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Soldiers with Military Trucks

Date: 08 29 1918
Description: U.S. soldiers standing in a street with military trucks parked along a curb near the McCormick Works. The truck bodies were likely built under military con...
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Group of Workers Posing on Flat Cars Loaded with Lumber

Date: 09 21 1914
Description: Group portrait of men posing while standing and sitting on two small flat cars linked to each other. One of the cars is loaded with lumber. Another set of ...
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Power House Excavation

Date: 05 05 1919
Description: Workers preparing the power house for the addition of a 1250 k.w. turbo generator. A man in the foreground is taking a drink of water from a pail. Benham w...
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Mogul Kerosene Tractor and Austin Road Grader

Date: 1912
Description: Road workers leveling road with International Mogul 45 or 30-60 kerosene tractor and Austin Mammoth Steel Reversible Road Machine.
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Osborne Works

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of International Harvester's Osborne Works factory (later known as "Auburn Works") and the surrounding neighborhood.
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St. Cloud Branch House

Date: 1912
Description: Men stand on a street in front of an International Harvester branch house.
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International Harvester Branch House

Date: 1919
Description: International Harvester Branch House. Signs on the building advertise agricultural implements, motor trucks and Kerosene engines and tractors. Many small t...
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Osborne Works

Date: 02 06 1912
Description: Exterior of International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works) with a snow-covered street in the foreground.
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Chattanooga Plow Works Exterior

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from street of the Chattanooga Plow Works. Lettering on the building reads "Chattanooga Plow Company." The photograph was likely taken around...
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Patten Manufacturing Company

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view of the Patten Manufacturing Company.
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Baled Cotton Stored in Middle of Street

Date: 02 23 1915
Description: Bales of cotton stored in the middle of a damp dirt road. Houses or storefronts are on both sides of the road in the background.
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Woman Doing Laundry

Date: 11 1919
Description: A woman using an electric washer and wringer to launder clothing on the Babcock Farm.
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Man Using Tractor to Plow in Field

Date: 1910
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of a man using a tractor to plow a field. A line of power poles are in the background on the left.
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Man Using Tractor to Plow in Field

Date: 1910
Description: Right side view of a man using a tractor to plow in a field. In the background is a line of power poles.
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Panorama of Railroad Shipping Area

Date: 1915
Description: Panoramic elevated view of railroad shipping area near factory buildings, a water tower, and a smokestack.
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Horse-Drawn Cultipackers

Date: 06 10 1915
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a team of two horses pulling a cultipacker in a field.
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Electrical Generator

Date: 02 18 1910
Description: Electrical generator at McCormick Works.
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Electrical Room at McCormick Works

Date: 02 03 1912
Description: Electrical room indoors at McCormick Works.
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Electrical Room at McCormick Works

Date: 02 03 1912
Description: Electrical room inside McCormick Works.
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Railroad Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 08 23 1917
Description: View down railroad tracks. There are railroad cars on the left on another set of tracks. Men are standing further down the tracks, and a man standing near ...

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