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Sunday in a Lumber Camp Bunkhouse

Date: 1900
Description: Sunday morning in a lumber camp bunk house.
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Quitting Time at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve...
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Big Falls Logging Crew

Date: 1900
Description: Four men from a logging crew posing standing in the snow with teams of horses and oxen.
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Log Drive at Jim Falls

Date: 1909
Description: Men in bateaux for the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company's log drive on the Chippewa River at Jim Falls.
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Workmen Inspecting Mower Wheels at Deering Works

Date: 07 13 1905
Description: Two workmen inspecting mower wheels at International Harvester's Deering Works. The Deering Works was originally built by William Deering for the Deering ...
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Paint Mixing at IHC Deering Works

Date: 07 13 1905
Description: Factory workers mixing paint at International Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was operated by the Deering Harvester Company until it became part of ...
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Binder Assembly at Deering Works

Date: 1905
Description: Men assembling binders at International Harvester's Deering Works (factory). The factory was originally built by William Deering for the Deering Harvester ...
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Machining Parts at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: Workers machining parts with turret lathes at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company before 19...
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Crane Operator at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: A worker lifting a stationary gas engine frame with an overhead crane at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee ...
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Testing Room at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 02 1907
Description: Workers look on as machine parts are tested at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. This photograph was displayed at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Internat...
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Engine Assembly at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: Employees working on stationary engines at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 1902.
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Engine Assembly at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1908
Description: Men working on stationary engines at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Some of the engines are marked with the letters "FAM" which may refer to th...
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Hamilton Works Tool Room

Date: 08 1909
Description: Workers using a large industrial press to manufacture parts in the tool room of International Harvester's Hamilton Works in Ontario, Canada.
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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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Factory Workers at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of factory workers working parts, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works. After 1902, the factory became International Harvester'...
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McCormick Works Foundry Yard

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of yard behind the foundry at the McCormick Reaper Works. Several men and a horse are working among piles of parts and debris. The factory wa...
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Annex to McCormick Works Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys working with steel rods and belt-driven machinery to make bolts inside an annex to the blacksmith shop at the McCormick Reaper Works. The fact...
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Making Binder Attachments at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Workers making binder attachments in the binder attachment department at the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Mach...
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McCormick Works Employees Threading Bolts

Date: 1900
Description: Workers, including some boys, threading bolts with heavy machinery in the Nut and Bolt Department at the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by t...
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Assembling Mowers at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Workers assembling mowers in the Mower Room of the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine company before 1902. I...

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