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Man Adjusting Spring on Binder

Date: 04 18 1916
Description: A man is making adjustments on the spring of a Binder outdoors at McCormick Works. In the background is a fabric backdrop, and in the background above is a...
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#8B Tractor Disk Harrow

Date: 05 06 1936
Description: McCormick-Deering TracTracTor tractor with Disk Harrow outdoors in a field (7 1/2 ft squadron hitch). In the background beyond a fence is a large factory b...
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Man Riding Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 06 30 1911
Description: Close-up of a man riding a binder in the yard. Brick factory buildings are in the background.
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McCormick's Reaper Factory

Date: 1867
Description: Engraving of the McCormick Reaper Works as it appeared in 1867. The factory was located on the north bank of the Chicago River, east of the Rush Street bri...
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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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Push Binder Header at McCormick Works

Date: 03 14 1912
Description: Push Binder Header outdoors in the yard. In the background is a tall, wooden fence, and buildings and smokestacks in the distance.
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Tractor-Drawn Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 07 05 1918
Description: Tractor-Drawn Binder outdoors in factory yard. There is an elevated railroad platform in the background, and buildings and a smokestack in the distance.
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Northeast Panorama of Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of McCormick Works, with construction of wheel shop. In the foreground are the roofs of buildings, and what may be a ship on the lower left. ...
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Southeast Panorama of McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view over canal of docks and ships at the dock. In the background are railroad cars on a railroad track, factory buildings, and smokestacks.
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Corn Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 07 01 1918
Description: Close-up of Corn Binder outdoors in factory yard. There is an elevated railroad platform in the background, and buildings and a smokestack in the distance.
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McCormick Works Plant and Yard

Date: 11 26 1918
Description: View looking down railroad tracks towards plant and yard. On the left railroad cars are on an elevated railroad platform, and a skybridge is overhead conne...
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Photographer Setting Up Outdoor View of IHC McCormick Works

Date: 08 06 1914
Description: Rear view of company photographer setting up shot of IHC's McCormick Works docks from across the waterfront. Two men are in a long wooden boat, with the na...
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Southeast Panorama of McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across canal. Along the shoreline are piles of lumber along the shipping dock. Men are working with horse-drawn vehicles among the stacks of ...
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Corn Picker at McCormick Works

Date: 07 08 1918
Description: Corn Picker outdoors in factory yard. A man is walking away in the background on the left. There is an elevated railroad platform in the background, and bu...
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Southeast Panorama of McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across canal of the plant, with railroad boxcars behind a long, low industrial buildings along the far shoreline. Behind the railroad tracks ...
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Man Standing on a Railroad Loading Dock

Date: 08 17 1906
Description: A man is standing on a railroad loading dock near a factory building, probably the McCormick Works. He is dressed in dark pants, a light-colored shirt, sus...

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