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Group of Employees Posing at McCormick Works

Date: 01 30 1928
Description: Group of male employees posing outdoors at McCormick Works. Behind the group is an entrance with a sign above the door that reads: "McCormick Works Interna...
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Group of Employees Posing at McCormick Works

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Description: Group of male employees posing outdoors at McCormick Works. Behind the group is an entrance with a sign above the door that reads: "McCormick Works Interna...
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Sales Room at McCormick Works

Date: 07 22 1936
Description: Men in the Repairs Department Sales Room at the McCormick Works factory.
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4-H Club Parade Float

Date: 1930
Description: A group of young women at an International Harvester factory (most likely McCormick Works) ride on a parade float reading "Welcome 4-H Club Champions, Inte...
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McCormick Implements Boxed and Ready for Shipment

Date: 1909
Description: View of a McCormick Little 4 mower and two Folding Daisy reapers boxed and ready for shipment from IHC's McCormick Works. The boxes are stamped with destin...
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Processing Sisal Fiber at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers work with machines to turn sisal fiber into binder twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Experimental McCormick Motorized Push Binder

Date: 10 21 1918
Description: Side view of a worker at the controls of an experimental McCormick motorized push binder in front of the McCormick Works factory, Chicago, Illinois. Two me...
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International Harvester Workers on Strike

Date: 01 30 1941
Description: Elevated view of striking International Harvester factory workers holding signs and an American flag as they stand near the company's Tractor Works.
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200,000th 10-20 Tractor at Tractor Works

Date: 06 04 1930
Description: Cyrus McCormick III drives the 200,000th McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor off of the assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. Gathered for ...
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Quality Contest Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Three factory workers look at a poster entitled "Departmental Quality Contest" at the McCormick Works.
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Workers Leaving McCormick Works

Date: 09 20 1928
Description: Stream of factory workers leaving International Harvester's McCormick Works. A sign along the front of the factory reads: "'Quality is the Foundation of ou...
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The 100,000th McCormick-Deering 10-20 Tractor

Date: 01 07 1928
Description: 100,000th McCormick-Deering 10-20 HP tractor coming off of the assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The tractor came off at 10:32 a.m....
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McCormick Binder Outdoors at McCormick Works

Date: 11 12 1915
Description: A man (face obscured) is standing next to a McCormick Binder in front of a backdrop outdoors in the factory yard.
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Sante Fe Building Construction at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of construction on the Santa Fe building at McCormick Works.
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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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100,000th Farmall Tractor

Date: 04 12 1930
Description: Cyrus McCormick III riding the 100,000th Farmall tractor off the Farmall Works assembly line. The tractor was painted silver to mark the occasion. At the f...
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People, Cars and Trucks at McCormick Works

Date: 10 03 1927
Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks towards people, cars, and trucks outdoors in the yard in front of McCormick Works.
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McCormick Binder

Date: 06 26 1906
Description: A McCormick Binder is parked outdoors. There is a man working near a small building in the background.
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Blending Fibers at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Men use machines to blend fiber for binder twine at an International Harvester twine mill (most likely the McCormick Twine Mill). Original caption reads: "...
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Inspecting Sisal Fiber at a Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Female factory workers inspect sisal fiber, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. The fibers were stacked in piles and then weighed on a floor scale.

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