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McCormick-Deering All-Steel Threshers Loaded on Railroad Cars

Date: 05 23 1925
Description: McCormick-Deering all-steel threshers loaded on railroad cars outside International Harvester's West Pullman Works (factory). The factory originally belong...
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Workers Load Tractors for Shipment at IHC Tractor Works

Date: 04 12 1923
Description: Workers lowering McCormick-Deering 10-20 HP tractors onto railroad cars for shipment using an overhead crane at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Workers Load Tractors onto Railroad Cars at IHC Tractor Works

Date: 1930
Description: Workers using an overhead crane to load new McCormick-Deering tractors (including the 10-20 and possibly the I-20) onto railroad cars outside International...
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Workers Load Wagon Components onto Railroad Car

Date: 04 17 1918
Description: Workers loading wooden crates containing components for wagons or possibly "machine gun carts" onto railroad cars at International Harvester's McCormick Wo...
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McCormick Works Railroad Yard

Date: 09 09 1912
Description: Elevated view of a man standing near railroad cars which appear to be loaded with coal and ore inside IHC's McCormick Works railroad yard. Other men are wo...
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New DeSoto Automobiles

Date: 01 07 1946
Description: Four men posing with the first shipment of new 1946 DeSoto automobiles as they come off a train onto a loading dock for Stadium Garage, 1501 Monroe Street,...
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Green & Company Truck

Date: 04 30 1936
Description: Three men loading seed sacks into Green & Company Ford semi-trailer truck at Olds Seed Co. loading dock, 722 Williamson Street. Sign on truck reads: "Green...
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The Empire Mill

Date: 1890
Description: View across water towards the Empire Mill. Alongside the building are railroad cars at a loading dock. The signs on the mill read: "Globe", "Globe's Empire...
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Loading Dock at Regina Branch House

Date: 1912
Description: A group of men stand near a train at the loading dock of an International Harvester branch house, most likely at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. A horse-draw...
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Cotton Bale on a Railroad Loading Dock

Date: 1921
Description: A cotton bale sits on a platform next to a train, possibly awaiting shipment.
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River Barge Terminal at McCormick Works

Date: 02 28 1935
Description: Railroad cars and tracks at the North Pier River Barge Terminal at or near the McCormick Works (factory).
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100,000th Farmall Celebration

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view over crowd of people towards a man standing on a platform, possibly Cyrus McCormick III. He is speaking to a large group of people gathered o...
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Magdeburg Branch House Loading Dock

Date: 1935
Description: Railroad cars loaded with farm equipment on a track near the loading dock of International Harvester's Magdeburg branch house in Germany.
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Exterior of Berlin-Tempelhof Branch House

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of several buildings with railroad tracks at International Harvester's Berlin-Tempelhof branch house in Germany. Trucks and a horse-drawn wag...
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Men Moving Cargo at St. Paul Works

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers unloading a rail car on a loading dock at International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Original caption reads: "Medium Caliber Artillery Gun M...
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Burlap Train Entering Warehouse

Date: 1925
Description: A man rides on the back of a train of carts loaded with burlap sacks as it enters the Chase Bag Company warehouse from the steamship dock.
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Crystal Ice Truck

Date: 1949
Description: An International KB-8 truck with a semitrailer for hauling ice. The truck is parked in a loading area near a warehouse building. The truck was owned by the...
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Men with Shop Mule

Date: 1937
Description: H.H. Harrell, seated behind the wheel of an International-powered shop mule, receives instructions from the general foreman, H.J. McClusky. The text on th...
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Industrial Buildings

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: View across water of a railroad bridge along the side of a strip of industrial buildings. Railroad cars are stopped in front of the buildings.
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Cotton Bale on Platform

Date: 1919
Description: A bundled cotton bale rests on a wooden platform at a loading dock or train depot. A train car on a railroad track is alongside the right of the platform.

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