Works

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of workers building sickle bars for mowers at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in ...
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Worker Inspects Pistons at Indianapolis Works

Date: 10 1938
Description: Worker inspecting pistons at International Harvester's Indianapolis Motor Truck Engine Works. Original caption reads: "An inspection operation on the wrist...
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Two Men Sitting Underneath a Parts Display

Date: 1910
Description: Two factory workers dressed in dark work clothes, light aprons, and dark hats sit on a crate below a numbered display of parts, most likely at Internationa...
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Male Factory Worker Posing Outdoors

Date: 03 18 1920
Description: A factory worker is standing in front of a pile of scrap parts in a factory yard — most likely at International Harvester's Osborne Works.
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Manufacturing Machine at McCormick Works

Date: 1911
Description: A ladder is leaning against the side of a manufacturing machine in the foreground, with machine parts in pile at the base. A man is standing in the backgro...
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Man Assembling Wheel

Date: 06 21 1916
Description: A man is standing outdoors assembling a wheel resting on a round platform. Written under the wheel is "ZB-353." Other parts are stacked on the right, and o...
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Employee with Agricultural Machinery Part

Date: 09 08 1917
Description: Employee standing and holding an agricultural machinery part, including a large wheel, in factory yard. On the right is an elevated railroad platform, and ...
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Man Making Adjustments on Mower

Date: 11 15 1917
Description: A man is standing in a factory making adjustments on a mower. Piles of parts are along a wall in the background.
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Manufacturing Area at McCormick Works

Date: 12 20 1918
Description: A man is working at a large machine on a factory floor making metal parts. The machine is belt-driven from the ceiling.
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Manufacturing Area at McCormick Works

Date: 12 20 1918
Description: A man is working at a large machine on a factory floor making metal parts. The machine is belt-driven from the ceiling.

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