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Worker Shapes Steel Parts at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 11 20 1925
Description: Worker forming steel components on a machine at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Compan...
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Bundling Wood at McCormick Works

Date: 1930
Description: A female factory worker bundles wooden spindles with a machine at the McCormick Works.
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Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Workers in the metal finishing room at the McCormick Reaper Works. In 1902 the factory became part of the International Harvester Company.
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Paint Department at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: Factory workers in the Paint Department of McCormick Works charge vehicles and pigment into large ball units.
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Hydraulic Press at McCormick Works

Date: 07 22 1936
Description: A factory worker at McCormick Works uses a hydraulic press to straighten malleable castings.
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Filling and Labeling Machine

Date: 1939
Description: An factory worker at McCormick Works uses an automatic filling and labeling machine.
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Men Working in Chain Department

Date: 1924
Description: Factory workers handle chain in the chain department, possibly at McCormick Works.
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Worker at McCormick Works

Date: 03 18 1924
Description: A worker in a factory, possibly McCormick Works, stands near three spools of chain which extend to the ceiling.
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Tractor Works' Foreign Shipping Room

Date: 06 20 1935
Description: Elevated view of new McCormick-Deering T-40 TracTracTors (crawler tractors) await transfer in the foreign shipping room at International Harvester's Tracto...
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Foundry Area

Date: 07 27 1906
Description: Foundry area at McCormick Works.
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McCormick Works Employees Threading Bolts

Date: 1900
Description: Workers, including some boys, threading bolts with heavy machinery in the Nut and Bolt Department at the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by t...
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Paint Department at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: An factory worker in the Paint Department at McCormick Works discharges 100-gallon ball mills. Another man works in the background on a raised platform in ...
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Machinery at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: Machinery on a factory floor, most likely at McCormick Works. Workers are in the background.
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Three Men Working in Service Shop

Date: 1944
Description: Three men working in a service shop of an International Harvester dealership. The men are standing at work tables with vises along a row of large windows.
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Factory Workers at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Factory workers using hammers and other tools to construct binder attachments(?) while standing at workstations inside a room at the McCormick Works. Piles...
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Testing Area at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Men inside the McCormick Works standing at machinery doing research and development.
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McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers stand at tables while working to assemble farm equipment at the McCormick Reaper Works factory.
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Grain Binder Production at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Factory workers standing at stations apparently designed to test knotters for grain binders, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works.
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Manufacturing Area — Mower Room

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of men working in the mower room at McCormick Works.
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Men at Forge at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Men working with hot metal in what appears to be a forge at the McCormick Reaper Works factory.

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