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McCormick Advertising Poster

Date: 1902
Description: Chromolithograph advertising poster for McCormick mowers and rakes. Features on the top half a young boy with a reaping hook/sickle and a young girl holdin...
Photograph

Pyrofax Plant

Date: 07 24 1929
Description: Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, view looking south west.
Photograph

Pyrofax Plant

Date: 09 1929
Description: View across field towards the Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, almost finished.
Print

Dairymaid Cream Separator Catalog

Date: 1913
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Dairymaid line of cream separators showing a woman with her hand on a gate and a pail over he...
Poster

Deering Harvester Advertising Poster

Date: 1899
Description: Advertising poster featuring color illustation of three men and a dog watching a farmer harvest grain with a horse-drawn Deering Ideal grain binder. The me...
Photograph

R-170 Truck with Ladder

Date: 1953
Description: Color photograph of an International R-170 truck with a service utility body parked along the side of a road. A metal ladder is attached to the side of the...
Poster

International Engines Advertising Poster

Date: 1924
Description: Chinese advertising poster for International engines. Features a color illustration of a stationary engine and two illustrations of engines powering machin...
Photograph

1831 Reaper on Film Set

Date: 1929
Description: Men repair a reaper replica on the motion picture set of "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celeb...
Photograph

Men Baling Hay

Date: 1921
Description: Two men are using a belt-powered hay baler or hay press in a farm field.
Photograph

Man with Lime Sower

Date: 1920
Description: A man is using a shovel to transfer lime from a pile in a field into a lime sower pulled by two horses.
Photograph

Farmall Tractor with Endgate Spreader

Date: 09 1927
Description: A man standing in an endgate lime spreader is using a shovel to spread lime onto a field at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The sprea...
Photograph

Men with Grain Cradles

Date: 1912
Description: Rear view of three men wearing hats, and pants with suspenders, using grain cradles to harvest a field crop. Multiple buildings, including a barn, are on a...
Photograph

Pit Silo with Derrick

Date: 1917
Description: Pit silo with derrick in a snow-covered farm yard. Cows stand behind the silage box.
Photograph

Man Adjusting 10-20 Tractor

Date: 05 1926
Description: A man is adjusting the hitch of a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor with a hook while working in a field at International Harvester's experimental farm.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools Catalog

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure with the title "Unlock the Soil with McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools." The cover includes illustrations of harrows and cul...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools Catalog

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure with the title "Make Good Work Easy with McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools." Flanking the cover photograph is a list of McCo...
Photograph

Men and Boys Around Hay Baler

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of men and boys gathered around a hay baler and other machines at work on International Harvester's Hickory Hill farm. The farm was located 7...
Photograph

Group Watching Hay Baler

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of a men, women, and children gathered around a hay baler and other machines at work on International Harvester's Hickory Hill farm. The farm...
Photograph

Cheese Factory

Date: 1920
Description: View across dirt road of two men wearing overalls standing outside a rural cheese factory. There is a large, low wooden tub at the driveway entrance, and a...
Photograph

Ester Point, Turkey River

Date: 1905
Description: View down railroad tracks, showing the switching station, water tank, and buildings. Two men stand on the railroad tracks. Ester Point is near Cassville, W...

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