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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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Stacks of Lumber near Factory

Date: 1902
Description: Large stacks of lumber, probably at the McCormick Reaper Works.
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Cafeteria at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Three women standing in a factory cafeteria, probably at the McCormick Reaper Works.
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Factory Storage Room at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: Factory storage room, probably at the McCormick Works, filled with farm implement components.
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Implement Wheels at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Stacks of implement wheels in a factory storage room, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works.
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McCormick Reaper Works Forge Shop

Date: 1902
Description: Factory workers standing amid machinery in the forge shop at the McCormick Reaper Works.
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Machinery at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: Machinery on a factory floor, most likely at McCormick Works. Workers are in the background.
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Early McCormick Reaper

Date: 1902
Description: Early McCormick reaper at McCormick Works. There is a white sheet hanging in the background for a backdrop.
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Potosi Brewery

Date: 1902
Description: Exterior view of the bottling works of the Potosi Brewery built in 1902. A group of men stand near the front entrance.
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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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William Deering

Date: 1902
Description: William Deering (1826-1913), founder of the Deering Harvester Company. In 1902 the Deering company became part of the International Harvester Company.
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Little Giant Shredders in Factory Storage

Date: 1902
Description: Little Giant husker-shredders arranged in rows inside a warehouse at the McCormick Works.
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Grain Binder Production at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Factory workers standing at stations apparently designed to test knotters for grain binders, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works.
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Men in Shredder Department at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of factory workers at stations in the Shredder Department at the McCormick Works.
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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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Rubble and Rail Cars near McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Piles of rubble along railroad tracks next to the McCormick Reaper Works. Railroad box cars are parked on the tracks. The photograph may have been taken to...
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Piece of Machinery at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: Piece of machinery, possibly part of a grain binder, propped up on a factory floor, most likely at McCormick Works. There is a white sheet hanging in the b...
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Dining Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Factory dining room with a very high ceiling, probably at the McCormick Reaper Works. Long tables, stained with use, are lined with chairs. A row of decora...
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McCormick Works Break Room

Date: 1902
Description: Chairs and tables are arranged throughout a room, possibly a factory lounge or break room, probably in the McCormick Reaper Works. A spinning wheel is in t...
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Man at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: A factory worker stands beside a piece of machinery loaded with wooden pieces at the McCormick Works. Piles of wooden stakes are stacked in the foreground ...

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