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McCormick-Deering Calendar

Date: 1920
Description: Promotional circular showing the color illustration for a forthcoming farm implement line calendar. Illustration is an artistic rendering of a young woman ...
Photograph

International "Red Baby" Truck Leaving Rural Farmstead

Date: 1923
Description: International "Red Baby" (model S) truck loaded with binder twine(?) and a stationary engine leaving a rural farmstead. In the background a woman holding a...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Calendar

Date: 1921
Description: Advertising calendar for McCormick-Deering Line Farm Machines featuring an illustration of a woman clutching letters by a mailbox surrounded by a picturesq...
Photograph

"Red Baby" Truck Carrying "One Minute" Washers

Date: 1924
Description: Curt Moore selling "one minute" washing machines to a farmer's wife. The washing machines are loaded in the back of an International "Red Baby" truck. The...
Book or Pamphlet

Dairymaid Cream Separators Catalog Cover

Date: 1910
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Dairymaid cream separators sold by International Harvester. Features a silhouette of a woman standing in the doorway of...
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester Hay Presses Catalog Cover

Date: 1912
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester hay presses. The cover features an illustration of a young woman dressed in a light blue ...
Photograph

Farm Scene with Grain Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Farm scene including a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder, people, a farmhouse, and a barn.
Photograph

Constable Rube J. Holcombe

Date: 07 1913
Description: Constable Rube J. Holcombe posing for a photograph while smoking a cigar.
Photograph

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; ...
Photograph

Muriel Thomas on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Muriel Thomas of Sperry, Idaho, uses a Farmall H tractor to stack hay outside of a barn. Ms. Thomas may have taken part in International Harvester's wartim...
Photograph

"Tractorettes" with Instructor

Date: 1942
Description: "Tractorettes" pose with their instructor, McCormick-Deering salesmen Robert L. McCaffrey, on a Farmall H tractor.
Photograph

Spreading Sisal Fiber in Cuba

Date: 1949
Description: Female workers wearing straw hats spread fiber out to dry at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Native women are...
Photograph

Victory Garden Illustration

Date: 1943
Description: Uncle Sam stands in the foreground of an illustration promoting victory gardens and shakes the hand of a farmer with a hoe in his hand. Three women work in...
Photograph

Woman Milking Cow

Date: 1939
Description: Mrs. Harvey Schmidt sits on a stool in a barn to milk a cow by hand.
Photograph

Engine Powered Silo Filler

Date: 1915
Description: Men using a stationary engine to power a silo filler. Two men are loading the silo filler while another man is standing in a horse-drawn wagon. Another man...
Photograph

Group of Men Watching Man Plow with Mogul 8-16 Tractor

Date: 1916
Description: Group of men watching as a man plows with a Mogul 8-16 tractor. Women and children stand on the left in the background. The event may be a demonstration.
Photograph

Woman with Egg Basket

Date: 1921
Description: A woman wearing a fringed shawl is standing in the doorway of a barn holding a basket of eggs.
Photograph

Group at Alabama Barbecue Pit

Date: 02 22 1915
Description: A group of men, women, and children gathered around an outdoor barbecue pit as meat roasts. The barbecue took place at Louis Frank Sessions' farm during a ...
Photograph

IH Demonstration Farm House

Date: 1924
Description: View from road of several people standing on the porch of an IH demonstration farmhouse. A barn is in the background on the right, with a painted sign on ...
Photograph

Woman with Parasol on Front Lawn of Farmhouse

Date: 1925
Description: View of a woman posing holding a parasol while sitting on the front lawn of a farmhouse on an International Harvester demonstration farm. Other people are ...

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