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"McCormick Day"

Date: 1916
Description: Farmers in the street of a rural town with their International Harvester horse-drawn mowers and binders on "McCormick Day." The event was organized by the ...
Book or Pamphlet

CB&Q Corn Planter Catalog

Date: 1916
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's CB&Q line of corn planters showing a farmer in a field with a horse-drawn planter.
Book or Pamphlet

Keystone Corn Sheller Catalog

Date: 1916
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Keystone line of corn shellers, with an illustration of a farmer walking through a gate with ...
Photograph

Experimental 8-16(?) Tractor

Date: 1916
Description: Man operating an experimental 8-16(?) tractor with six wheels over rough terrain.
Photograph

Experimental 8-16(?) Tractor

Date: 1916
Description: Man pulling wagons through water with an experimental 8-16(?) tractor with six wheels.
Book or Pamphlet

International Motor Trucks with Special Bodies for Bus and Transfer Service

Date: 1916
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for the 1916 line of International motor trucks with special bodies for bus and transfer service. Features an image ...
Photograph

Maypole Dance on Bascom Hill

Date: 1916
Description: Maypole Dance at the May Fete on Bascom Hill. Just visible at the top of the photograph is the new Wisconsin State Capitol, completed except for the north ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Man Riding Sheep

Date: 1916
Description: An older man is riding a sheep on a dirt road. He has a small barrel, some sausage links, and a loaf of bread. The object in his right hand appears to be a...
Photograph

McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1916
Description: A farmer using a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder.
Photograph

Field Demonstration of Mogul 8-16 Tractor

Date: 1916
Description: A group of men and women gather in a farm field to watch a demonstration of plowing with a Mogul 8-16 tractor.
Photograph

15-30 Tractor Pulling an Austin Mammoth Reversible Road Grader

Date: 1916
Description: An International Harvester Mogul(?) 15-30 tractor pulling an Austin mammoth reversible road grader.
Photograph

International F-31 Fire Truck

Date: 1916
Description: Three men on an International F-31 fire truck operated by the Naperville fire deparment. Children are in the background.
Poster

Health and Safety Poster on Cleanliness

Date: 1916
Description: Poster or signboard titled: "Clean Surroundings - Helps to Make Good Citizens and a Healthful City." Seven images illustrate cleanliness at different Inter...
Photograph

Man Operates Experimental Motor Cultivator

Date: 1916
Description: A man operates an experimental motor cultivator in a field.
Photograph

Picnic on Bear Island

Date: 1916
Description: Group of people gathered for a rustic picnic on Bear Island, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior. Image includes Mrs. J.L. Abernathy, Cora A. Hull, Mrs F.B. Chu...
Photograph

Man with Hemp Plant

Date: 1916
Description: A man wearing a suit and hat standing in a dirt road holding a hemp plant, probably to be used in the production of binder twine.
Photograph

Overland Touring Cars

Date: 1916
Description: Overland Company of Illinois was saved from a multitude of financial issues by John Willys, a skillful salesman, in 1907. Shown in this photograph are men ...
Photograph

Aero Cable Car

Date: 1916
Description: Slightly elevated view of people in the Whirlpool Aero Car, opened in 1916, departing from the station and crossing the whirlpool of Niagara Falls.
Photograph

Aero Cable Car Station

Date: 1916
Description: View looking up toward observers waiting for the Whirlpool Aero Car, built in 1913 and opened in 1916, to reach the station.
Photograph

Man Operating Hand Water Pump

Date: 1916
Description: A man stands on a wood platform and uses a hand operated water pump to fill a metal bucket.

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