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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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Worker Hauling Metal Bars at McCormick Works

Date: 02 17 1916
Description: Man standing holding up the front of a wooden cart loaded with metal parts outside International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built...
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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 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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African American Workers at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 1905
Description: Group of employees, all men or young men, and mostly African American, posing inside manila or cotton processing room of IHC's McCormick Works. One man is ...
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Plant Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Men working in the yard outdoors at McCormick Works. A large stack of wheels is under an elevated section of the factory.
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Men Moving Barrows Filled with Coal

Date: 02 09 1906
Description: Men moving barrows filled with coal outdoors at McCormick Works.
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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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Manila or Cotton Unloading

Date: 1905
Description: Men unloading manila or cotton at McCormick Works, under a partially covered loading dock. There is a water tower in the distance.
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Loading Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View down covered loading dock at McCormick Works. Men are loading or unloading machinery parts and are standing near railroad cars. Parts are lined up alo...
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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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Ship at Dock at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View from roofed loading area of ship at dock. Men are waiting to load crates using hand carts.
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Men in Main Wheel Rooom

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of men in the main wheel room of McCormick Works. One man is standing with a piece of machinery near the stacks of wheels which is probably f...
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Dump Rake Outdoors in Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 05 27 1909
Description: Dump rake, with men chatting in yard on the right. Other men are working in the background on the left near a brick factory building.
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Dump Rake Outdoors in Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 05 27 1909
Description: Dump rake, with men chatting in yard on the right. Other men are working in the background on the left near a brick factory building.
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Manufacturing Area at McCormick Works

Date: 11 26 1918
Description: View of manufacturing area. There are parts stacked on the floor on the left, and machinery is on the right. Men are standing in the background near a cart...
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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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Plant Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of plant yard. Stacks of wheels are in rows in the center of the yard on a wood platform, and along the brick wall of the factory building in...

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