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Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1912
Description: Cover illustration for a McCormick line farm implement catalog showing a wheat field and farm on black background.
Postcard

Steamship "Christopher Columbus" (Whaleback)

Date: 1912
Description: The passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," entering harbor. Caption reads: "Steamship 'Christopher Columbus' (Whaleback), Entering Harbor at ...
Photograph

McCormick Station along Illinois Northern Railway

Date: 1912
Description: An empty street outside McCormick Station on the Illinois Northern Railway. An overpass bears a sign for the McCormick Freight Station on the same railroad...
Photograph

Man Driving International Model M Highwheeler Truck

Date: 1912
Description: Man driving an International Model M highwheeler with the Chicago skyline in the background. The Model M, introduced in 1915, was rated at 1000 pounds carr...
Photograph

Boys with International Highwheeler Shoe Repair Truck

Date: 1912
Description: View of two teenage boys posing with an International Highwheeler in front of the storefront of the Chicago Quick Shoe Repair Co. 120 James Street.
Photograph

Cicero Field Flight Instructors

Date: 1912
Description: Cicero Field flight instructors Edward Finan (left) and DeLloyd Thompson seated in a Wright Model B airplane at the Chicago International Air Show. The pla...
Book or Pamphlet

Keystone Tillage Implements Catalog Cover

Date: 1912
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Keystone tillage implements featuring an illustration of a farmer operating a horse-dra...
Book or Pamphlet

Corn King Manure Spreader Catalog Cover

Date: 1912
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Corn King line of manure spreaders. Features a color illustration of a farmer in a field with...
Book or Pamphlet

IHC Two-Speed Gasoline Tractor Catalog Cover

Date: 1912
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for IHC two-speed gasoline tractors, types A and B. Features an illustration of a man driving a tractor pulling a wagon.
Photograph

Wheels Suspended from Ceiling

Date: 1912
Description: Metal wheels hanging from the ceiling at International Harvester's Plano Works. The wheels appear to ready for dipping in a liquid bath. The factory was la...
Photograph

Mrs. Alma Seipp Hay

Date: 1912
Description: A seated, three-quarter length portrait of Alma Seipp Hay, a daughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. She is dressed in a finely detailed gown and holds a ...
Photograph

Ernst Schmidt

Date: 1912
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of nineteen-year-old Ernst Conrad Schmidt, grandson of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, and an owner of Black Point Estate. He i...

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