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Schmidt and Glade Brewers

Date: 1870
Description: Group portrait of workers, a young boy and a dog outside the Schmidt and Glade Brewery posing with tools and barrels.
Poster

Titan Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Advertising poster of World War I veteran returning home to family, farm and new Titan 10-20 tractor. The caption on the poster reads: "Look what dad bough...
Photograph

Women Sewing Canvas Folds at McCormick Works

Date: 07 22 1936
Description: Female workers sewing canvas side folds on binder aprons at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in ...
Photograph

Workers Cutting Sheet Metal at Deering Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers cutting pieces of sheet metal at Internaitonal Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was owned by the Deering Harvester Company before 190...
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Deering Works Soup Kitchen

Date: 
Description: Workers waiting in line at a soup kitchen in International Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was owned by the Deering Harvester Company before 1902.
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Header and Header Binder Catalog Cover

Date: 1904
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Deering line of headers and header binders. Features a color chromolithograph illustrat...
Photograph

Workers at McCormick Works

Date: 1911
Description: Factory workers assembling a machine at International Harvester's McCormick Works.
Photograph

Factory Workers at West Pullman Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers at their machines at West Pullman Works.
Photograph

Walgreen Commissary

Date: 1941
Description: Worker Harold Johnson standing near a machine and a McCormick-Deering cooler at the Walgreen Commissary. The original caption describes the cooler as an "8...
Photograph

Cafeteria at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: Long tables and chairs in a dining hall, probably at the McCormick Works. The tables are covered in table cloths and several cooks stand in the background....
Photograph

McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers stand at tables while working to assemble farm equipment at the McCormick Reaper Works factory.
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Workers at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: View down an aisle of male factory workers seated at machines in the McCormick Reaper Works. The machines are belt-driven from the ceiling.
Photograph

Doorway View at McCormick Works

Date: 02 05 1906
Description: View through two large open doors of a factory, most likely the McCormick Works. The floor is made of wood, and parts of farm machinery are stacked togethe...
Photograph

Loading Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View down covered loading dock at McCormick Works. Men are loading or unloading machinery parts and are standing near railroad cars. Parts are lined up alo...
Photograph

Dismantled Disk Harrows

Date: 03 16 1908
Description: Disk harrows dismantled, ready for crating at McCormick Works. There is a light-colored backdrop set up behind harrows, and a man is standing on the right....
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Man Working at Table Saw

Date: 1910
Description: Man working at table saw, without safety guard, at McCormick Works.
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Man Working at Table Saw, with Safety Guard

Date: 1910
Description: Man working at table saw at McCormick Works.
Photograph

Workman Posing at McCormick Works

Date: 06 30 1910
Description: A man wearing an apron is standing in front of a stack of wood crates that have a stamp that reads "McCormick."
Photograph

Employees Being Treated in Infirmary at McCormick Works

Date: 
Description: Employees being treated in an infirmary.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Osborne Mower Ready for Crating

Date: 02 13 1908
Description: Osborne Mower dismantled and ready for crating on a loading dock with a roof overhead. A man is standing on the right holding up a backdrop.

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