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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cartload of Long Pipe

Date: 02 05 1906
Description: Cartload of long pipe at McCormick Work. A man is standing just inside the open door on the right.
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McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across street of McCormick Works. In the foreground are sidewalks on either side of the street. Advertisements are painted on the sides of co...
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Carts in Foundry Area at McCormick Works

Date: 05 28 1906
Description: Carts sitting inside a foundry area, loaded with wood and molds.
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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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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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Manufacturing Machine at McCormick Works

Date: 02 20 1909
Description: Manufacturing machine indoors on factory floor. There are wooden dowels stacked in a cart behind the belt-driven machine.
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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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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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Manufacturing Area at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view inside factory of a manufacturing area. In the foreground is a belt-driven machine on a table. On the left is a pile of pieces of loose lumbe...
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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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