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French Battery and Carbon Company

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior view of the French Battery and Carbon Company office building.
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Advertising Poster for International Harvester Films

Date: 1926
Description: Advertising poster for motion pictures [movies] shown "free to farmers and their families." Bears the text: "A Visit to a Modern Tractor Plant; The Making ...
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Office Environment

Date: 1926
Description: A businessman and his secretary at the desk in his office.
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Workers Assembling Mowers at McCormick Works

Date: 11 10 1926
Description: Workers, including some African Americans, assembling mower gear housings along an assembly line at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory ...
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Farmers Shelling Corn with Farmall Tractor

Date: 12 02 1926
Description: Two farmers shelling corn with a belt-driven McCormick corn sheller powered by a Farmall Regular tractor. Also in the farm yard are a McCormick-Deering wag...
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Farmers Feeding Corn into Ensilage Cutter

Date: 12 02 1926
Description: Two farmers feeding corn stalks into an International Harvester ensilage cutter. In the background is a McCormick-Deering tractor.
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"Chicago Tribune" Delivery Driver and Model "63" Motor Truck

Date: 09 25 1926
Description: The male driver of the International Harvester Model "63" motor truck, that has been converted for the delivery service of the "Chicago Tribune" Newspaper,...
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Farmer on a Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 09 20 1926
Description: Farmer on a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering manure spreader in front of farm buildings.
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IHC Executives at McCormick Works Public Event

Date: 12 15 1926
Description: Cyrus McCormick, Jr., Cyrus McCormick III, and other International Harvester executives stand near a replica of the original McCormick reaper as a crowd lo...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Manure Spreader Advertising Poster

Date: 1926
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick-Deering No. 1 and No. 2 manure spreaders. Includes a color illustration of a farmer using a horse-drawn manure spreade...
Poster

All-Steel Threshers Advertising Poster

Date: 1926
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering all-steel threshers. Includes a color illustration of a threshing operation.
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Combine on Hilly Terrain

Date: 09 09 1926
Description: Farmers harvesting with a combine on hilly terrain with a horse-drawn no. 7 Hillside combine on the farm of J.B. McMurray.
Poster

Indian International Harvester Engines Advertising Poster

Date: 1926
Description: Advertising poster for International engines. The poster was printed for use in India by the Herman Litho Company of Chicago. English text reads: "MacBeth ...
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Harvesting Grain on Farm Hillside

Date: 09 21 1926
Description: Farmers harvesting grain with horse-drawn McCormick-Deering no. 7 Hillside harvester-thresher (combine). The hillside machine incorporated a leveling devic...
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Harvesting Grain Along Farm Hillside

Date: 09 21 1926
Description: Farmers harvesting grain with a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering no. 7 Hillside harvester-thresher (combine). The hillside machine incorporated a leveling dev...
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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 04 03 1926
Description: Orpheum Theater construction, 216 State Street, looking north, with steam shovel and other equipment. Also shows Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 128 W. John...
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Man Straining Paint at Mautz Paint Company

Date: 03 03 1926
Description: Man straining paint into smaller cans at Mautz Painting Company.
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Cutting Grain

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Harvesting grain with horse-drawn machinery at Farm Colony, Wisconsin State Hospital for Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute), Highway 113.
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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 03 03 1926
Description: Orpheum Theater under construction, 216 State Street, looking west. Also shows Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 128 W. Johnson Street, Holy Redeemer Rectory,...
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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 03 03 1926
Description: Orpheum Theater, 216 State Street, under construction, looking east, showing the back sides of buildings along State Street.

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