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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...
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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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International Harvester Movie Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Advertising poster for a film produced by the International Harvester Company about "how the American farmer throws off the shackles of Old Man Work by put...
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International Harvester Movie Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Advertising poster for a film produced by International Harvester in which "the tractor's constructive influence is symbolized in typical scenes - plowing,...
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International Harvester Movie Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Advertising poster for a film produced by International Harvester "showing in motion the dramatic events in the present-day Harvest Field." Includes the ti...
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International Harvester "Prospy" Advertising Poster

Date: 1909
Description: Advertising poster showing a little man with a corn cob body, a shield in the shape of the International Harvester logo, and a spear made of a stalk of gra...
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Frank Stockdale, The Mirthful Orator With A Message

Date: 1913
Description: International Harvester Service Bureau poster for speaker "Frank Stockdale, The Mirthful Orator With A Message."
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The Dawn of Plenty

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for speaker Frank Stockdale and his program: "An Illustrated Story, the Dawn of Plenty." The program is described as a "Vital Entertaini...
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The Dawn of Plenty

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for speaker Frank Stockdale and his program: "An Illustrated Story, the Dawn of Plenty." The program is described as a "Vital Entertaini...
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Farmall Poster

Date: 1929
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick-Deering Farmall. The poster reads: "If it isn't a McCORMICK-DEERING it isn't a FARMALL."
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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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Transtar Rose's Truck Stop Tour Advertising Poster

Date: 1975
Description: Advertising poster for Transtar Rose's truck stop tour "with her country music show." The show included International Transtar Eagle trucks and V-800 diese...
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International Harvester's Ideal Work Spirit

Date: 1916
Description: A poster or signboard titled: "The Right Spirit" depicting five examples of International Harvester employees engaging in recreational and voluntary activi...
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Canton Works Illustration

Date: 1919
Description: Chart or sign illustrating the "New Plow Works of the International Harvester Co. Canton, Illinois." The middle of the poster features an article titled "H...
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The Cheapest Farm Power

Date: 1932
Description: Poster for McCormick-Deering's Farmall agricultural machinery and implements, advertising them as "The Cheapest Farm Power." The poster also features illus...
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"Romance of the Reaper" Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Advertising poster for the "Romance of the Reaper" film for use in Australia. The poster features an illustration of Cyrus Hall McCormick building the firs...
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Poster of McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1901
Description: Left section of poster. Copy of graphic titled: "McCormick Reaper Works 1901" with a bird's-eye view of the factory. Inset photograph of the old blacksmith...
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Poster of McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Center of poster. Copy of graphic which reads: "Midnight at McCormick's" with a bird's-eye view of the factory.
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Poster of McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Right section of poster. Copy of graphic titled: "McCormick Reaper Works 1901" with a bird's-eye view of the factory.
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The Halls of Ivy

Date: 1954
Description: The poster features a photograph of Ronald Colman and Benita Hume, and text that reads: "International Harvester brings you The Halls of Ivy Starrin...

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