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Filming of McCormick-Deering Tractor

Date: 1934
Description: Cameraman and sound operator from Paramount Sound News on top of a truck filming a demonstration of the McCormick-Deering O-12 radio-controlled tractor and...
Photograph

Radio Interview on Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: Floyd Sherrod, manager of the company's Memphis Branch, is interviewed by Walter Durham of WMC radio on a Farmall Cub tractor with disc plow. The interview...
Photograph

International Harvester Parade of Progress Fast Hitch Square Dance

Date: 1953
Description: Men in cowboy hats driving International Harvester tractors through an exhibition tent as part of the "Parade of Progress" at the Indiana State Fair as par...
Photograph

Men Planning for World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: International Harvester dealer Charles Landaal signs a pledge to help collect scrap as part of Governor Julius P. Heil's "MacArthur Week" scrap drive. Milw...
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...
Drawing

Winning Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: First place winning design in blue for a 3 cent Wisconsin centennial stamp, which features a farming theme, including a tractor with the word "Forward" on ...
Photograph

Harvester House

Date: 1947
Description: A female receptionist sits at a desk near a Farmall tractor in the entryway of "Harvester House" in Melbourne, Australia. Two large staircases are on the r...
Photograph

Outdoor Display at Dealership Headquarters

Date: 11 10 1927
Description: Signs nailed to trees advertise an assortment of agricultural equipment set up on outdoor display at the Schairer and Feyerherm farm machinery headquarters...
Photograph

Tractor with Winch or Hoisting Device

Date: 1929
Description: A man sits on a McCormick-Deering industrial tractor outfitted with a Shaffer's Bear Cat hoisting device at the International Petroleum Exposition.
Photograph

WPA Exhibit

Date: 1937
Description: Opening ceremonies for a Work Progress Administration (WPA) exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Thresher (Combine) on Film Set

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

Machinery on Display at "100 Years in Chicago"

Date: 1947
Description: Tractors and farm equipment on display at International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration at Soldier Field. Original caption reads: "Partial v...
Photograph

Showroom at Muscatine Imp. Co.

Date: 01 14 1929
Description: Tractors, plows, harrows and other farm equipment on display in the showroom of the Muscatine Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. Ban...
Photograph

Showroom at Morrison Implement Co.

Date: 1929
Description: A corn sheller, plow and disc harrows on display in the showroom of the Morrison Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. Posters and bann...
Photograph

Showroom of Morrison Implement Co.

Date: 1929
Description: Two men in the showroom of the Morrison Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. On display are tractors, plows, harrows, a stationary eng...
Print

La Crosse Happy Farmer Tractor with Captions

Date: 
Description: Front three-quarter view wash drawing of La Crosse Happy Farmer Tractor with captions pointing out features of the tractor.
Magazine or Periodical

Tractor Tilling Cartoon

Date: 07 1917
Description: Cartoon entitled :"A Hint to The Sceptic" featuring a conversation between a farmer and a mule, intended to entice farmers into trying Smith Form-a-Tractor...
Book or Pamphlet

Liberty Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising Liberty Tractors, featuring an illustration of the Statue of Liberty driving a tractor.
Print

Parrett Kerosene Burner

Date: 1915
Description: Diagram of the kerosene burner used in Parrett tractors. The caption beneath the drawing reads: "This illustrates the way the kerosene is burned in the PAR...
Photograph

IHC Tractor No. 2001

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of what appears to be an illustration of Tractor No. 2001.

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