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Automobile Stuck in Rural Road

Date: 12 07 1915
Description: Three employees of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department working to free a car stuck in a muddy rural road. The original caption read...
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Drying Sisal Fibre in Yucatan

Date: 1910
Description: Workers drying sisal fibre (fiber) in long rows in Yucatan, Mexico. The fibre was used by International Harvester for binder twine production.
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Woman Washing Clothes with Engine-Driven Washer

Date: 07 1927
Description: Woman washing clothes outdoors with a Dexter washing machine powered by a stationary McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 horsepower type "M" engine. Photograph taken a...
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Plant-Covered Front Porch

Date: 1915
Description: Plant-covered front porch and steps of a house. Original caption reads: "National Cash Register Co., Dayton, Ohio."
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Deering Works Garden

Date: 1917
Description: Two women and a young girl gathering vegetables in the Deering Works vegetable garden. Original caption reads: "This garden furnished a bountiful supply of...
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Woman in Garden

Date: 1919
Description: Woman handling tomato plants in a vegetable garden.
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African American Woman at Work in McCormick Works' Community Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: African American woman tending to her plot in the McCormick Works' garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Harves...
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Woman and Girls in McCormick Works' Community Garden

Date: 08 1932
Description: Mother and her two daughters at work in the McCormick Works community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Har...
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Man in West Pullman Works' Com munity Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Man bending over to pick vegetables in the West Pullman Works' community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International ...
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Man Picking Vegetables in Wisconsin Steel Works Community Garden

Date: 08 1932
Description: Man picking vegetables in the Wisconsin Steel Works community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Harvester's...
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Men Picking Vegetables in Deering Works Community Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Three men picking vegetables in the Deering Works community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Harvester's "...
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Flooded Road in Rural Alabama

Date: 02 13 1915
Description: Two men traveling in a horse-drawn wagon on a flooded rural road. Original caption reads: "Example of road building in Lamar County on the Vernon-Columbus ...
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Hemp on Vacant Lots

Date: 08 02 1917
Description: Superintendant Haney of International Harvester Company (left), Senator Beebe, Professor Holden, and J.W. Parmley stand in a hemp field sown on May 19, 191...
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Cutting Down a Manila Plant

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Description: A Phillippine Islands boy is using a sharp tool to cut down a manila plant, while another young boy is supporting it.
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Sisal Leaves

Date: 01 22 1910
Description: Several workers standing in a field in Yucatan, Mexico, cutting sisal leaves. The sisal was used by International Harvester to make binder twine.
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Filipino Cart

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Description: A Philippine Islands man sits in a cart drawn by several water buffalo. The man may have worked in International Harvester's sisal and twine operation.
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Landscaping at Gas Station

Date: 08 1930
Description: View from road of the landscaping in front of a Texaco gas station located on 83rd and Stoney Island.
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Landscaping Near House

Date: 06 1926
Description: Perennials and evergreens planted on the lawn of a brick home. Ivy is growing up the exterior walls of the house.
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Farmhouse and Landscaping

Date: 06 1923
Description: Landscape surrounding a farmhouse.
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Cutting Weeds

Date: 08 1929
Description: A man using a scythe to cut weeds from a pasture of wild carrots.

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