Photograph
Belle City Thresher
| A Belle City Manufactory Co. thresher sits in what may be a factory, possibly the McCormick Works. In the background is what appears to be a supply shelf and a door blocked by a light-colored curtain. |
| Image ID: | 94723 |
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| Creation Date: | 03 1907 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Chicago (?) |
| County: | |
| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | Glass negative series, circa 1900-1939 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | Box 86, IHMC-0633 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| International Harvester began selling threshers under the Belle City name in 1909. The side of this thresher reads: "BELLE CITY MANUFACTURING CO. RACINE WIS.". The top left of the machine reads: "BELLE CITY". To the right on the back of the machine is a list of patent dates reading: "PATENTED DEC. 27(?), 1892 MAR. 2(?), 1893 JAN. 29(?), 1901 DEC. 22, 1902(?) FEB. 9(?), 1904 and the number "4420". |
| Agricultural machinery |
| Threshing |
| Factories |
| Indoor photography |
| Signs and symbols |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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