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Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Workers in the metal finishing room at the McCormick Reaper Works. In 1902 the factory became part of the International Harvester Company.
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Worker with Paint Bucket

Date: 1909
Description: A man dressed in overalls and a button-up shirt standing in the corner of a factory yard in front of a brick wall and a corrugated wall with windows. The m...
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African American Man with Horse-Drawn Cart

Date: 10 01 1912
Description: An African American man dressed in work clothes, a long apron, and a hat is standing next to a cart drawn by two horses. The cart is loaded with goods and ...
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Man with Push Cart at Osborne Works

Date: 07 30 1913
Description: An elderly factory worker dressed in pants, a striped shirt, suspenders and a hat is posing with a large push cart at International Harvester's Osborne Wor...
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Gisholt Sales Force

Date: 12 1906
Description: The caption on the back of this photograph reads: "Eight of the Sales force of the Gisholt Machine Company. (Refused!)" It was made by "J.H.N." A line of e...
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Portrait of a Man

Date: 05 19 1916
Description: Elderly man, in business suit, smiling and posing on stairs near an entrance to a brick factory building.
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Portrait of Man

Date: 08 13 1918
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors on steps. He is wearing work clothes. Two men are looking out of an open window from the brick building in ...
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Portrait of Elderly Man

Date: 05 31 1918
Description: Portrait of an elderly man standing in a corner of a factory near a window with his hand on a bin in a manufacturing area.

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