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Rockdale Creamery

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys with wagonloads of milk at the Rockdale Creamery.
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Twine Mill Worker and Machinery

Date: 1900
Description: A male employee of the McCormick Twine Mill works with sisal fiber as it comes out of a finisher machine and piles into metal buckets. The machine is belt-...
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Engine Powered Hay Press on Farm

Date: 1905
Description: Men operating a hay press powered by an International Harvester stationary engine as a woman is looking on. They are working near a barn which has chink-lo...
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Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1901
Description: Cover of a German language advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company. The cover's color illustration features a woman with a rake watching a ...
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McCormick Works Paint(?) Laboratory

Date: 1900
Description: Technicians standing and sitting in the paint(?) laboratory at the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Tables are equipped with burners, beakers and other supp...
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Interior of Repair Shop

Date: 1900
Description: Two men in a repair shop, probably the repair shop of Leslie Werner. Leslie Werner is identified as the man wearing the hat on the left.
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Three Workmen

Date: 1900
Description: Man posing on a telephone pole with climbing equipment, with two men standing below.
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Men at Forge at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Men working with hot metal in what appears to be a forge at the McCormick Reaper Works factory.
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Butcher Shop Interior

Date: 1903
Description: Interior view of the butcher shop section of the Fowler and Holmes Store. There is wood paneling and cabinetry throughout the room, shelving and hooks on t...
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Excavating for New Building

Date: 07 1908
Description: Workmen with teams of horses excavate for the new Mercantile Store, later the M.M. Smart Store.
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Man Driving Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: View across cutover land of a man or young boy driving a horse-drawn mower. There is a tall tree trunk behind the horses. Another man or young boy is stand...
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Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Men working at tables in the metal finishing room of the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Stacks of parts are piled on the floor, and a hat and coat are han...
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Men Working in McCormick Foundry

Date: 1900
Description: View across foundry floor of factory workers in a large room with high ceilings, vent hoods and skylights at McCormick Works. Two men in the middle ground ...
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Men Working on Silage Operation

Date: 1902
Description: Several men working on silaging operation with a husker and shredder in front of a barn. Men are standing on wagons moving grain, and full bags are leaning...
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Manure and Manure Spreaders on Farm

Date: 08 08 1908
Description: Men loading horse-drawn manure spreaders on farm land.
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Engine Powered Concrete Mixer

Date: 02 09 1906
Description: Men at a construction site using an International stationary engine to power a concrete mixer. Two of the men have wheelbarrows filled with concrete.
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Men Baling Hay with Press

Date: 01 15 1908
Description: Two men use an IHC horse-powered hay press to bale hay in a field. One man feeds the press while the other stacks the bales nearby.
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Men Baling Hay with Hay Press

Date: 01 15 1908
Description: Three men baling hay with a horse-powered hay press. Two men feed the press while another stacks the bales nearby.
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Men Baling Hay with Horse Powered Press

Date: 01 11 1906
Description: Men bale hay with a horse-powered hay press.
Book or Pamphlet

Men with Corn Harvest

Date: 1908
Description: Men with a mule team pulling a wagon beside bins filled with ears of corn. One of the men appears to be holding a goose near the pile of corn.

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