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McCormick Reaper Works Forge Shop

Date: 1902
Description: Men working in the forge shop of the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. In 1902 it became the McCor...
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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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International Diesel Crawler Tractors

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Description: Line of International diesel crawler tractors (TracTracTors), including the TD-14 and TD-6 models, parked inside a building (dealership or branch house?).
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Aerial View of Indianapolis Works

Date: 1953
Description: Aerial view of Indianapolis Works, an International Harvester engine factory.
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Excavation for New York City Subway

Date: 1925
Description: View looking down at workers at work below street level, with cranes and International trucks excavating area for the future New York City subway. On the r...
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Testing Spring Teeth at Osborne Works

Date: 03 18 1913
Description: Factory workers testing newly manufactured harrow spring teeth at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Compan...
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Osborne Works Cafeteria

Date: 1913
Description: Factory workers sitting at tables in a cafeteria at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Company until 1903, ...
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Osborne Works Locker Room

Date: 03 25 1914
Description: Locker room at International Harvester's Osborne Works. Lockers and benches line two walls and a row of sinks or wash basins with mirrors line a third. The...
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Workers Inspecting Fibre at Osborne Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Workers inspecting strands of fibre (fiber) in a warehouse at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. The Osborne Works was owned by D.M. Osborne Com...
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Osborne Twine Mill Workers Comb Fibre

Date: 1910
Description: Workers using a large machine to comb twine fibre (fiber) - the first process preparatory to spinning - at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. Th...
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Child Worker Removing Twine from Machine

Date: 1910
Description: Boy removing a bundle of twine from a decorticator machine at an International Harvester factory in the Yucatan, Mexico. Accompanying text reads: "No guard...
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McCormick Works Illuminated on December Night

Date: 12 21 1928
Description: Elevated view of International Harvester's McCormick Works lit up on a December night. A very large lit Christmas tree is on the roof of the building. A si...
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International Harvester Cream Separator Exhibit

Date: 11 12 1927
Description: Exhibit of McCormick-Deering ball-bearing cream separators by International Harvester.
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Worker Hauling Metal Bars at McCormick Works

Date: 02 17 1916
Description: Man standing holding up the front of a wooden cart loaded with metal parts outside International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built...
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Workers Load Wagon Components onto Railroad Car

Date: 04 17 1918
Description: Workers loading wooden crates containing components for wagons or possibly "machine gun carts" onto railroad cars at International Harvester's McCormick Wo...
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Workers Shaping Metal Bars for Frame

Date: 05 28 1930
Description: Two International Harvester factory workers using a large pneumatic vise to form frame components. The scene may be at the company's Auburn (formerly Osbor...
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McCormick Works Employee Posing with Mower Drivetrains

Date: 09 1908
Description: McCormick Works employee Peter Butzen with paint can and brush, applying pin-stripes to binder parts. He is posing with mower drivetrains hanging from hook...
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Female Factory Workers at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 06 07 1912
Description: Women working in the twine mill at International Harvester's McCormick Works. In the foreground in front of the machinery are fifty pound bags of manila, a...
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Treating Workers at McCormick Works Hospital

Date: 11 04 1914
Description: Medical staff attending to male and female factory workers at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting ...
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African American Workers at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 1905
Description: Group of employees, all men or young men, and mostly African American, posing inside manila or cotton processing room of IHC's McCormick Works. One man is ...

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