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Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Print

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ...
Photograph

Testing Spring Teeth at Osborne Works

Date: 03 18 1913
Description: Factory workers testing newly manufactured harrow spring teeth at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Compan...
Photograph

Deering Works Machine Shop

Date: 05 20 1911
Description: Two workers in the "drop hammer malleable foundry" at International Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was owned by the Deering Harvester Company befor...
Photograph

International Harvester Employee in Wood Shop

Date: 02 06 1911
Description: Older worker standing in front of carts loaded with wood in an International Harvester factory (most likely Osborne Works).
Photograph

Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Workers in the metal finishing room at the McCormick Reaper Works. In 1902 the factory became part of the International Harvester Company.
Photograph

Nurse Bandaging Worker's Arm

Date: 10 12 1914
Description: View of a nurse applying a bandage to the arm of a worker at an International Harvester factory (possibly Osborne Works in Auburn, NY).
Poster

Champion Harvesting Machines Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising poster for Champion brand agricultural machines, manufactured by Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company. The main illustration depicts a salesma...
Photograph

Greasing Wheel at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1919
Description: A factory worker applying grease to a wagon wheel at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works.
Photograph

Factory Worker at Osborne Works

Date: 09 1908
Description: Factory worker sawing a large piece of lumber at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as "Auburn Works"). The belt-driven machinery is alon...
Photograph

Men at Forge at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Men working with hot metal in what appears to be a forge at the McCormick Reaper Works factory.
Photograph

McCormick Works Employee

Date: 03 31 1919
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors in front of a building. He is wearing eyeglasses, and overalls over a shirt, vest and necktie.
Photograph

"Macedonian" Foundryman

Date: 1910
Description: Portrait of a "Macedonian" foundryman at an International Harvester factory - probably Hamilton Works - in Ontario, Canada.
Photograph

Hungarian Workman

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length portrait of a "Hungarian" factory worker at International Harvester's Hamilton Works in Ontario, Canada.
Photograph

Testing an 1831 Reaper Replica

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
Photograph

Weighing a Bale of Sisal Fiber

Date: 1949
Description: A worker carefully weighs a bale of sisal fiber, possibly at an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Weighing the bale of s...
Photograph

Men with Cream Separator

Date: 1925
Description: A man is emptying a pail into a Number 4 electric cream separator in a shed on the farm of John Doanan. Mr. Doanan is standing with a pail in the foregroun...
Photograph

Men with Cows and Cream Separator

Date: 08 18 1922
Description: Two men are standing and holding a bull and a cow on the farm of Jerry Bacon. An International Harvester cream separator is between the men, and a barn is ...
Photograph

Man using Cream Separator

Date: 1925
Description: A man is turning the crank of a McCormick Primrose cream separator.
Photograph

Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of men working in the metal finishing room of the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Metal parts are stacked on the floor and the room is suppor...

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