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Interior of Dealership

Date: 06 19 1924
Description: Interior view of a dealership. Agricultural implements are displayed on the floor. On the left is a counter and a floor scale, and on the right are three c...
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Cotton Picking Machine

Date: 05 17 1916
Description: Men gathered outdoors around a cotton picking machine exhibited at the National Implement and Vehicle Association Meeting.
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Spreading Manure

Date: 09 1929
Description: A man is using a Farmall Regular tractor and manure spreader to spread manure across a pasture at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Refilling a Silo

Date: 02 22 1927
Description: Two men are refilling a silo using a silo filler at the IHC Experimental Farm.
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Spreading Lime in Alfalfa Field

Date: 09 1929
Description: View from rear of a man using a Farmall tractor and a McCormick-Deering lime sower to fertilize an alfalfa field at International Harvester's Hinsdale expe...
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Tractor Drawn Reaper (Experimental Machine)

Date: 1920
Description: Tractor Drawn Reaper in field.
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Farmall Tractor with Endgate Spreader

Date: 09 1927
Description: A man standing in an endgate lime spreader is using a shovel to spread lime onto a field at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The sprea...
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Manure Spreader with Lime Spreader Attachment

Date: 08 1930
Description: A man is driving a team of two horses across a field that are pulling a McCormick-Deering manure spreader with a lime spreader attachment at International ...
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Poor Drainage in Field

Date: 1920
Description: A man is operating an International 8-16 tractor around a wet area in a field at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. On the right is a tr...
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Twine Scales at Hamilton Works

Date: 05 12 1933
Description: Bundles of twine (fibre) piled on hanging scales are weighed at International Harvester's Hamilton Works factory.
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Man Adjusting 10-20 Tractor

Date: 05 1926
Description: A man is adjusting the hitch of a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor with a hook while working in a field at International Harvester's experimental farm.
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Experimental Tractor

Date: 1896
Description: 40 H.P. experimental tractor. Original caption reads: "40 H.P., Built in 1896."
Book or Pamphlet

Aultman, Miller and Company Advertising Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for Aultman, Miller and Company, manufacturers of agricultural equipment. Features a chromolithograph of a woman sit...
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Student Testing Corn

Date: 1917
Description: A boy at Mount Prospect High School testing corn as part of the Cook County School Home Project.
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Harvester Machine Shop Display

Date: 1946
Description: "Machine Shop" in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.
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Group of Men and Boys Harvesting Seed Corn

Date: 10 04 1916
Description: Superintendent K.C. James, Club Leader Walter Cowan, and County Agent, R.A. Chitty, checking upon the ears selected by the boys.
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Speck's Cotton Picker

Date: 1927
Description: Front view of "Speck's cotton picker," taken for International Harvester's Engineering Department.
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International Harvester Farm Exhibit

Date: 06 1975
Description: Children examine a trailing plow at the Museum of Science and Industry's International Harvester exhibit.
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Ear Test for Ears of Corn

Date: 1916
Description: Group of men working inside a large room with samples of corn. Original caption: "Several hundred bushels were given six kernels every ear test, the averag...
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Experimental Orchard Disk Harrow

Date: 01 10 1924
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of an orchard disk harrow (exp) set up on a wood floor in front of a backdrop.

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