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Workers Assemble Mowers at McCormick Works

Date: 07 08 1936
Description: Workers assembling mowers along an assembly line at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in 1873 and...
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Workers Test Paint Quality at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: Workers testing paint for physical constancy, viscosity and weight per gallon in the Paint Department of International Harvester's McCormick Works. Cans of...
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Women Sewing Canvas Folds at McCormick Works

Date: 07 22 1936
Description: Female workers sewing canvas side folds on binder aprons at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in ...
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Showroom at McCormick Works

Date: 07 08 1936
Description: A McCormick-Deering all-steel thresher modified for display at the McCormick Works factory showroom.
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Binder Knotters Testing at McCormick Works

Date: 1936
Description: Factory workers test binder knotters at the McCormick Works.
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Mower Testing at McCormick Works

Date: 07 08 1936
Description: Factory workers test mowers at the McCormick Works.
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Workers Box McCormick-Deering Mowers

Date: 07 22 1936
Description: Workers boxing McCormick-Deering mowers for shipment inside the packing department at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was built in 1...
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McCormick Works Showroom

Date: 07 08 1936
Description: Panoramic view of tractors and other machines on display in the McCormick Works showroom.
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McCormick-Deering Corn Binder

Date: 1931
Description: McCormick-Deering corn binder parked outside a Chicago factory, most likely the McCormick Works. Decals and/or stencils are on the machine.
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Accelerated Weather Testing Machine at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: Accelerated weather testing machine used to test the durability of paint in the McCormick Works (factory) Paint Department.
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McCormick Reaper of 1849

Date: 02 06 1932
Description: Left side of McCormick reaper of 1849, sitting in a street, with two buildings, a smokestack, and trees behind.
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Milwaukee Works Factory Display

Date: 1931
Description: Ball bearing cream separators and milkers are arranged in a display in a hallway at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. A showcase of indivi...
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McCormick Reaper of 1849

Date: 02 06 1932
Description: McCormick reaper of 1849 on a road near brick buildings in Copenhagen, Denmark. There is a smokestack in the background.
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McCormick-Deering Service Managers

Date: 11 14 1937
Description: A group of "service managers" inspect engines at Milwaukee Works (factory). Photograph taken by McQuinn.
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250,000th IH Mower Over "Progressive Assembly Chain"

Date: 1930
Description: A group of factory workers poses for a photograph on the occasion of the 250,000th mower produced between 1926 and 1930, possibly at McCormick Works in Chi...
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McCormick-Deering 8a Tractor Disk Harrow

Date: 11 13 1931
Description: Engineering photograph of a McCormick-Deering 8a two-row tractor disk harrow. The photograph appears to have been taken in a factory warehouse with a sheet...

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