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Plant Operations

Date: 1908
Description: Converter blowing impurities out of steel.
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Deering Works Foundry

Date: 1905
Description: Casting molds in the Grey Iron Foundry at International Harvester's Deering Works (factory).
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Machine for Forming Metal

Date: 07 27 1906
Description: Machine for forming metal.
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St. Paul Malleable Foundry

Date: 1906
Description: Metal castings stacked on wheeled platforms at International Harvester's St. Paul Malleable Foundry.
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Foundry Area

Date: 07 27 1906
Description: Foundry area at McCormick Works.
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Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: Factory workers standing at machines in the metal finishing room at the McCormick Works.
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Metal Finishing Room

Date: 1900
Description: Men working in the metal finishing room in a factory.
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International Harvester Factory Employee in Foundry

Date: 1907
Description: Older factory worker standing among stacks of molds for casting parts. The man most likely worked at International Harvester's Osborne Works.
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Factory Workers Iron Molding at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers pouring hot metal into molds, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works in Chicago.
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Foundry at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of men working in a foundry.
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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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Interior View of Foundry

Date: 1908
Description: Machinery in a foundry.
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Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Workers in the metal finishing room at the McCormick Reaper Works. In 1902 the factory became part of the International Harvester Company.
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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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Employee in Foundry Area at McCormick Works

Date: 09 1908
Description: Portrait of a male employee wearing overalls, standing in foundry area.
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Men Working in a Factory

Date: 1900
Description: Men working with machinery indoors at McCormick Works. Metal parts are piled in wood bins.
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Men Posing in Metal Finishing Area

Date: 10 25 1907
Description: Men are standing and posing near machinery on a factory floor at McCormick Works.
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Metal Finishing Room

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of the metal finishing room. Machines are driven by belts on the ceiling. Men are working at machines in the background.
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Interior View of Foundry

Date: 1908
Description: Shovels are lined up in the foreground near three large crucibles.
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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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