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Aerial View of Milwaukee Harvester Works

Date: 1900
Description: Aerial view of Milwaukee Harvester Works, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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International Harvester Company Plant

Date: 08 31 1927
Description: View towards the International Harvester Company plant. There is a loading dock on the right side of the building, next to a smaller brick building on the ...
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IH Mason City Branch House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view from across street of the International Harvester Mason City branch building. Several automobiles and a horse-drawn wagon are parked outside;...
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Machine Shop Building Site at Milwaukee Works

Date: 05 05 1911
Description: Elevated view of construction crew clearing land for a six-story machine shop at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory.
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Milwaukee Works Construction Site

Date: 04 20 1911
Description: Men clearing ground at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory for the addition of a six-story machine shop.
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Delivery Driver Posing with Horse-Drawn Cart

Date: 10 01 1912
Description: African American wagon driver standing with a horse-drawn wagon parked on a city street. The man is likely an employee of International Harvester, possibly...
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Tractor Shipment at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of tractors awaiting shipment parked in a grassy lot at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. There are houses and commercial bu...
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Milwaukee Works Construction

Date: 05 18 1911
Description: A man uses a horse-drawn wagon to transport building materials on a construction site at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. Men are clearin...
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Man on Wagon Outside Large Building

Date: 1913
Description: Man seated in a horse-drawn Weber wagon outside a large brick building near a loading dock.
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Deering Works seen from Diversey Avenue

Date: 1919
Description: Deering Works factory seen across the waterfront from Diversey Avenue. In the foreground is a street and sidewalk with the sign "horse vehicles keep to rig...
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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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Engraving of Plano Works

Date: 1877
Description: Aerial view of Plano Works in Plano, Illinois.
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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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McCormick Reaper Works

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Description: Illustration of the McCormick Reaper and Mower Works of 1847. The factory was located on the north bank of the Chicago River, east of the Michigan Avenue B...
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McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of McCormick Works. Lumber is stacked in the foreground.
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Header Binder in Plant Yard

Date: 03 27 1905
Description: Header binder set up in the yard of McCormick Works.
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Men Arranging Steel Cables for Building

Date: 09 25 1914
Description: Elevated view of men arranging steel cables for building.
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Man Driving Horse-Drawn Buggy Leaving Plant

Date: 12 15 1913
Description: A man is driving a horse-drawn buggy out through the gates of a plant.
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Milwaukee Binder

Date: 07 24 1906
Description: Milwaukee binder outdoors at McCormick Works. A horse-drawn vehicle is in the background near a loading dock.
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Mower at McCormick Works

Date: 01 27 1910
Description: Mower outdoors in a snowy yard at McCormick Works. A horse-drawn vehicle is in the background.

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