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McCormick Reaper Works Bathroom

Date: 1900
Description: View of a bathroom at the McCormick factory. A row of sinks are standing in the foreground, and several toilet stalls with overhead tanks are along the bac...
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McCormick Works Break Room

Date: 1902
Description: Chairs and tables are arranged throughout a room, possibly a factory lounge or break room, probably in the McCormick Reaper Works. A spinning wheel is in t...
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Little Giant Shredders in Factory Storage

Date: 1902
Description: Little Giant husker-shredders arranged in rows inside a warehouse at the McCormick Works.
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Men in Shredder Department at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of factory workers at stations in the Shredder Department at the McCormick Works.
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Men Spooling Twine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers use a balling machine at the McCormick Twine Mill to wind twine onto wooden spools.
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Man with Spreader Machine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: A factory worker uses a spreader machine to work with sisal fiber during the production of binder twine at the McCormick Twine Mill. White sheets are hangi...
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Weighing and Sacking Room at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers in the weighing and sacking room at the McCormick Twine Mill. A scale is standing in the background at right. White sheets are hanging in t...
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Machines at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Sisal (hennequen) fiber streaming from machines at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Implement Wheels at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Stacks of implement wheels in a factory storage room, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works.
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Stacks of Lumber near Factory

Date: 1902
Description: Large stacks of lumber, probably at the McCormick Reaper Works.
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McCormick Reaper Works Forge Shop

Date: 1902
Description: Factory workers standing amid machinery in the forge shop at the McCormick Reaper Works.
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Cafeteria at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Three women standing in a factory cafeteria, probably at the McCormick Reaper Works.
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"Pigs in Clover"

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of a young woman posing wearing a dress and bonnet in a studio. She is holding two young pigs. The image was likely used by the McCormick Harvesti...
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Factory Floor at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Rails or tracks in a factory floor, probably at the McCormick Reaper Works, with machines, a cart loaded with lumber, and ghostly images of workers in the ...
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Grain Binder Production at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Factory workers standing at stations apparently designed to test knotters for grain binders, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works.
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Machinery at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: Machinery on a factory floor, most likely at McCormick Works. Workers are in the background.
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Medical Office at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: A doctor(?) and a young man standing in a factory medical office or first aid station, most likely at McCormick Works. Pails and jugs are on the floor, and...
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Early McCormick Reaper

Date: 1902
Description: Early McCormick reaper at McCormick Works. There is a white sheet hanging in the background for a backdrop.
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Piece of Machinery at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: Piece of machinery, possibly part of a grain binder, propped up on a factory floor, most likely at McCormick Works. There is a white sheet hanging in the b...
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Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria at Chicago

Date: 1897
Description: View from shoreline of replicas of the Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria docked in a harbor among many boats.

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