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Young Boy on Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: Young boy on McCormick-Deering Farmall Cub tractor at Indianapolis branch Cub demonstration.
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Children with Lecturer

Date: 1924
Description: At Louisiana State University, an instructor lectures a group of children on agriculture using charts prepared by International Harvester Company. The lect...
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Moving Pictures at Inter-County Fair

Date: 1905
Description: A crowd, including Evaline, Nellie and Harriet Bennett, looking at large banner advertisements for moving pictures. Moving picture subjects include fire fi...
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Inter-County Fair Attraction

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Description: A crowd is standing in front of a tent advertised as the "Temple of Music."
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Circus Workers Giving Elephants a Drink

Date: 08 05 1927
Description: Two circus workers standing next to a water wagon pulled by a McCormick-Deering tractor. The men are providing water for three elephants outside the tents ...
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Man at Chautauqua

Date: 1906
Description: A man in bow tie and suspenders sits in front of a small tent. Next to him is a rocking chair with a sign on it that says "Don't you see I'm Lonely." Writt...
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IHC Gas Engine Exhibit

Date: 1911
Description: Exhibit tent featuring International Harvester's gasoline engines. Men and women are milling around the tent. One woman is sitting in an International Auto...
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Osborne Wagon Exhibition

Date: 09 1910
Description: Crowd gathered under a tent to view the new line of Osborne wagons at International Harvester's Osborne Division exhibit at the New York State Fair, Septem...
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Civil War Soldiers

Date: 1863
Description: The men in this tintype image were among 500 soldiers taken prisoner at Brentwood on March 25, 1863 and sent to Richmond. They were exchanged for Confedera...
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Radio-Operated Farmall F-30 Tractor at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1931
Description: Attendant posing with a radio-operated Farmall F-30 tractor at the Indiana State Fair.
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Crowd at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1931
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large crowd gathered around two men handing out souvenir International Harvester yardsticks at the Indiana State Fair.
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International Harvester Parade of Progress Fast Hitch Square Dance

Date: 1953
Description: Men in cowboy hats driving International Harvester tractors through an exhibition tent as part of the "Parade of Progress" at the Indiana State Fair as par...
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Ringling Brothers Circus Wagons

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Description: Elevated view of Ringling Brothers circus wagons, horses, and tents, with the Chicago skyline in the background.
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Gosling's Display at W.S.B.M. Festival

Date: 09 05 1943
Description: Gosling's Sales and Service display at West Side Business Men's Association harvest festival featuring coffee grinders, meat grinders and Holcomb & Hoke Ma...
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Fuller and Johnson Co. Booth

Date: 07 07 1934
Description: Inside the Fuller and Johnson Co. tent at the Outdoor Expo, rustic scene featuring 4 Caille outboard motors. "Caille the only outboards with gear shift con...
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Madison Roofing Company Booth

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: A man standing in the Madison Roofing Company booth at the Dane County Fair displaying various samples of roofing materials.
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Silent Glow Oil Burner Booth

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: Sales personnel pose in the Silent Glow oil burner booth with an oil burning kitchen stove, furnaces, and portable styles of oil burners at the Dane Count...
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Pyrofax Gas Appliances Booth

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: Two salesmen posing in the Pyrofax gas appliance booth at the Dane County Fair.
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Cole Brothers Side Show

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Description: A crowd of circus goers gathers outside the tent of the Cole Brothers Combined Side Shows, with acts announced by a barker standing on a platform.
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Norris & Rowe Circus at Vancouver, B.C., Canada

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Description: An overview of the Norris & Rowe Circus setup on tour in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. The show toured Canada and Mexico and played to packed houses.

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