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McCormick Advertising Handbill

Date: 12 1856
Description: Handbill and order form advertising reaper and mower manufactured by Cyrus Hall McCormick. This describes the gold medal awarded at the "Great French Exhib...
Magazine or Periodical

International Harvester Logo with Corn Stalk

Date: 01 1910
Description: Back cover of "Harvester World" magazine. Features the International Harvester logo composed of wheat and corn stalks.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Line Catalog Cover

Date: 1907
Description: Front cover of "McCormick Line" farm implement catalog, showing a piece of rope with the title written on it in red and green, against a blue, cloudy sky.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Line Catalog Cover

Date: 1907
Description: Illustration from an International Harvester McCormick line catalog showing the McCormick name in script superimposed over a globe of the earth.
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Sterling Threshers Back Cover with IH Trademark

Date: 1915
Description: Tan-colored back cover of Sterling Threshers catalog with a green International Harvester trademark logo that reads: "Look For This Trade Mark On The Genui...
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Green International Harvester Logo

Date: 1906
Description: Simple, green International Harvester logo on the back cover of Feed Grinders catalog. This version of the logo was used before 1946.
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Old and New International Harvester Logos

Date: 1970
Description: A visual comparison of an old International Harvester logo and a new one as shown on the cover of "The Corporate Mark."
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 01 1901
Description: Lithograph cover illustration in a mosaic styled design for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog of a woman holding a miniature McCormick grain...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Red, black and gold cover art for McCormick advertising catalog showing silhouette of a farmer on a horse-drawn reaper.
Book or Pamphlet

Osborne Farm Annual

Date: 1913
Description: Cover of a farm annual for International Harvester's Osborne line of farm equipment. Features a color illustration of a woman in classical dress holding a ...
Poster

Century of Progress World's Fair Poster

Date: 1934
Description: Poster for the 1934 "Century of Progress" World's Fair in Chicago showing a woman surrounded by abstract representations of the sights and sounds of the fa...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Chicago Seed

Date: 1968
Description: Cover of "The Chicago Seed," an underground newspaper, featuring Santa Claus crucified on a dollar sign. The landscape below is made from collaged advertis...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Navy Times Are Changin'

Date: 11 1971
Description: Cover of "Navy Times Are Changin,'" an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon of three men, at least one in navy uniform, surrounded by pigs pointing f...
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McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1868
Description: Engraved illustration of an elevated view of the "McCormick Reaper & Mower Works." Ships are on Lake Michigan in the background.
Magazine or Periodical

Departure of a Colony of Emigrants for Colorado

Date: 1870
Description: Crowd gathered at Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Station to see off a colony of emigrants from Chicago who planned to settle in Colorado on a tract of land p...
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Old Abe Composite

Date: 
Description: Composite paste-up intended to represent "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the Eighth Wisconsin Regiment in the Civil War with his bearer. At the Northwest Sanita...
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Seasons Greetings

Date: 
Description: Holiday card from Jane M. Byrne, mayor of Chicago, 1979-1983. The card is a reproduction of a stained glass window with a string attached so it can be hung...
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Chicken Hot Dog Label

Date: 1928
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Chicken Hot Dog, Chicken Redhot Company, W.M. Neill, proprietor." On the label is an...
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Meister Bräu, Beer Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Meister Bräu, 'The Beer' Brewed and bottled by Peter Hand Brewing Co." In the top le...
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Loewen Bräu, Beer Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Loewen Bräu (Lion Brew) Beer, United States Brewing Co." The label features the silh...

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