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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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Westward the Star of Empire Takes its Way

Date: 1886
Description: Advertisement for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad featuring an illustration of Uncle Sam stretched from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean....
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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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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...
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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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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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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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KFH Barn Dance at Kansas State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A crowd gathers outside a barn advertising the "KFH Barn Dance" at the Kansas State Fair. A sign on the barn reads: "Radio Station KFH; 1330 On Your Dial; ...
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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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McCormick-Deering Service Station

Date: 1930
Description: Mr. C.R. Williams stands next to a tractor at the C.R. Williams McCormick-Deering Service Station and dealership.
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IH Dealership at Westfall Kansas

Date: 1930
Description: A man works on a tractor in the doorway of the Farmers Grain and Elevator Company, an International Harvester dealership and service station.
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International Truck Loaded with Watermelons

Date: 10 07 1938
Description: Slightly elevated view of two men loading watermelons into the back of an International D-35 truck owned by the the Redmon Grain Company. Signs advertising...
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Steffen's Truck

Date: 03 06 1935
Description: A man loads milk cans onto the back of an International truck used by Steffen's Ice Cream. Signs in the background read: "Steffen's Sunshine Dairy Products...
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Strike Kitchen

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Description: Strikers from the United Packinghouse Workers union in Topeka taking a coffee break from their picketing. The strikers were employees of the Hill Packing C...
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Kansas International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1942
Description: Interior view of the Kraft & Starr Company, an International Harvester dealership. There is a table of parts, gumball machines, and advertising posters for...
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Fifth Avenue Street Scene

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Description: Fifth Avenue with horse-drawn carts, automobiles and pedestrians crowding the broad street. Grill of vehicle in center reads: "Buick." Sign on left side of...
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street with overhead sign reading "Welcome Garden City" sign. Text on buildings reads: "E.J. Pyle Real Estate" and "F. Finnup. Hardware." Ci...
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Broadway Street Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Intersection of unpaved street with horse-drawn carts and storefronts. Business signs read: "Citizens Bank" "Gleissner Druggist" and "Abilene National Bank...
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Street Scene

Date: 1905
Description: Street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts, an electric cable car and pedestrians. Electric power lines hang over the street. Business signs read: "F...

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