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Battle of Gettysburg Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Color lithographed color advertising poster showing a McCormick grain binder at the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. The poster was based on a cyclorama by ...
Poster

Machines Agricoles & Ficelle Deering

Date: 1926
Description: Advertising calendar for Deering farm machinery featuring color illustration of a street in a French town with people looking on as a man puts up a "Deerin...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1886
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a farmer in a field operating a hor...
Book or Pamphlet

Younglove, Massey & Co. Catalog

Date: 1869
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Younglove, Massey & Co., manufacturers of agricultural equipment. The cover features an engraved illustration of a hors...
Postcard

Van Brunt Plant

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Description: View of the Van Brunt plant. The Van Brunt Manufacturing Company began in 1860 when brothers George and Daniel Van Brunt patented a design for a combinatio...
Poster

Battle of Gettysburg Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Lithographed advertising poster showing a McCormick grain binder at the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. The poster was based on a cyclorama by French artis...
Poster

Deering Columbian Exposition Advertising Poster

Date: 1893
Description: Advertising poster featuring color illustration of a crowd gathered around a Deering grain binder and mower at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Northern Iowa

Date: 1878
Description: Map reads: "The P.P. Mast & Co's New Map of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Northern Iowa". There are various advertisements for P.P. Mast & Co's broad-cast seed...
Print

McCormick End of the Century Catalog Cover, French Edition

Date: 1900
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration of the French edition of a McCormick catalog, showing a man driving a McCormick reaper through a parade at the 1900 Wor...
Poster

Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Lithographed poster depicting an elevated view of the Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner factory and surrounding area. Text in the upper left corner reads, "Ch...
Photograph

International I-12 in front of the Arkansas State Capital

Date: 1937
Description: A man wearing a hat and tie is driving an International I-12 industrial tractor with mower attachment to groom the grounds in front of the Arkansas state c...
Print

J.I. Case Plow Works Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the J.I. Case Plow Works of Racine, Wisconsin, with an elevated view of the company plant and a smaller scene set on a scroll of a man driving ...
Print

Stinson Tractor Company Factory

Date: 1918
Description: Illustration of the Stinson Tractor Company, located at the intersection of Central Avenue and 16th Street. The illustration was included in a booklet prod...
Book or Pamphlet

Nilson Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Nilson tractor featuring an illustration of the tractor and an elevated view of the Nilson factory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Print

Rebuilt McCormick Buildings

Date: 1871
Description: Collage depicting multiple McCormick buildings reconstructed or built after the Chicago Fire. The caption at bottom reads, "Rebuilt Chicago. — Buildings Er...
Print

Heider Company Factory

Date: 1915
Description: Illustration of the Heider Manufacturing Company factory in Carroll, Iowa, "Home of the Heider Tractor."
Book or Pamphlet

D.S. Morgan & Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1882
Description: Back cover of catalog with an illustration of two men using horse-drawn agricultural machinery in fields, while a group of Native American Indians look on....
Book or Pamphlet

Walter A. Wood Catalog Cover

Date: 1870
Description: Front cover of catalog with a green cover for Wood's harvesting machines. Features an illustration of, at the top, a view of a town, flanked by two women, ...
Magazine or Periodical

Deering's Farm Journal

Date: 06 1900
Description: Front cover with two illustrations. The top illustration is of the Deering Harvester Works in Chicago. The larger illustration on the bottom is of the Main...
Postcard

Greetings from Lac du Flambeau

Date: 1969
Description: View of three men harvesting cranberries from a bog. Caption reads: "Greetings from Lac du Flambeau, Wis."

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