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C.H. & L.J. McCormick's Reaper Manufactory

Date: 1875
Description: Drawing of the C.H. & L.J. McCormick Reaper Manufactory (McCormick Reaper Works). The factory was built after the Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed the origin...
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Ships in Docks at McCormick Works

Date: 03 11 1909
Description: Elevated view across water towards ships at the docks at McCormick Works. Lumber is stacked along the shoreline on the left.
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Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of ship at a dock. Railroad tracks are in the foreground near low factory and storage buildings. The name on the back of the ship reads: "Nor...
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Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of ship at a dock. Railroad tracks are in the foreground near low factory and storage buildings. The name on the back of the ship reads: "Nor...
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Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View across water towards ship, the "Northman Fairport," at a dock at McCormick Works. Factory buildings are in the background. In the foreground is a wall...
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Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View from shoreline across water towards opposite shoreline where a ship is at the dock of McCormick Works. Factory buildings are in the background near sm...
Photograph

Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View looking down at ship at dock. A man stands at the edge of the dock just under the painted name of the ship, "Northwestern." Stacks of wheels are near ...
Drawing

Aerial View of McCormick Plant

Date: 1909
Description: Drawing of an aerial view of the McCormick plant on a river in Chicago, Illinois.
Photograph

Drawing of an Aerial View of Deering Works

Date: 1919
Description: Drawing by H.M. Pettit of an aerial view of Deering Works in Chicago.
Photograph

Clipper Ships at Waterfront

Date: 09 21 1907
Description: View of clipper ships at waterfront at McCormick Works. Stacks of lumber are near the wharf on the right.
Photograph

Ships in Docks at McCormick Works

Date: 03 11 1909
Description: View across water towards ships in docks at McCormick Works. Lumber is in tall stacks along the wharf.
Photograph

Ship, and Dredge, in Harbor

Date: 12 05 1911
Description: Elevated view of a ship, with a dredge, in a harbor. There are railroad cars on tracks near factory buildings on the left side of the harbor. There are mor...
Photograph

Ship, with Dredge, in Harbor

Date: 12 05 1911
Description: Elevated view of a ship with a dredge in a harbor. Lumber is stacks on the opposite shoreline.
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Ship, and Dredge, in Harbor

Date: 12 05 1911
Description: Ship, with dredge, in a harbor. On the opposite shoreline are stacks of lumber. On the right is a bridge.
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Ship Pulling out of Dock

Date: 02 05 1912
Description: Ship pulling out of dock at McCormick Works.
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Shipping Pier at McCormick Works

Date: 02 05 1912
Description: View across icy water towards men posing on a ship at a shipping pier at McCormick Works. Factory buildings are in the background.
Photograph

Aerial View of McCormick Works

Date: 1911
Description: Aerial view across river towards McCormick Works, including factory buildings, smokestacks and a railroad yard. A ship named Imperial is along the d...
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Shipping Docks and Cranes

Date: 12 05 1911
Description: View from shipping dock down the river towards a barge, and a crane on a platform in the water. A bridge and building are in the background on the left. Ac...
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View of River from Docks

Date: 11 13 1914
Description: View of river from docks. Industrial buildings and a smokestack are on the far shoreline.

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