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Metal Parts on Display at McCormick Works

Date: 1909
Description: Metal parts on display against paper on a brick wall indoors at McCormick Works.
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Metal Parts on Display at McCormick Works

Date: 06 1907
Description: Metal parts are on display indoors on a paper covered board that is leaning against a wall.
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West Pullman Works Packaging

Date: 1947
Description: Male and female factory workers at West Pullman Works wrap items in paper and package them in boxes as they roll down a conveyor belt.
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Workers Adjusting Printing Press

Date: 1900
Description: Workers adjusting a large printing press as two other men are examining freshly printed copies of Farmers Advance. The paper was a publication of th...
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Men Looking at Papers at Desk

Date: 04 1929
Description: Professor Perry G. Holden (right) and George W. Anstrand sitting behind a desk and looking at papers.
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Dismantled Twine Guide for Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 01 29 1910
Description: Dismantled twine guide for binder positioned on chair indoors in factory building. A paper backdrop is set up on the brick wall behind the chair.
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Parts on Display at McCormick Works

Date: 02 09 1916
Description: Parts displayed on a board with part numbers written next to each. At the top is a piece of paper that has a double-sided arrow with 12" written in the cen...
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Businessman and Secretary in Office

Date: 10 1906
Description: A businessman in a three-piece suit and hat sits behind a large desk with a paper in his hand, while a secretary in a long, high-collared dress writes on a...
Drawing

Designs for Brooches

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored drawings on ecru paper of eight different designs for brooches. Stones of various shapes and colors are shown in geometric mountings with foli...
Print

Live Poultry Transportation Company Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Live Poultry Transportation Company, with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, with a three-quarter view of a stock car for transporting live...
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House Under Construction

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Description: Exterior view of Keck and Keck's "Crystal House" on display at the 1934 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois.
Drawing

Design for Brooch

Date: 1920
Description: Hand-colored drawing, on paper, of a design for a brooch. The brooch features a central rectangular plaque with a colored floral design on black. There are...
Drawing

Design for Pearl Pendant

Date: 1920
Description: A drawing on beige paper of a design for a pendant. The design features two teardrop shaped pearls, each suspended from a foliate ring with one ring suspen...
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Mouth of the Harbor in Chicago

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Description: View across the water of the mouth of the harbor with boats in Chicago.
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Lakefront in Chicago

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Description: Elevated view of rows of railroad cars at the lakefront in Chicago, south of the Randolph Street viaduct.
Drawing

Design for Ring

Date: 1920
Description: Hand-colored drawing of a design for a ring, done on thin brown paper mounted on cardboard. The design depicts a black stone carved with initials mounted i...
Drawing

Design for a Ring

Date: 1930
Description: A drawing, on green paper mounted on a darker green cardboard, of a top and side view of a design for a white gold or platinum and diamond ring. The design...
Drawing

Design for Pendant

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored drawing on grey paper mounted on grey cardboard of a design for a pendant. The design shows two large blue faceted teardrop shaped stones in p...
Drawing

Design for Ring

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored drawing, on white paper, of two alternate designs for a ring, labeled 5. and 6. The rings feature a large green cabochon surrounded by a row o...
Drawing

Design for a Ring

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored drawing, on white paper, of a design for a ring, labeled 3. The ring features a large green cabochon surrounded by a ring of white stones and ...

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