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| Date: | 05 17 1937 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of International Harvester's McCormick Works at dusk. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in 1873 and became part of Internation... |
| Date: | 04 08 1926 |
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| Description: | McCormick-Deering no. 7 harvester-thresher (combine) in a factory yard. This model features a bagging platform located high on the machine and a single-whe... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Billboard for International motor trucks on Diversey Avenue outside of Deering Works. The billboard lettering reads: "Use International for Low-Cost Haulin... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Chattanooga Plow Works. The Eagle Saw Works building is on the right in the background. There are billboards along a street in the cen... |
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| Description: | War Manpower Commission Design No. 12, "Whistle." The poster features a whistle blowing and emitting smoke with the silhouette of a factory in the backgrou... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | National Housing Agency Design No. 2, "Convert Extra Space." The poster features a well-kept suburban home with a flagpole emerging from the garden. To the... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | An International D-405 truck outfitted with a Trailmobile refrigerated trailer owned by Carnation Company backs up to a factory loading dock where two men ... |
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| Description: | Billboard in front of the J.J. McGillivray Sash and Door Factory advertising "That funny old farmer Uncle Josh Spruceby Has made millions laugh. Opera Hous... |
| Date: | 03 01 1927 |
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| Description: | A man stands on a piece of equipment holding a shovel to move the contents of an International truck owned by the Ready-Mixed Concrete Corp. into a wheelba... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Railroad loading platform with a Gurney Refrigerator Company plant in the far background. On the far left a man pulls a hand cart, in the center a man sits... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Postcard with of two views for the Cudahy Bros. Meat Packing Co. The top is of a billboard with a peacock in a tree, and the words: "The Home of the Peaco... |
| Date: | 06 24 1913 |
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| Description: | Hay presses outdoors sitting in long grass at Springfield Works. The hay press in the foreground has "I.H.C. Press" painted on the side. In the background ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of McCormick Works. Advertisement are painted on the sides of a building on the left, and on the bottom left are billboards. |
| Date: | 06 11 1910 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a tractor at McCormick Works. In the background men are standing on the left near a street, with horse-drawn vehicles moving along the curb on... |
| Date: | 07 13 1911 |
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| Description: | View along railroad tracks towards factory buildings. A billboard reads "Wholesale and Retail." |
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