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Chevrolet #10,000,021

Date: 11 23 1934
Description: Wisconsin Chevrolet officials celebrating a milestone in company history, the 23rd anniversary of the company. On that anniversary date this car was built ...
Photograph

Crowd in front of Praga Furniture Store

Date: 04 08 1931
Description: Crowd in front of Praga Furniture store, 203-207 King Street, at 1st Anniversary celebration. The Fess Hotel sign is along a doorway on the right.
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Pontiac Station Wagon Adorned for Chicago Parade

Date: 1951
Description: Pontiac Silver Streak station wagon decorated with a Wisconsin Steel Works banner parked along a curb before Chicago's East Side Centennial Parade.
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Neuss Works

Date: 1931
Description: International Harvester's Neuss Works in Neuss, Germany. A reproduction reaper and a sign in front of the building commemorate the one-hundred year anniver...
Print

Centennial of the McCormick Reaper

Date: 1931
Description: Advertisement for International Trucks announcing the Centennial of the McCormick Reaper ("reaper centennial"). Features an illustration of a truck on the ...
Photograph

Centennial Fair Preparations

Date: 08 1948
Description: Fair employees use a crane to position a version of the Forward statue that was the symbol of the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial Exposition and State Fair.
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Centennial Fair Preparations

Date: 08 1948
Description: Fair employees use a crane to complete the positioning of the "Forward" statue at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The grandstand can be seen in the ba...
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Blessed Martin House

Date: 04 22 1948
Description: Four women sewing a 'sleeping garment' at the Blessed Martin House, 746 West Washington Avenue, an interracial and interfaith center sponsored by Madison C...
Photograph

Dedicating a Plaque on Michigan Avenue Bridge

Date: 1947
Description: Two men are looking at a newly unveiled plaque commemorating International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. Original caption reads: "Fowler ...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvester Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1898
Description: Catalog cover with framed headline: "Forty Harvest Seasons 1858-1898." Features a styled design of stalks of wheat, poppy flowers, and a sickle.
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Drill Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1898
Description: Catalog cover with an illustration behind the company name of a stylized dragon dangling a chain with a disc that reads: "49th Year." The dates 1849 and 18...
Book or Pamphlet

Walter A. Wood Catalog Cover

Date: 1902
Description: Front cover of 50th year catalog for the Walter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Company. The cover has gold ink on a gray background. The illustration a...
Photograph

Coin for Centennial of the Reaper

Date: 1931
Description: Coin for the centennial of the reaper 1831-1931.
Photograph

Group Portrait of People at Ribbon Cutting

Date: 1979
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a group of men and women at a ribbon cutting at product show at the 20 year anniversary of the Engineering Center.
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Fowler McCormick Welcoming Mayor Martin Kennelly to "100 Years in Chicago" Exposition

Date: 1947
Description: Typewritten text with photograph reads: "Fowler McCormick, Chairman of the Board of International Harvester Company, welcomes Mayor Martin Kennelly immedia...

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