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Rake Wheels on McCormick Works Shipping Platform

Date: 1900
Description: Two workers among hundreds of hay rake wheels stacked on a shipping platform next to rail cars at the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by the ...
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Loading Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View down covered loading dock at McCormick Works. Men are loading or unloading machinery parts and are standing near railroad cars. Parts are lined up alo...
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Plant Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of plant yard. Stacks of wheels are in rows in the center of the yard on a wood platform, and along the brick wall of the factory building in...
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Man Driving Industrial Tractor to Pull Train of Carts

Date: 06 11 1925
Description: A man is driving an industrial tractor pulling a train of carts. The carts are loaded with parts, tanks, and barrels. In the background are factory buildin...
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Man Driving Industrial Tractor to Pull Train of Carts

Date: 06 11 1925
Description: A man is driving an industrial tractor pulling a train of carts. The carts are loaded with parts, tanks, and barrels. In the background are factory buildin...
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Tractor and Truck Parts

Date: 10 18 1928
Description: View from rear towards the cab of a truck, which appears to be on a railroad platform. The truck bed is exposed. Railroad cars are on the left and right.
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Loading Railroad Cars

Date: 04 17 1929
Description: Elevated view of a railroad yard. A large, brick building has a date stone of "1908" and railroad tracks and railroad cars are along the building on the le...
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Sweep Rake at McCormick Works

Date: 06 13 1910
Description: Sweep Rake outdoors at McCormick Works. There are wheels stacked in a row alongside the Sweep Rake on the right, and there are railroad cars in the backgro...
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Push Binder Header at McCormick Works

Date: 04 01 1911
Description: Push Binder Header outdoors in the yard at McCormck Works. Men are standing in the background near an elevated platform with railroad cars. Behind the rail...
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Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 06 21 1911
Description: Binder outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. Behind the Binder are stacks of parts, and railroad cars on an elevated platform.
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Mower Front Extension

Date: 01 11 1912
Description: Mower Front Extension outdoors in the snowy yard at McCormick Works. There is a man in a horse-drawn wagon on the left. In the background are railroad cars...
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Ensilage Cutter Outdoors in Factory Yard

Date: 06 02 1914
Description: Ensilage cutter, with an assortment of pipes for silo-filling arranged beside it. In the background is a small building near the raised railroad platform. ...
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Man Assembling Wheel

Date: 06 21 1916
Description: A man is standing outdoors under an open-sided building assembling a wheel on a wooden column. A railroad car and a building are in the background.
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Man Assembling Wheel

Date: 06 21 1916
Description: A man is standing outdoors under an open-sided building assembling a wheel on a wooden column. A railroad car and a building are in the background. In the ...
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Hay Stacker Parts at McCormick Works

Date: 03 20 1917
Description: Hay Stacker parts, including wheels on an axle, outdoors in factory yard. Railroad cars are on an elevated platform in the background.
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Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 08 10 1917
Description: Binder set-up outdoors on a crate in factory yard. Parts are displayed on the cobblestones under the Binder. In the background is a gatehouse in front of a...
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Wheels at McCormick Works

Date: 06 10 1918
Description: Two wheels outdoors on the cobblestones in factory yard. In the background railroad cars are on an elevated railroad platform.
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Parts in Storage Area

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Description: Parts of various kinds are stacked in a wooden storage area, perhaps a railroad car.
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Man Adjusting Gang on Disk Harrow

Date: 02 13 1911
Description: A man is adjusting a gang on a Disk Harrow which is resting in a cart. There is a railroad car in the background.

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