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Workers Making Molds for Castings at McCormick Works Foundry

Date: 05 09 1936
Description: Workers making molds for castings with new sand conveyor units inside the foundry of International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was bui...
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McCormick Works' Parts Room

Date: 01 1911
Description: Elevated view of factory workers standing between rows of parts bins at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick H...
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Stanley Labonowski

Date: 1910
Description: Stanley Labonowski, a 29 year-old Lithuanian grain binder builder at International Harvester's McCormick Works.
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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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Sawmill at McCormick Works

Date: 05 1907
Description: Sawmill indoors at McCormick Works.
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Table Saw

Date: 04 02 1906
Description: Table saw at McCormick Works.
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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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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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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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Woman with Torpedo at McCormick Works

Date: 1943
Description: A woman's face is visible through an opening in the after-body of an aircraft torpedo as she uses a tool to tap holes in it. The photograph was taken at In...
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Men in Shredder Department at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of factory workers at stations in the Shredder Department at the McCormick Works.
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Grain Binder Assembly Room

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers assemble grain binder parts at the McCormick Reaper Works. Metal machinery pieces are stacked at right and men work at tables to the left n...
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Excavation for McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Men use teams of horses to excavate a lot to be used as the site for the future McCormick Twine Mill.
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Assembly at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers producing farm implement parts at the McCormick Reaper Works. A pulley system is set up on the ceiling and several piles of metal pieces ar...
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Man at McCormick Works Furnace

Date: 1900
Description: A factory worker, facing away from the camera, is standing on a wooden bench and is using a tool to reach into a furnace at the McCormick Reaper Works. Mol...
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Factory Workers at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Male workers standing at stations positioned along a wall of windows inside the McCormick Reaper Works. A belt-driven power system is suspended from the ce...
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Factory Workers at the McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: "Knotter men" work at tables in the McCormick Twine Mill. Windows line one wall of the brick room, and a system of belt-driven machinery is arranged along ...
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Universal Boring Machine

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers use a belt-driven universal boring machine at the McCormick Reaper Works. Additional workers stand near a wall lined with windows in the ba...
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Man Fitting Copper Tubing for Torpedo

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: A factory worker uses an oxy-acetylene torch to fit a copper tube in the production of an aircraft torpedo. He is wearing an International Harvester Compan...
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Table Saw at McCormick Works

Date: 05 16 1914
Description: Table saw in a manufacturing area. Cut lumber is stacked behind the saw. Thick sawdust covers the floor.

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