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McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1896
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. A small illustration at the top right is of a man using a horse-d...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Corn Machines Catalog

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for McCormick corn machines with children watching a rabbit run through a field.
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Corn Drills Catalog Cover

Date: 1906
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Empire Corn Drills sold by International Harvester. Features an illustration of a man walking behind a horse-drawn corn...
Book or Pamphlet

Hoosier Corn Planters and Drills

Date: 1903
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Hoosier corn planters and drills manufactured by the American Seeding-Machine Company. The company was later purchased ...
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International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 09 1952
Description: Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features a color illustration of men in an International 1/2-ton pi...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: A Heavy One

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a giant ear of corn resting on a flatbed wagon. The ear is so heavy that is has broken the hitch, and the driver is going to assess the da...
Book or Pamphlet

Farmall Corn Picker Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for a mounted corn picker for the F-12 tractor. Features a cartoon drawing of two birds and two ears of corn staring at a ...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Corn Planter Brochure

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering corn planters featuring photos of seeding disks and the with the text: "Planters for the Corn Belt."...
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IH Sales Flyer: "My Customers"

Date: 1940
Description: Sales flyer with the title: "My Customers," featuring a cartoon of a mother hen (salesman) with her chicks (customers). Banners and corn cobs are labeled w...
Book or Pamphlet

Samson Tractor Brochure

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a brochure produced by Samson Tractor Company, a division of General Motors Corporation, to advertise the Samson "Iron Horse." The cover fea...
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Beaver Canning Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Beaver Canning Company of Randolph, Wisconsin, packers of peas and sweet corn, with three beavers perched on a branch overhanging the wat...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvester Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1902
Description: Catalog cover for Deering Corn Binders, Shockers, Huskers & Shredders. Features an illustration of a dried ear of corn at an angle, and inside the ear of c...
Book or Pamphlet

Back Cover of Janesville Machine Co. Catalog

Date: 1897
Description: Back cover of catalog with red background, text and decorative frames in gold ink, and an illustration in black ink of a man riding a Janesville Rotary Dis...

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