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McCormick Auto-Mower at Paris Exposition

Date: 1900
Description: Man sitting in a McCormick Auto-Mower in front of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company building at the Paris Exposition in France. Several men, a woman...
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McCormick Auto-Mower in Paris

Date: 1900
Description: Man sitting in a McCormick Auto-Mower at or near the Paris Exposition in France. The Auto-Mower was an experimental gasoline-powered mowing machine. This i...
Poster

International Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1953
Description: Advertising poster for the Fast Hitch features a cartoon of men performing the "nationally famous Fast-Hitch square dance" on Farmall tractors. A photograp...
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World Food Fair

Date: 09 18 1967
Description: Ferris wheels and agricultural machinery are some of the things that attract fair-goers at the World Food Fair.
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Wisconsin State Fair Tractor Exhibit

Date: 09 12 1935
Description: A crowd of spectators looks at a McCormick Farmall tractor on display at the Wisconsin State Fair. The tractor is an F-12.
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F-12 Tractor at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Prototype(?) Farmall F-12 tractor on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair in Chicago.
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Agricultural Display

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Elevated view of a McCormick-Deering 10-20(?) tractor and a harvester-thresher (combine) on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Centur...
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Industrial Tractors at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: A McCormick-Deering industrial tractor and a TracTracTor (crawler tractor) on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress"...
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Corn Picker at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: McCormick-Deering Model 21 2-row corn picker mounted on a Farmall F-30 tractor in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world'...
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Interior of IH Building at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Tractors, agricultural machinery and trucks on display inside International Harvester's exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
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Cotton Picker on Display at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 03 1933
Description: Farmall tractor and mounted experimental cotton-picker on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. The c...
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Tractor Display at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 08 1933
Description: Two tractors on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. According to the sign next to the display, the ...
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I-12 Industrial Tractor at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 04 1934
Description: McCormick-Deering I-12 Industrial tractor on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
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Automotive Week Parade at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1933
Description: A woman driving an International Harvester tractor leads the Automotive Week parade down the "Avenue of Flags" at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
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Automotive Week Parade at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1933
Description: A group of spectators at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair watch an International Harvester tractor pull a Firestone float down the "Avenue of Flags...
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Woman on a Tractor for "A Century of Progress"

Date: 09 08 1933
Description: A woman is sitting on a tractor for the "A Century of Progress" world's fair, possibly in preparation for the Automotive Week parade.
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Native Americans and Harvester-Thresher at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 07 25 1933
Description: Native Americans in traditional dress test a harvester-thresher (combine) in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fai...
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Farmall Demonstration at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 07 18 1933
Description: Two men are operating Farmall tractors and implements at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. One tractor is pulling a disk harrow, and the other a cu...
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Miss Lillian Anderson at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 07 18 1933
Description: Lillian Anderson of Racine, Wisconsin, Queen of the "A Century of Progress" world's fair, posing near a tractor in the International Harvester exhibit.
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Lillian Anderson

Date: 06 30 1933
Description: Lillian Anderson of Racine, Wisconsin, Queen of the "A Century of Progress" world's fair, sitting behind the wheel of a Farmall F-12 tractor in the Interna...

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