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McCormick Works Machinery

Date: 1918
Description: Factory worker assembles machines at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The machines are loaded on carts that roll along a track embedded in the fl...
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McCormick Works Factory

Date: 1918
Description: Factory workers assemble machines moving along a track on wooden carts at International Harvester's McCormick Works.
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McCormick Works Stock Yard

Date: 1900
Description: Small carts, stacks of lumber, and rail cars in a snow-covered yard at the McCormick Reaper Works. The original caption reads: "Foundry #28, Wheel Room, Bl...
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Factory Floor at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Rails or tracks in a factory floor, probably at the McCormick Reaper Works, with machines, a cart loaded with lumber, and ghostly images of workers in the ...
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Industrial 10-20 Factory Hauling Fiber

Date: 12 21 1925
Description: A man operating a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor to haul a long train of carts holding bundles of fiber, possibly for burlap. Another man is lo...
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Men Stacking Bales of Manila

Date: 1909
Description: One of the five hemp houses in the McCormick twine mills in Chicago, Illinois.
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Loading Bales at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A factory worker loads bales of twine onto a platform, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "The workman is shown here placing ba...
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McCormick Works and Industrial Canal

Date: 1900
Description: View of factory buildings and smokestacks from across a river or industrial canal. The factory is probably the McCormick Reaper Works as seen from across t...
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Loading Bales at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A factory worker loads bales of twine onto a platform, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "The workman is shown here placing bal...
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Storage Area at McCormick Works

Date: 10 1906
Description: Tidy materials storage area, with fire escape sign in English, Czech and German. There is a brick arch in the foreground, and across the room is another ar...
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Plant and Lumber Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 11 26 1918
Description: View across snowy yard towards stacks of lumber. Men are standing on carts loaded with lumber.
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Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 11 18 1912
Description: Elevated view of yard showing railroad tracks and plant construction. Large piles of sand, and or gravel, are below in the foreground.

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