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Alexander Legge

Date: 09 20 1923
Description: Alexander Legge (1866-1933) with a pitchfork full of hay at a Thresher demonstration at International Harvester's Hinsdale farm. Men are milling around a t...
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Horse-Drawn Plow Competition

Date: 1913
Description: Two men appear to be competing in a plowing competition with horse-drawn walking plows. Onlookers and automobiles are in the background. The photograph was...
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International Harvester Museum Display Model

Date: 1974
Description: Daniel M. McMaster, president of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, and Keith R. Potter, executive vice president of International Harvester, view...
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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Exhibit of new machinery at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. Some of the 2,000 cars and b...
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Reapers Field Demonstration or Contest

Date: 1910
Description: A group of men watch several reapers at work in a field. The reapers are likely part of a field demonstration or contest pitting different brand machines a...
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Titan 15-30 H.P. at Work in Field

Date: 1916
Description: Men plow a field using an International Harvester Titan 15-30 kerosene tractor and a P&O plow. The men were likely participating in a demonstration or show...
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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.
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International Harvester Mogul 12-25 Tractor

Date: 1914
Description: Men stand around an International Harvester Mogul 12-25 tractor in a farm field to watch a plowing demonstration.
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Hinsdale Demonstration

Date: 1945
Description: A man demonstrates a McCormick-Deering cotton picker under a tent on the Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Equipment on Display

Date: 1945
Description: Men examiinge farm equipment, farm tractors and crawler tractors (TracTracTor) on display at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Group at Hinsdale Demonstration

Date: 1945
Description: Groups of men examine International equipment on display outdoors at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The equipment on display include...
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Spectators at Hinsdale Farm

Date: 1945
Description: A group looks on as a man removes what appears to be a burlap bag from a piece of agricultural equipment on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental...
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Woman with Poultry Housing Display

Date: 1915
Description: A woman holding a chicken is standing beside a display illustrating quality poultry housing (chicken coops).
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Tractor Demonstration

Date: 05 17 1916
Description: Men are watching the demonstration of an Avery Company tractor pulling a Hoosier seed drill (?) across a field at Newsorn Farm during the annual meeting of...
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Agricultural Extension Department Booth

Date: 10 1923
Description: View of an Agricultural Extension Department display outdoors. Signage is displayed behind a table which appears to hold jars of samples of corn.
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...
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Men with Farmall H Tractor and No. 42 Combine

Date: 1940
Description: Four men posing with a Farmall H tractor pulling a No. 42 combine in a field in the Snake River Valley. The tractor and combine were being demonstrated in ...
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Miniature Farm Display

Date: 01 23 1927
Description: Miniature farm display with fences, tractor, water tower, and farm buildings. Pennants on the front of the display read: "McCormick-Deering Farm Equipment,...

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