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Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1886
Description: McCormick Harvesting Machine Company annual catalog cover featuring an illustration of a woman carrying a sheaf of wheat. Below the text reads: "Harvesting...
Poster

Machines Agricoles & Ficelle Deering

Date: 09 25 1925
Description: Advertising calendar for Deering brand farm machinery showing a French woman in a field with a basket and tilling tool. Printed by H. Brun, Paris, France.
Print

McCormick Catalog Art

Date: 1894
Description: Color lithograph illustration on the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows an American Revolutionary War battle scene. Also...
Print

Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
Magazine or Periodical

"International Harvester World: The Red Pylon... Symbol of Postwar Progress" Article Cover

Date: 03 1948
Description: The "International Harvester World" title page and cover image for the magazine edition and "International Harvester World: The red pylon... symbol of post...
Book or Pamphlet

"Pattern for Postwar"

Date: 10 1945
Description: "Pattern for Postwar: The Nation's Most Modern Farm Equipment Store," pp. 12-13 from "Tractor Farming" magazine, No. 2, Volume 28, 1945. The article discus...
Book or Pamphlet

"From the Sublime to the Ridiculous" Field Tests

Date: 1894
Description: Cartoon on the last page of a McCormick catalog. The cartoon depicts the World's Fair field-trials in Wayne, Illinois, at which the McCormick mower prevail...
Poster

War Poster Promoting Farm Jobs

Date: 
Description: Poster depicting a young shirtless man pitching hay with text that reads: "Put your muscle on a war basis! Sign Up For A Farm Job ... at your local U.S. Em...
Poster

French-Language Deering Grain Binder Poster

Date: 1925
Description: French-language poster advertising a Deering grain binder. The poster includes an illustration of the binder, a photograph of harvested wheat in a field, a...
Poster

French-Language Seeders Poster

Date: 1925
Description: French-language poster advertising Deering seeders. The poster shows two-color illustrations of grain drills, or seeders, and the headline: "McCormick Semo...
Poster

French-Language Rake and Tedder Poster

Date: 1925
Description: French-language poster advertising McCormick rakes and tedders. The poster features color illustrations of a hay rake and hay tedder along with text descri...
Poster

French-Language 7B Mower Poster

Date: 1925
Description: French-language poster advertising the McCormick 7B mower. The poster features a color illustration of the mower with an inset close-up of the machine's ge...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Deering Combine Catalog Cover

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for McCormick-Deering combines (harvester-threshers). Text on the cover reads: "Combines built for West Coast Growers: McCo...
Print

Stanley & Camp Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of Stanley & Camp, Jewelers, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Features a winged Father Time holding a large pocket watch in an extended hand, while a yo...
Print

The Wisconsin Agriculturist Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of The Wisconsin Agriculturist, a weekly published in North Freedom, Wisconsin, with small background images of corn and wheat and a farmer plow...
Book or Pamphlet

Annual Report

Date: 1955
Description: Front cover of the International Harvester Company's annual report, featuring a color photograph of a man operating a Farmall 400 tractor in a field. Farm ...
Document

Leonard Tractor Company Report

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a report on the Leonard Tractor Company for the Battle Creek Chamber of Commerce by Charles C. Walsh.
Book or Pamphlet

Hart-Parr Power Booklet

Date: 1929
Description: Back cover of a booklet advertising Hart-Parr farm machinery featuring a world map with the text: "The Sun Never Sets on Hart-Parr Power. Hart-Parr Company...
Book or Pamphlet

Frost and Wood Catalog Cover

Date: 1901
Description: Cover of catalog with a color illustration of a man wearing boots and holding a hat writing in a large book. The text reads: "Twentieth Century Fame, the F...
Manuscript

Earth Metal Advertisement

Date: 1981
Description: Back of a "Get The Red Edge" advertisement mailer for IH patented Earth Metal disk blades. Text highlights the "super hard and super tough" disk blades tha...

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