Photograph
Machinery on Display at "100 Years in Chicago"
| Tractors and farm equipment on display at International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration at Soldier Field. Original caption reads: "Partial view of some of the 275 tractors and machinery on display at International Harvester's '100 Years in Chicago' exhibition, with the International TD-9 Diesel Crawler Tractor in the center, foreground. This outdoor machine area is part of the 8-acre site at the south end of Soldier Field in which the company is holding its 100th anniversary observance of the establishment in 1847 of Cyrus Hall McCormick's first Chicago reaper plant. At left is a portion of the Progress of Agriculture tent and in the center background is Anniversary Theater, seating 6,000 people, in which lectures, demonstrations, and variety entertainment are held. Two other tents contain historical and educational displays." |
| Image ID: | 59366 |
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| Creation Date: | 1947 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Chicago |
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| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company photo albums, circa 1899-1965 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 7Z, Album 735, Box 305, pg. 127 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| See also Image ID: 141981 |
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