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Man Standing in Office Doorway

Date: 03 02 1926
Description: Factory employee standing in an office doorway (possibly a gate house?) at International Harvester's Osborne(?) Works. He is wearing eyeglasses, and a swea...
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Man Standing with Arm Raised in Cornfield

Date: 09 03 1924
Description: Man standing with his right arm raised in a cornfield, most likely to measure the height of the corn stalks.
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Damaged Eyeglasses

Date: 11 06 1935
Description: Eleven pairs of damaged eyeglasses or spectacles. The eyeglasses may have been worn by workers at International Harvester's Auburn Works (factory), or they...
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Young Woman Drinking Bottle of Orange Crush

Date: 08 25 1925
Description: Young woman drinking a bottle of Orange Crush soda in front of two International Model S Orange Crush delivery trucks parked along a storefront. A driver l...
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Woman on a Tractor in a Field

Date: 1928
Description: Elevated view of a woman in a field on a McCormick-Deering 15-30 or 10-20 tractor with attached disk harrow.
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McCormick Works Employee

Date: 03 31 1919
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors in front of a building. He is wearing eyeglasses, and overalls over a shirt, vest and necktie.
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Man Operating Ox-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1899
Description: A man wearing dress clothes and holding a raised switch is driving an ox-drawn mower down a path in a field. The man is also wearing a bowler or derby hat ...
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Man Standing in Field of Wheat

Date: 08 09 1937
Description: Man standing in the middle of a field of wheat.
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Man Standing between Two Horses

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: A man is standing between two horses, holding them by their bridles. The man is dressed in dusty shoes, dark pants with suspenders, a light shirt, a dark t...
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Boy in Buggy Pulled by Miniature Horse with Parrot and Dog

Date: 10 1906
Description: A boy dressed in a light suit and dark socks is sitting in a buggy pulled by a miniature horse. In the boy's arm is a small dog, and a parrot is perched on...
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Four Workers Seated Below Parts Display

Date: 1910
Description: Factory workers sit on a wooden bench with a large wheel or gear resting on their legs below a display of implement parts, most likely at International Har...
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Clerk Sitting at Desk at Osborne Works

Date: 08 04 1913
Description: A man wearing glasses is seated at a cluttered wooden desk at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). Behind him are file dr...
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Hay Press at Champion Works

Date: 10 18 1917
Description: Man standing with hay press outdoors in front of a brick factory building.
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Salesman Selling Machine Part to Customer

Date: 06 03 1925
Description: Staged set up showing a salesman, standing behind a table, selling a machine part to a customer. Behind the men are rows of divided shelves with parts in s...
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Tractor-Drawn Harvester Thresher with Truck

Date: 07 15 1925
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a truck parked in front of a tractor-drawn harvester thresher in a field. Another man is standing and working on t...
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Man Driving Kerosene Tractor

Date: 07 22 1926
Description: View from front of a man wearing a suit and hat driving a McCormick-Deering kerosene tractor pulling threshing equipment. A group of men are watching in th...
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Thresher Operation in Field

Date: 08 07 1926
Description: Men are standing on McCormick-Deering machinery during a demonstration of the new machine.
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Man Driving Farmall Tractor Pulling Plow

Date: 09 03 1926
Description: Right side view of a man driving a Farmall tractor pulling a plow in a field. In the background is a fence along a tree-lined road.
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Three Men at McCormick-Deering Cream Separators Display

Date: 11 04 1926
Description: Three men are standing outdoors near a platform displaying McCormick-Deering Primrose ball-bearing cream separators. Two of the men are eating popcorn, and...
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Dog Lying on Porch Near Man

Date: 05 06 1927
Description: Close-up of a dog lying on a porch next to a man sitting on the top step.

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