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Titan 15-30 H.P. Tractor Pulling Three Grain Drills

Date: 1917
Description: Two farmers pulling three grain drills with an International 15-30 H.P. or Titan 12-25 tractor.
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Camera Crew Films Farmers Harvesting Corn

Date: 09 20 1928
Description: Camera crew from the Cloud County Farm Bureau filming farmers harvesting corn with a Farmall tractor. An International truck used by the crew is parked to ...
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Blue Ribbon Rebuilt Tractors

Date: 12 29 1938
Description: Two service technicians inspecting parts from a disassembled Farmall tractor. The men are taking part in International Harvester's blue ribbon rebuilt trac...
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Farm Wife Brings Lunch to Her Husband in the Field

Date: 1970
Description: Ingrid Bengtson bringing lunch to the field to help her husband, Norman, get the planting done faster. They are having lunch on top of the McCormick Intern...
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McCormick-Deering No. 41 Harvester-Thresher in Field

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view of a McCormick-Deering No. 41 harvester-thresher (combine) hitched to a tractor in a field. Original caption reads: "While the no. 41 is not ...
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Service Shop of International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1930
Description: Mechanic working on a tractor in the service station at T.A. Rhudy and Son, an International Harvester farm equipment and truck dealership.
Painting

12th Wisconsin in Topeka

Date: 05 1862
Description: Topeka, Kansas, when the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers came marching through the town on their way to Fort Riley, May 1863. Watercolor by John Gaddis of E Com...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Giant Corn Cob

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of two men riding a giant ear of corn resting on a large, flatbed horse-drawn cart. The driver is standing on the corn, preparing to whip the ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Showing Off the Corn

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a man, wearing a bow tie and straw boater hat, sitting on top of a giant ear of corn. A crowd of onlookers gather around the man, suggestin...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Onion Mound

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of several farmers working to lift a giant onion onto the flatbed horse-drawn cart. Beside them is a giant mound of onions with a ladder leani...
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Two Men Talking at Tractor Exhibit

Date: 1915
Description: Two men standing near a display tent at a tractor exhibition. One man appears to be talking animatedly while the other listens.
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Comanche Implement Company

Date: 10 28 1924
Description: Interior view of the Comanche Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. A stationary engine is on the floor.
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Farmhouse and Outbuildings

Date: 1921
Description: Farmhouse and outbuildings in the distance. A road is in the foreground.
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Kansas State Agricultural College Workshop

Date: 01 1921
Description: Groups of students work on tractors, including a Titan 10-20, at the Kansas State Agricultural College. Two men (professors?) watch and take notes while st...
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Kansas State Agricultural College Students Working

Date: 01 1921
Description: Three groups of male students working on three different tractors outdoors, including a Titan 10-20, while two men (professors?) look on at the Kansas Stat...
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Kansas State Agricultural College Traction Engine Laboratory

Date: 01 1921
Description: Students working on tractors outdoors, including the Titan 10-20, while two men (professors?) look on at the Kansas State Agricultural College Traction Eng...
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IH Historical Exhibit at Wheat Show

Date: 1922
Description: International Harvester historical exhibit at the "Wheat Show," including an "early American wood moldboard plow" and "Old No. 13," the "first" Internation...
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IH Historical Exhibit at Wheat Show

Date: 09 1922
Description: A cradle, model truck, International 8-16 tractor and several informational posters on display at the "Wheat Show," a "historical exhibit furnished by Inte...
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Wichita State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A crowd gathers underneath a tent near an International Harvester sign and farm machines at the Kansas State Fair. The sign on the building in the backgrou...
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Louis Bertrand

Date: 1930
Description: Mr. Louis Bertrand, operator of twelve McCormick tractors and twelve No. 11 harvester-threshers, poses for a photograph.

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