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Dummy Demonstrates Safety

Date: 
Description: Dummy straddling the rear drive shaft of an International Harvester tractor in a demonstration of the hazards of carelessness.
Photograph

"Tracto" the "Talking" Robot Holding Child

Date: 07 27 1960
Description: A young girl eating a lollipop is perched in the crook of the arm of "Tracto," a robot made of tractor parts. Tracto was part of International Harvester ex...
Photograph

Girl with "Tracto" the "Talking" Robot

Date: 07 27 1960
Description: A young girl with a lollipop looks up at "Tracto," a robot made of tractor parts for International Harvester's exhibits at state fairs. From the original...
Photograph

Cub Cadet Tractor

Date: 07 1960
Description: A Cub Cadet lawn tractor is on display in a showroom, possibly at the International Harvester headquarters building in Chicago, Illinois. The tractor is de...
Photograph

Farmall 100 Tractor on Display

Date: 1955
Description: A Farmall 100 tractor on display in a showroom. The showroom may have been at the International Harvester headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.
Photograph

Power Units on Display at "100 Years in Chicago" Celebration

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view of various power units and tractors on display at Soldier Field for International Harvester "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. Original capt...
Book or Pamphlet

Baby Savidge Tractor Demonstration

Date: 09 15 1920
Description: Notice run in the "Alton Daily Times" newspaper by the Backus Tractor Company for a demonstration of the Baby Savidge Tractor. The text reads: "Backus Trac...
Print

Wetmore 12-25 Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1922
Description: Wetmore 12-25 horsepower tractor advertisement featuring a photograph of a man using the tractor in a farm field.
Book or Pamphlet

The Baker Line

Date: 1929
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Baker line of agricultural equipment, including gas tractors, steam engines, and grain threshers. A photograph at ...
Print

25-50 Baker Tractor and Separator

Date: 1929
Description: Color illustrations of the 25-50 Baker tractor and Separator (thresher). The caption beneath the top image reads: "Right Hand View of the 25-50 Baker." The...
Print

22-40 Baker Tractor and Separator

Date: 1929
Description: Color illustrations of the 22-40 Baker tractor and Separator (thresher). The caption beneath the top illustration reads: "Left Hand View of the 22-40 Baker...
Print

Bates Wheel Tractor

Date: 1921
Description: Advertisement for the Bates Model H Wheel Tractor featuring an illustration with a caption reading: "— the most dependable wheel tractor in America." Bates...
Print

Bates Steel Mule Tractor

Date: 1929
Description: Front and rear views of the Bates 40 Steel Mule crawler tractor. The caption beneath the top photograph reads: "1/4 front view of Bates 40 'Steel Mule.' No...
Book or Pamphlet

E-B Four Cylinder Kerosene Tractors

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the E-B line of four cylinder kerosene tractors.
Book or Pamphlet

E-B Kerosene Tractors

Date: 1920
Description: Back cover of a booklet advertising the E-B line of kerosene tractors. The cover features illustrations of four types of tractors; they include, from top: ...
Photograph

Dealership in Ottawa, Canada

Date: 05 03 1929
Description: View across street towards the facade of a dealership. A Farmall tractor and cream separators are some of the items on display in the show windows on the f...

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