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Poster

Chattanooga Plow Advertising Poster

Date: 1929
Description: South American advertising poster for Chattanooga brand plows distributed by the International Harvester Export Company. Shows a color illustration of a C...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Mexico

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard of farmers operating grain binders in Mexico. Includes a color illustration of two grain binders pulled by oxen or cattle. Original caption reads:...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Romania

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard featuring a color illustration of men in suits and farm laborers in a field next to a grain binder drawn by four oxen. Original caption reads: "Ro...
Photograph

Women and Children in Field with Walking Plow

Date: 02 22 1915
Description: Two women and two young girls in a field with an ox-driven walking plow. Original caption reads: "This picture was not taken in Egypt nor India nor Africa ...
Book or Pamphlet

Case Centennial Plow Brochure

Date: 1937
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising the Case Centennial Plow. The brochure is titled "Plows on Parade" and tells the history of the steel plow business t...
Magazine or Periodical

Case Centennial Magazine Advertisement

Date: 1942
Description: Magazine advertisement celebrating the centennial of J.I. Case Co. of Racine, Wisconsin. Features a photograph of a contemporary tractor pulling a modern p...
Magazine or Periodical

Case Centennial Magazine Advertisement

Date: 1942
Description: Magazine advertisement celebrating the centennial of J. I. Case Co. of Racine, Wisconsin. Features a photograph of man baling hay using contemporary tracto...
Photograph

Double Yoke of Oxen Pulling Wagon

Date: 02 09 1915
Description: A double yoke of oxen are pulling an empty wagon down the road while a group of people is looking on in the background. There is a stream of water going th...
Photograph

Woman Operating McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A woman wearing a dress and hat is operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two oxen through a field. Well-dressed men, women and a young child look on...
Photograph

Harvesting with McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Men use a McCormick grain binder to harvest a crop on a hill overlooking a valley. Town buildings are on a hill in the far background. Two women and two ch...
Poster

P&O Plow Poster

Date: 1920
Description: Poster for use in the Philippines advertising the McCormick-Deering P&O plow. The poster features an illustration of a plow beneath a tree in the foregroun...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Roumania

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of men in suits and farm laborers in a field next to a grain binder ...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — France

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a harvesting scene: a grain binder pulled by ox in the fields of ...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — France

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of harvesting scene: a grain binder pulled by ox the the fields of F...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Mexico

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a harvesting scene: four people in the fields of Mexico operating...
Photograph

Harvesting Scene in Italy

Date: 1915
Description: Harvesting scene taking place in Italy featuring oxen-drawn machinery and a group of men near trees.
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Book or Pamphlet

Emerson Manufacturing Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1901
Description: Forty-ninth annual catalog cover featuring an orange and blue illustration, over a gray background, of two yoked oxen. Directly behind the oxen a man weari...
Photograph

Jacob Plow

Date: 1910
Description: From Carrie's journal from Palestine: "There were many terraced hills, covered with olive orchards. Men, women and children were gathering the olives, clim...
Photograph

Men with Horse-Drawn Corn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: View across cornfield of large group portrait of men and children posing with horse-drawn vehicles, including wagons and binders. A few men are standing ne...

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