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"Prospy" Greeting Card from Russia
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Russian greeting card, with a cut-out front, of the IHC logo and evergreen branches with pine cones. Inside the tri-folded card is an image of "Prospy" flying a plane and distributing leaflets over a house in a wintry countryside.
1913
International Harvester Company
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W012TT6
WHi 84989
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Russian Envelope for "Prospy" Greeting Card
1913
Envelope with the IHC logo and a tree decorated with candles. This envelope was intended for use with a Russian Christmas card.
Prosperity Postcard
1909
Postcard distributed by International Harvester Co. showing a color illustration of a a little man with a corn cob body, a shield in the shape of the International Harvester logo, and a spear made ...
International Model E Truck with "Prospy"
1915
International Model E truck adorned with American flags, International Harvester pennants and a display of "Prosperity" or "Prospy" for short. "Prospy", the small statue atop the truck, has a body ...
International Harvester "Prospy" Advertising Poster
1909
Advertising poster showing a little man with a corn cob body, a shield in the shape of the International Harvester logo, and a spear made of a stalk of grain. The figure - named "Prosperity," or "P...
Russian McCormick Advertisement
1912
Front cover of a Russian booklet advertising McCormick agricultural machinery. The cover features an illustration of a woman and child standing in front of a shaft of wheat. Cyrillic text is below....
Russian Champion Catalog Cover
1912
Cover of a Champion farm equipment catalog written in Russian, with a color illustration of a farmer using a horse-drawn grain binder in a field. A windmill is in the distance.
