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D.M. Osborne & Co. Dealership Building

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Description: Storefront of D.M. Osborne & Company dealership building. The words "harrows," "rakes," and "mowers" are painted on the windows. Strands of binder twine ar...
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International Harvester Titan

Date: 1923
Description: Titan tractor outside a factory building.
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International Titan 30-60 Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: A man is sitting in an International Harvester Titan 30-60 tractor outside a factory building.
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Titan Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: A man is sitting in a Titan tractor near a factory building. Bins of machinery parts are in the background.
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Deering Works

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of the Fullerton Avenue side of the Deering Works (factory) building. Two cars are parked just inside the factory gate. Before 1902, the buil...
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Plumbing Room

Date: 04 25 1912
Description: Workers pose in the plumbing room of the "malleable shop" at Osborne Works. The factory was later known as "Auburn Works."
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Factory Worker at Plano Works

Date: 1920
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Plano Works. The factory was later known as the "West Pullman Works."
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Mechanical Lubricator at Tractor Works

Date: 1915
Description: A factory worker adjusts a mechanical lubricator at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Tractors and Engines at Milwaukee(?) Works

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of tractors and engines at International Harvester's Milwaukee(?) Works.
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Tractors and Engines at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of tractors and engines at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works.
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Painting a Corn Sheller at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory worker spray painting a corn sheller at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works. Corn shellers are suspended from the ceiling in the background.
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Cream Separator Production at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: Factory workers manufacturing cream separators at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The poster at the back of the room reads: "Dairymade" while th...
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Assembling Wheel at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1919
Description: A factory worker with a wagon wheel at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works.
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Female Worker at Machine in Deering Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: A young woman works at her station in a factory - probably the Deering Twine Mill.
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International Harvester Office Scene

Date: 1921
Description: Two men look over papers at a desk surrounded by International Harvester manuals, pamphlets, and a repair list. The men may be International Harvester deal...
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W.E. Tomlinson in IH Dealership

Date: 06 10 1924
Description: International Harvester dealer W.E. Tomlinson examines what appears to be a machine manual in a repair shop or dealership while another man looks on.
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Cream Separator Oil

Date: 04 26 1927
Description: A man, possibly an International Harvester salesman, presents a can of cream separator oil to a customer. The setting is likely an International Harvester ...
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Delta Implement Company

Date: 1929
Description: Signs hanging on the Delta Implement Company storefront advertise "McCormick-Deering Farm Equipment", "Trucks" and "Tractors". Delta Implement Company was ...
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Exterior of Emerson-Brantingham Factory

Date: 02 25 1924
Description: View across road towards a car driving down a cobblestone road in front of the factory. The factory manufactures 4 cylinder engines for general and farm wo...
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Men at Work on IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 1919
Description: Men are using a Titan 10-20 tractor and a large piece of farm machinery, probably a thresher, to harvest a field crop on an International Harvester demonst...

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