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Tobacco Field

Date: 08 24 1929
Description: A farmer is standing in a tobacco field, with crop ready to harvest. Farm buildings are in the background.
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State Street from 200 Block

Date: 1929
Description: State Street view looking toward the University of Wisconsin, with the 200 block in the foreground. The marquee for the Capitol Theatre reads "'Jealousy,' ...
Poster

International 15-30 Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1929
Description: Italian advertising poster showing an International 15-30 tractor pulling an implement up a steep grade. Milan, Italy. Printed by G. Ricordi & Co. Includes...
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...
Poster

Chattanooga 210 Plow Advertising Poster

Date: 1929
Description: South American advertising poster for the Chattanooga 210 reversible plow produced by the International Harvester Export Company. Rio de Janeiro and Sao Pa...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Fairway Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1929
Description: Advertising poster for the Farmall Regular version of the McCormick-Deering Fairway tractor. Includes photographs of the machine in use. The Fairway was de...
Print

Tracteurs Deering

Date: 1929
Description: Advertising folder for Deering 10-20 and 15-30 tractors, showing an Arab man in the foreground and tractors at work in the background. Printed for Algiers,...
Photograph

MG&E Office Building

Date: 05 26 1929
Description: The Madison Gas and Electric (MG&E) office building on the corner of North Fairchild and West Mifflin Streets. The Bedford limestone building was designed ...
Photograph

McCormick Horse-Drawn Grain Binder

Date: 07 09 1929
Description: Farmer W.A. Lindvall demonstrating a McCormick grain binder with three horses on his farm. The original caption reads in part: "Took moving pictures and st...
Photograph

Welding a Wheel at IHC Tractor Works

Date: 1929
Description: Worker welding a steel tractor wheel in a shower of sparks at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
Photograph

IHC Tractor Works Assembly Line

Date: 1929
Description: Workers installing the transmission in a crawler tractor chassis along an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Workers Attach Tractor Wheels at Tractor Works

Date: 1929
Description: Two factory workers attach the rear wheels to an industrial tractor frame on an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. Original caption ...
Photograph

Mechanic Working on Farmall Tractor

Date: 07 15 1929
Description: Mechanic inspecting a part from a Farmall tractor in a repair shop. A tool rack is in the background. The shop is likely part of an International Harvester...
Photograph

Workers Load Dirt into International Heavy-Duty Truck

Date: 1929
Description: Workers are looking on as a Bucyrus Erie excavating crane is loading dirt into the bed of an International heavy-duty dump truck.
Photograph

Mechanic Punches Time Clock at Service Station

Date: 02 15 1929
Description: Mechanic punching a ticket at a time clock for a service job at one of International Harvester's motor truck branch service stations. A poster warning of t...
Photograph

Mechanic Servicing International Truck

Date: 02 15 1929
Description: Mechanic with clipboard and trouble light examines the engine of an International truck used to deliver "Holsum" brand bread at an International Harvester ...
Photograph

Kohler Amphibian

Date: 1929
Description: A Loening Amphibian, one of three such airplanes in which the Kohler Aviation Company provided passenger service from Milwaukee across Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Alexander Legge

Date: 1929
Description: Portrait of Alexander Legge (1866-1933). Legge was president of International Harvester Company from 1922 to 1929. He was vice chairman of the War Industri...
Photograph

Alexander Legge

Date: 1929
Description: Alexander Legge (1866-1933) signing a statement titled "Quality and Costs" for an advertising poster. Legge was president of International Harvester Compan...
Photograph

International Motor Truck Mechanics

Date: 03 18 1929
Description: Mechanics lined up in front of an International truck outside the exit of an International motor truck dealership service department.

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