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International Harvester Company Parade Float for "A Century of Progress"
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International Harvester Company parade float for the "A Century of Progress" Worlds Fair. The two-section float is parked in front of the Field Museum and reads: "McCormick's First Chicago Reaper Works, 1847, Annual Capacity 500 Reapers," and "McCormick Works, 1934, World's Largest Farm Machine Factory."
1934
International Harvester Company
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International Harvester Company Parade Float for "A Century of Progress"
1934
International Harvester Company parade float for the "A Century of Progress" Worlds Fair. This is the front section of the two-section float, and it is parked in front of the Field Museum and reads...
International Harvester Company Parade Float for "A Century of Progress"
1934
International Harvester Company parade float for the "A Century of Progress" Worlds Fair. This is the front section of the two-section float, and it is parked in front of the Field Museum and reads...
Automotive Week Parade at "A Century of Progress"
1933
A group of spectators at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair watch an International Harvester tractor pull a Firestone float down the "Avenue of Flags" during the "Automotive Week Parade."
International Harvester Display
June 2, 1933
Replica of Cyrus McCormick's original 1831 reaper on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. Scale models of other harvesting machines and tools ...
I-12 Industrial Tractor at "A Century of Progress"
June 4, 1934
McCormick-Deering I-12 Industrial tractor on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
International Truck at "A Century of Progress"
May 31, 1934
An International paneled station wagon ("woody") on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
