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Child Worker Removing Twine from Machine - Safety Screen Added

Date: 1910
Description: Boy removing a bundle of twine from a decorticator machine at an International Harvester factory in the Yucatan, Mexico.
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IHC Industrial Safety Exhibit

Date: 1911
Description: Pictures and diagrams mounted on a wall in a "new building" at International Harvester's Deering Works. The display was part of an industrial exhibit and d...
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Workers Exposed to "Unguarded Belts" at Tractor Works

Date: 1929
Description: Workers operating machines at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The original caption reads: "Use of photograph questioned by Industrial Relations De...
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Child Worker Removing Twine from Machine

Date: 1910
Description: Boy removing a bundle of twine from a decorticator machine at an International Harvester factory in the Yucatan, Mexico. Accompanying text reads: "No guard...
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Woman Tying Scarf

Date: 1917
Description: Quarter-length portrait of a woman tying a scarf around her head and knotting it under her chin. The photograph is one of a series demonstrating how to use...
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Mobile Disaster Unit

Date: 1942
Description: Side view of an International truck used as a mobile disaster unit by the Detroit Chapter of the American Red Cross. The truck is parked in what appears to...
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Disk Harrow Disks

Date: 12 31 1935
Description: Accident in plant, showing Disk Harrow disks in storage area.
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Accident at Plant

Date: 03 26 1912
Description: Accident at plant, with the roof caved in.
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Collapsed Building

Date: 09 30 1921
Description: View of a collapsed building. Houses are in the background.
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Demonstration of Possible Accident at Work

Date: 04 25 1928
Description: Man posing demonstrating possible accident in work situation.
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Safety Board at McCormick Works

Date: 1935
Description: Factory workers looking at safety posters on a bulletin board at the McCormick Works.
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Plant Floor Debris at McCormick Works

Date: 05 11 1907
Description: View towards brick wall and window of debris from floor collapse in factory building.
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Hole in Plant Floor at McCormick Works

Date: 05 11 1907
Description: View from plant floor, looking up at collapsed floor on the next level.
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Hole in Plant Floor at McCormick Works

Date: 05 11 1907
Description: View towards collapsed floor on second level, with factory floor below. Brick wall along opposite side.
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Extinguishing Fire at Deering Works

Date: 06 1934
Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered outside International Harvester's Deering Works at Fullerton and River, as a crew of firemen works to extinguish a fire i...
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Accident at Plant

Date: 03 26 1912
Description: Elevated view of a collapsed roof at a factory. Bricks are scattered on the ground near a large doorway to the building.
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Hole in Plant Floor at McCormick Works

Date: 05 11 1907
Description: View looking down through a hole in the collapsed plant floor at McCormick Works. The first floor and windows in the brick wall are below.
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Accident at Plant

Date: 03 26 1912
Description: View of a brick building with a collapsed roof. Debris is on the ground inside and outside the building, which has an arched opening on the left.
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Hole in Plant Floor at McCormick Works

Date: 05 11 1907
Description: Interior view from plant floor, towards a floor collapsed on level above. Men are standing on the first floor, and other men are looking down from above at...
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Illinois Northern Railroad Train

Date: 07 1907
Description: View towards the side of an Illinois Northern railroad train, with two engines, a coal car and a car with the front wall burst out. At McCormick Works. The...

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