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International Harvester Tent at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: International Harvester tent and exhibition at the Iowa State Fair. Includes workers filming Iowa's first television show and a high school brass band ente...
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Men at Farm Machinery Demonstration

Date: 01 02 1934
Description: Elevated view of men gathered for a McCormick-Deering farm machine demonstration on grounds across from the Iowa capitol building. Equipment on view includ...
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Man and International Truck in front of Iowa State Capitol

Date: 06 19 1927
Description: Man posing with an International tour bus in front of the Iowa State Capitol building. The sign painted on the side of the bus reads: "Seeing the US."
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'Howdy' Roberts Band Performs at IH Exhibit

Date: 1966
Description: The 'Howdy' Roberts Band performing inside an International Harvester exhibit at the Iowa State Fair. Band members are playing a clarinet, trumpet, accordi...
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Farmall Tractor and Power Binder

Date: 08 22 1924
Description: Man pulling a McCormick-Deering power grain binder with a Farmall Regular tractor. The original caption reads: "N-81 Mr. Urfer (himself) with power binder....
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"Red Baby" Truck Carrying "One Minute" Washers

Date: 1924
Description: Curt Moore selling "one minute" washing machines to a farmer's wife. The washing machines are loaded in the back of an International "Red Baby" truck. The...
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IHC Cream Separator Display at Iowa State Fair

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: Men, women, and children at an International Harvester cream separator exhibit at the Iowa State Fair. A company representative appears to be pointing out ...
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International Model 31 Truck Carrying Lumber

Date: 1922
Description: International model 31 truck carrying lumber for Century Lumber Co. The truck is parked outside the company's warehouse. A man is sitting in the driver's s...
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S.E. Burns

Date: 1922
Description: Mr. S.E. Burns, an International Harvester dealer, poses for a portrait with his son and son-in-law on either side of him.
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McCormick-Deering Engine

Date: 09 12 1923
Description: A man uses a 1 1/2 H.P. McCormick-Deering engine to pump water and run a grindstone.
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Industrial 10-20 Tractor with Grader

Date: 11 14 1925
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor with a grader to smooth a dirt road. Shadows of the photographer and the camera standing on a tripo...
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Boy with Cream Separator

Date: 09 09 1925
Description: Willis Rickert wears overalls and a hat while turning the handle on a McCormick-Deering cream separator. He stands on a dirt road in front of a building.
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Khrushchev's First Hot Dog

Date: 09 22 1959
Description: Interviewed outside a meat packing plant near Des Moines, Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev pronounced his first American hot dog to be "wonderful, but not...
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Farm Profit Protest

Date: 1953
Description: Farmers and their supporters picket at the National Farm Institute to protest farm prices and their poor economic outlook.
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J.C. Witmer Farm

Date: 07 13 1925
Description: A group of men use a tractor and horse-drawn manure spreaders in a barnyard on the farm of J.C. Witmer. The tractor appears to have a "Lessman" loader.
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Lessman Loader

Date: 07 13 1925
Description: A man using a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor outfitted with a Lessman loader to load a manure spreader. Another man is standing on the front of the loader...
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Fleet of Delivery Trucks

Date: 06 18 1927
Description: View of a fleet of delivery trucks lined up in a row. There is a bridge and buildings in the background. Signs painted on the trucks read: "Davidsons, Iowa...
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Fleet of Delivery Trucks

Date: 06 18 1927
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a man sitting in a delivery truck. Painted on the side of the truck is a sign that reads: "Davidsons, Iowas Largest ...

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