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Children with Lecturer

Date: 1924
Description: At Louisiana State University, an instructor lectures a group of children on agriculture using charts prepared by International Harvester Company. The lect...
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Small Town in Poor Farming Country

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Description: People assembled at storefront along the street of a small town in "poor farming country."
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Prosperous Town in Good Farming Country

Date: 07 1930
Description: Downtown Aurora, a "prosperous town in good farming country," seen from the street.
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Farm Boys Playing Basketball

Date: 1929
Description: Boys practicing for winter basketball games on the farm of Marcus Johnson.
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Rural School Health Parade and Festival

Date: 05 1928
Description: School children and teachers from Lemont township marching in a rural school festival parade. The children are dressed in white cloaks and hats bearing a m...
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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...
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Agricultural Extension Crew(?) Touring Iowa and Missouri

Date: 1913
Description: Group portrait of men, women and children posing for an impromptu portrait near a passenger train. The photograph was taken on a stop during an Internation...
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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...
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Man Delivers Lecture on Tuberculosis in front of Church

Date: 04 1924
Description: Man appearing to deliver a lecture on tuberculosis prepared by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The man is pointing to an "agri...
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Rural Crossroads

Date: 05 1928
Description: Desolate rural cross roads near Palos Park.
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Men Filling Automobile Gas Tank

Date: 08 1927
Description: Men filling the gas tank of an automobile at an "Indian Gas" roadside service station. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural ...
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Harrison Street Community Garden

Date: 04 1917
Description: Children working in an urban community garden. Original caption reads: "Scene in Harrison Street Community Garden showing each plot staked off. Up to 1917 ...
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Horse-Drawn McCormick-Deering Grain Drill

Date: 06 18 1937
Description: Mr. Shansky using a 20-run four-horse McCormick-Deering grain drill on his 300-acre farm in Transcona, Manitoba, Canada.
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Car on Rural Country Road

Date: 12 03 1915
Description: Car coming down a rural dirt road. Caption reads: "A view on Houston and Oklona Pike. Chickasaw Co. has over 100 miles of fine pikes and building more." A ...
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Oliver Tractor Plows Outside Factory

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Description: View of new Oliver plows set up in a row outside the factory works.
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Ten Oliver Plows in Field

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Description: Ten Oliver no. 5 plows attached together for tractor performance testing. In the background a row of railroad cars is passing by.
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Vegetable Store

Date: 1917
Description: Small vegetable store known as the North Shore (Home Grown) Vegetable House, along the north shore of Lake Michigan. To the right of the store two men are ...
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Gardener and Sons Posing with Delivery Truck

Date: 1917
Description: Gardener Edward Schuetz and four sons posing with his delivery truck loaded with vegetables for market. The truck is not an International model.
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Woman and Girls in McCormick Works' Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Mother and her two daughters posing near a version of International Harvester's logo at the McCormick Works community garden. The garden was one of several...
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Women on Porch of Boarding House

Date: 1917
Description: View over board fence towards three women standing on the porch of a boarding house, possibly in Dayton, Ohio. The porch is adjacent to a yard littered wit...

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