Photograph
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Dealership
| View across street of dealership or agency building of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Two men stand outside the storefront at two entrances. There are signs advertising mowers, binders, harvesters and twine. The man on the left may be the general agent, Frank Culbertson. |
| Image ID: | 88416 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1898 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Cleveland (?) |
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| State: | Ohio |
| Collection Name: | Glass negative series, circa 1900-1939 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | Box 18, IHAA-0842 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| The name "Frank Culbertson" appears on the dealership window. According to company publications, Culbertson was hired by the McCormick Company as a Collections Manager at the Cincinnati branch house in 1892. In 1898, he became a McCormick general agent at Cleveland, Ohio. He later moved to Chicago and joined International Harvester management (see "Harvester World," April-May 1926, pg.15; "Harvester World," May 1912, pg.20). |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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