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Photograph

Model of Men Working with Farm Equipment

Date: 1932
Description: A model or diorama depicting farmers with a Farmall tractor, truck, harvester-thresher (combine) and a horse in a field. The display was likely part of Int...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Thresher Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Poster advertising all-steel threshers, featuring a color illustration of the machine in use. Also included is an illustration showing both faces of the Mc...
Poster

Spanish-Language McCormick Advertising Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Spanish-language poster intended for use in South America advertising the McCormick Number 10 harvester-thresher (combine). The poster features several col...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Corn Picker Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering corn pickers, featuring a photograph of a man operating a Farmall M tractor and a corn picker. Also ...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering No.4 Stalk Cutter Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering stalk cutters featuring two photographs of a stalk cutter pulled by a Farmall H tractor. Includes th...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Tractor Mower Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering tractor mowers. Features two photographs of farmers pulling mowers with Farmall tractors. Original c...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for tillage tools, featuring a photo of a man in a field with a Farmall M tractor and a disk harrow. Also includes the text...
Book or Pamphlet

Short Turn Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1918
Description: Front cover of an advertising booklet produced by the Short Turn Tractor Company. The cover features a photograph of a tractor completing work in a field, ...
Print

Waring Tractor-Cultivator Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Page of a mailer produced by the Smith-Waring Corporation of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to advertise the Waring tractor-cultivator. The advertisement feature...
Book or Pamphlet

Moline Power Mower No. 4

Date: 1918
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Moline Number 4 mower. The pamphlet features a photograph of a man using the mower in a field.
Book or Pamphlet

Moline-Universal Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Interior pages of a pamphlet advertising the Moline-Universal tractor, featuring photographs of men using the equipment in farm fields in different states ...
Print

Kardell Utility Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Kardell Utility tractor featuring a color illustration of the tractor along with illustrations of the equipment being used for cultiv...
Book or Pamphlet

Motor Cultivation

Date: 1920
Description: Interior pages of a pamphlet advertising the Parrett tractor titled: "The Need for Motor Cultivation." The pamphlet features three photographs of the tract...
Photograph

Twin City 12-20 Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Twin City 12-20 tractor featuring six photographs of the machine at work in farm fields along with the caption: "Utility, Performance...
Print

John Deere Branch Houses

Date: 1928
Description: Back cover of a booklet advertising the John Deere Waterloo Boy tractor with a listing of John Deere branch houses. The John Deere trademark is at lower ri...
Book or Pamphlet

Allis-Chalmers General Purpose Farm Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising: "A Real General Purpose Farm Tractor." The illustration shows a man using a tractor to work in a farm field with bar...
Print

Crops of Peas and Rye

Date: 07 1897
Description: Promotional card depicting the prosperous farming in northern Wisconsin.

Caption: "Here is shown a mixed crop of peas and rye, the clover in the foregrou...

Print

Corn Crops

Date: 1895
Description: The front (top) and back (bottom) of a promotional card advertising land in northern Wisconsin. The image on the front of the card shows a man holding up a...
Print

GMC Samson Tractor

Date: 1918
Description: Back cover of a booklet advertising the GMC Samson tractor with "sieve-grip." The photograph depicts two men using a Samson tractor and a plow in a field.
Print

King Corn

Date: 1901
Description: Advertisement for the grand exhibition of the McCormick corn binder, endorsed by "King Corn." Features an illustration of a Native American man and a photo...

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