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Employee Receiving Paycheck

Date: 1945
Description: Lorraine Gray collecting her pay in cash at the paymaster's office at the RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac) plant, a division of Ray-O-Vac located in the 1400 ...
Poster

Employee "Education" Sign or Poster

Date: 1921
Description: International Harvester sign reading: "Make Your Dollar Buy a Dollar's Worth Before Buying." The sign was intended to encourage thrift among company employ...
Poster

Profit Sharing Plan Advertisement

Date: 1921
Description: Sign informing International Harvester employees about the company's "Profit Sharing Plan." The sign reads: "Profit Sharing Plan; Are You Saving and Sharin...
Photograph

Payday at Truck

Date: 01 20 1927
Description: A group of men line up for their pay at an armored International Model 63 truck used by the City of New York Department of Finance. The truck is guarded by...
Photograph

Payday for Field Workers on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: A manager pays a field worker on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Mr. Monroe paying the field workers."
Photograph

Workers in Line to Receive Pay on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: A line of workers forms in front of a table on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. The workers are waiting to collect their payroll checks...
Book or Pamphlet

Samson Tractor Brochure

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a brochure produced by Samson Tractor Company, a division of General Motors Corporation, to advertise the Samson "Iron Horse." The cover fea...
Print

Townsend Oil Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Townsend Oil Tractor featuring an illustration of a man using a telescope to watch another man rake in a pile of money. The headline ...
Print

Turner Manufacturing Company Guarantee

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Turner Manufacturing Company describing repair services for Turner tractors. The top of the advertisement features testimonials from ...
Print

Elgin Tractor

Date: 1918
Description: Advertising mailer for the Elgin tractor, featuring an illustration of a man using a tractor and disc harrow to plant coins marked with a dollar sign.
Book or Pamphlet

Frost and Wood Foldout Card — Inside

Date: 1898
Description: Inside of foldout card, featuring four color scenes. The top is for steel plows, corn cultivators, disk harrows and spring tooth cultivators with an illust...
Photograph

International Harvester Scout: Saving Pennies While it Carries Millions

Date: 06 02 1965
Description: International Harvester Scout. Original caption reads: "Saving Pennies while It Caries Millions. Photograph No. MX-10029-- A David doing work normally rese...
Photograph

Receipt for Mowing Machine Purchase

Date: 1900
Description: Receipt from city of Philadelphia for mowing machine purchase, for $200.00.
Photograph

Display of Commemorative Coins

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Description: Display of commemorative coins and medals.
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Display of Commemorative Coins

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Description: Display of commemorative coins and medals.
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Gisholt Workers Posing with Safety Sign

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Description: Workers posing outside a factory building at Gisholt Machine Company by a large sign for an employee contest that reads: "Safety Pays at Gisholt." The sign...
Photograph

Sales Safari

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Description: Drawing depicting a man wearing a suit and a safari hat crouching on the ground next to his briefcase, following the scent of an "Order" to dollar signs. T...
Photograph

Men Receiving Paychecks from Armored Trucks

Date: 01 20 1927
Description: Men receiving paychecks from armored trucks parked outdoors at an IH plant. Signs on the trucks read: "Department of Finance, City of New York." A police o...

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