Antique original photograph with heavy age-related wear to the cardboard mount including dark spotting, surface soiling, and bumped corners with small creases. Photo surface shows fading, light scratches, and scattered stains or spots including a yellowish mark across the center (see photos). No frame or glass included; card remains intact and structurally solid.
Subject: Factory workers and supervisors group portrait at McCormick Reaper Works in Chicago
Type: Original 19th century gelatin-silver photograph mounted on cabinet card style board
Year: 1897
Image color: Sepia tone on matte photographic paper
Material: Paper photograph mounted to thick cardboard backing, unframed
Back inscription: Handwritten note reads "a group of men where B. Cordey George worked McCormick Reaper Works Chicago Ill 1897"
Features: One of a kind (OOAK) industrial era image, group of male and female workers posed outside factory building, suitable for industrial history, labor history, or Chicago memorabilia collections
Country of origin: United States
Keywords: antique photograph, cabinet card, industrial workers, social history, McCormick Reaper Works, Chicago factory, 19th century photo, sepia wall art
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