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International "Red Baby" Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1923
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering service featuring a color illustration of a "Red Baby" farm truck. The company offered a $1,000 prize to the deale...
Photograph

Farmall F-20 Tractor and Combine on Rural Highway

Date: 07 03 1934
Description: Farmer driving a McCormick-Deering Farmall F-20 tractor and combine (harvester-thresher) on a rural highway. The tractor and combine were equipped with Fir...
Photograph

McCormick Daisy Reaper on a Country Road

Date: 1900
Description: Farmer pulling a McCormick Daisy reaper with two horses down a dirt country road.
Photograph

Homemade Mosquito Duster

Date: 07 27 1944
Description: City of Madison staff demonstrating homemade liquid mosquito sprayer designed by Dr. Bernhard "Dommie" Domogalla, city biochemist. Left to right: LeRoy Joh...
Print

International Harvester Tractor Advertising Proof

Date: 1976
Description: Advertising proof created by Foote, Cone & Belding for the International Harvester Company. Features a photograph of trucks transporting International trac...
Photograph

Grain Binder Traveling Down a Country Road

Date: 08 14 1909
Description: A farmer rides on a grain binder as it is transported down a country road by a pair of horses.
Photograph

C-254 Cultivator on Super C Tractor

Date: 1952
Description: Front view looking towarsd a man under an umbrella using a Farmall Super C tractor outfitted with a C-254 cultivator to work in a field. Another man on a t...
Photograph

Man Riding Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man wearing a banded hat and riding a mower drawn by two horses. The man is lifting the sickle bar on the mower to avoid a tree stump. A roa...
Photograph

Spreading Lime in Alfalfa Field

Date: 09 1929
Description: View from rear of a man using a Farmall tractor and a McCormick-Deering lime sower to fertilize an alfalfa field at International Harvester's Hinsdale expe...
Photograph

Poor Drainage in Field

Date: 1920
Description: A man is operating an International 8-16 tractor around a wet area in a field at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. On the right is a tr...
Photograph

Farmer with Corn Planter with Fertilizer Attachment

Date: 1921
Description: A man is operating a horse-drawn McCormick corn planter with a fertilizer attachment in a field. A dirt road, barn and farmhouse are in the background acro...
Photograph

IH Demonstration Farm at Larimore

Date: 08 03 1923
Description: View of an International Harvester Company demonstration farm, taken from a dirt road facing east, towards several barns and a farmhouse.
Photograph

Scene near Bloom City

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of farmland. In the bottom-left center, there is a structure with a bell tower near a dirt road. In the center there is a similar building. T...
Print

International 14 Series Tractor Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Advertising brochure featuring men operating W-14, O-14, Fairway-14 and I-14 tractors over an orange background.
Photograph

Three Men Working in Field near Road

Date: 1900
Description: One man is operating a horse-drawn mower in a field. Two men are standing nearby, with one man pointing up toward the sky, and the other man holding a bunc...
Photograph

Man Operating Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View down hill of a man in wide brimmed hat operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. A fence and road run parallel to the field on the le...
Photograph

Francis Shirbroun Delivers Mail in Farmall A Tractor

Date: 1941
Description: Francis Shirbroun delivers mail to a mailbox in a Farmall A tractor that has been fitted with a homemade cab for delivering mail. The cab has a "FARMALL" d...
Book or Pamphlet

Wagon Truck and Gear Brochure

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for "All-Purpose Trucks Farm Gears and Wagons Tractor-Trailer Gears." Includes a man driving a Farmall H tractor.
Photograph

Crop Dusting Plane

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: "This crop dusting plane crashed and burned on the Lucy Firk's property on the north end of the village."
Print

Russell Kerosene Tractor Brochure

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of brochure advertising Russell standardized kerosene tractors. The cover features several photographs of tractors being used on farms and to h...

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