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Demonstration for Alfalfa Planting

Date: 1913
Description: Men seated near public speaker demonstrating proper cultivation of alfalfa. Original caption reads: "This scene was taken during the Alfalfa Campaign in Du...
Photograph

Agricultural Extension Short Course Crew

Date: 12 1930
Description: International Harvester Short Course Crew posing outdoors with a campaign truck. Those posing include crew members L.A. Hawkins, G.M. Johnson, L.R. Davis a...
Photograph

Agricultural Extension Lecturer at Meeting

Date: 1913
Description: International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department employee W.R. Baughman talking to a small meeting in Dupage County during the Alfalfa Campaign. A...
Poster

International Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1976
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks featuring an illustration of a bulldog and the text "down, boy." The poster is a refutation of a competitor's a...
Photograph

Farmers Unloading Metal for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Farmers unload scrap metal onto a large pile as part of a wartime scrap drive.
Photograph

Campaign Meeting

Date: 03 13 1915
Description: Judge Chamberlain standing near a visual aid which reads: "Agricultural Lecture Charts; Diversified Farming for Alabama," while presenting to a group of me...
Photograph

Group Standing near Locomotive

Date: 1917
Description: Large group of men, including railway workers, standing beside a locomotive. Original caption reads: "U.P. Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign. Farm pre...
Poster

The 1926 Balloon Race is Over

Date: 1926
Description: Poster showing a graphic illustration of sales figures for Primrose cream separators by district and bearing the text: "Help Make 1927 Our Biggest Primrose...
Photograph

Diversified Farming Campaign

Date: 03 08 1915
Description: A group of men and women standing outside the New Home School to listen as Professor Clark is speaking on the subject of diversified farming. He uses a poi...
Photograph

Farmall Cub Tractor with Mid-Century Placards

Date: 1950
Description: McCormick Farmall Cub tractor with "Mid-Century Promotion" advertising placards on hood and wheels. Similar placards were used on the limited edition White...
Map or Atlas

Agricultural Extension Map

Date: 1917
Description: United States map showing co-operative field work of the Agricultural Extension Department of the International Harvester Company from January of 1913 to J...
Poster

International Harvester Refrigeration Advertisement

Date: 1953
Description: International Harvester Decorator Refrigerator advertisement featured in the Saturday Evening Post, Better Homes and Gardens, and Ladies' ...
Photograph

Group of People at Alfalfa Campaign Talk

Date: 
Description: Group of men, women and children gather outside around a man lecturing about growing alfalfa.
Poster

Poster Promoting Magazine Advertising

Date: 1935
Description: Poster or display board designed to convince International truck dealers of the value of advertising in popular magazines such as "Colliers, The Saturday E...
Photograph

"Jewel" Stove

Date: 08 1927
Description: "Jewel" brand stove inside a farmhouse kitchen. The original caption reads: "Stove for patch work in making faked pictures."
Photograph

Boy Scouts and Troop Leader

Date: 1917
Description: Group of Boy Scouts standing outdoors in uniform with a troop leader and an American flag. Original caption reads: "Union Pacific Nebraska Preparedness Spe...
Photograph

Men Pull Maxwell Automobile on Muddy Road

Date: 02 21 1915
Description: Three men pulling a Maxwell Model 25 touring automobile through a muddy road. Original caption reads: "On the road from Union Springs, and Tuskeegee, Ala.,...
Photograph

Cows Love Alfalfa

Date: 1913
Description: Professor Holden standing near a road and feeding alfalfa to cows over a fence. The cows are running on splendid blue-grass pasture, but they are eager for...
Photograph

Automobiles Parked Along Rural Road

Date: 1918
Description: Automobiles, including a Ford runabout, parked along a rural dirt road for an International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department short course and ma...
Photograph

Imminent Head-On Collision on Rural Road

Date: 07 1927
Description: A staged scene showing a car passing a truck while another car is coming the other way. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural...

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