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Men Working in Manufacturing Area

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of men working with machines in a factory.
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Cook at McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1907
Description: Cook in the kitchen cutting a roast.
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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 Working in Manufacturing Area

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of men working with machines in a factory.
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Plano Works

Date: 09 06 1907
Description: Factory workers at International Harvester's Plano Works. The factory was later known as the "West Pullman Works."
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Workers at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: View down an aisle of male factory workers seated at machines in the McCormick Reaper Works. The machines are belt-driven from the ceiling.
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Women Working at McCormick Works

Date: 06 1907
Description: Women working in a finishing (?) parts room at McCormick Works.
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Factory Worker at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Factory worker operating a drill press or punch, probably at the McCormick Reaper Works. The worker is standing against a backdrop of canvas sheets and the...
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Child Workers

Date: 1909
Description: Caption on back: "Textile factory, girl spinner at frame, boy with a waste cart. (Child Labor in Cotton Mills, 1909-1913)."
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Employee Posing with Finishing Machine

Date: 09 16 1909
Description: A man is posing with a finishing machine near a workbench in a factory building.
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Medical Office at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: A doctor(?) and a young man standing in a factory medical office or first aid station, most likely at McCormick Works. Pails and jugs are on the floor, and...
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Factory Worker Standing at Work Bench

Date: 1907
Description: Employee standing at a work bench with his hand on a hammer, most likely at International Harvester's Osborne Works.
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Waitress Tending Table in McCormick Works Club House

Date: 06 19 1907
Description: Waitress tending a table in the dining room of the McCormick Works Club House.
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Hay Stacker at McCormick Works

Date: 04 13 1908
Description: Hay Stacker parts crated on loading dock. A man is standing on the right holding up a backdrop.
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Man in Factory

Date: 1900
Description: Man in factory holding onto two metal pipes. He is wearing an apron and a hat, and is standing in front of two storage bins filled with parts.
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Dismantled Disk Harrows

Date: 03 16 1908
Description: Disk harrows dismantled, ready for crating at McCormick Works. There is a light-colored backdrop set up behind harrows, and a man is standing on the right....
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Cafeteria at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: Long tables and chairs in a dining hall, probably at the McCormick Works. The tables are covered in table cloths and several cooks stand in the background....
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Factory Workers at Osbourne Works

Date: 1909
Description: A man dressed in a vest, tie and a long apron stands near a vise at a work station at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works)...
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The Schlitz

Date: 1905
Description: The Schlitz Saloon on the corner of Doty and King Streets. The saloon was owned by Fred C. Harbort from 1900-1907. There is a man in an apron standing at t...
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Creamery

Date: 02 18 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Creamery, Story, Wis." Two men pose in front of a two-story, clapboard creamery with a lean-to. The building has a cupola and a stair...

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