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Shop at Eilert Farm Equipment Company

Date: 1938
Description: Interior view of the shop in Eilert Farm Equipment Company, showing the drill press and the big vise, in the center.
Photograph

Eilert Parts Department

Date: 1938
Description: The parts department of Eilert's Farm Equipment, showing bins and racks. Eilert's was an International Harvester dealership.
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Eilert's Sample Floor

Date: 1938
Description: Interior view at Eilert's Farm Equipment Company showing the showroom floor. Eilert's was an International Harvester dealership.
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McCormick Rush Street Residence Interior

Date: 
Description: Interior view of the McCormick family residence on Rush Street, showing a piano in the left-hand foreground. The house was built for Cyrus Hall McCormick a...
Painting

Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1884
Description: Color portrait of inventor and industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884), possibly by Lawton S. Parker.
Manuscript

Prairie Breaking Plow

Date: 1894
Description: Illustration of a "Prairie Breaking Plow" of the 1840s. Includes the text: "Prairie Breaking Plow of 50 Years Ago."
Photograph

Man with Experimental Automobile

Date: 1892
Description: George Ellis is standing beside an experimental automobile, possibly in the basement of John F. Steward. Both men worked for the Deering Harvester Company ...
Print

McCormick Celebration Luncheon Menu

Date: 09 25 1931
Description: Luncheon menu and program from a McCormick Celebration at Washington and Lee University, with an etching of a three-quarter view of Cyrus McCormick's first...
Photograph

Cub Cadet '"Wild Animal Act"

Date: 1966
Description: Elevated view of a man driving a Cub Cadet tractor, which is painted like a tiger, rising up slightly on its back wheels as the driver is charging a man ac...
Photograph

Cub Cadet "Wild Animal Act"

Date: 1966
Description: A man driving a Cub Cadet tractor painted like a tiger, is riding over a small ramp in a "Wild Animal Act" performance. An audience is watching from behind...
Photograph

Cub Cadet '"Wild Animal Act"

Date: 
Description: Two Cub Cadet tractors, painted like tigers, perform in a dirt ring as part of a "Wild Animal Act." An actor playing an animal trainer is standing with a c...
Photograph

Cub Cadet "Wild Animal Act"

Date: 1966
Description: Two men wearing helmets are lined up side-by-side on their Cub Cadet tractors in a performance of the "Wild Animal Act." Two of the three Cub Cadet tractor...
Photograph

Cub Cadet "Wild Animal Act"

Date: 1966
Description: Close-up of two men riding Cub Cadet tractors which are painted like tigers, circling around another man playing an animal trainer and holding a whip in a ...
Photograph

Chattanooga Cane Mill No. 72

Date: 
Description: Model no. 72 of a cane mill created by the Chattanooga Plow Company.
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Chattanooga Cane Mill No. 112

Date: 
Description: Model no. 112 of a cane mill created by the Chattanooga Plow Company.
Photograph

Walnut Grove — Blacksmith Shop

Date: 05 07 1928
Description: View looking downhill toward the side of a log building with stone foundation built into the side of a hill at Walnut Grove. A path is on the left leading ...
Photograph

Walnut Grove — Blacksmith Shop

Date: 05 07 1928
Description: View over wood fence looking down towards the front and left side of a log building with a peaked roof, second story, and a stone foundation built into the...
Photograph

Walnut Grove — Two Log Buildings

Date: 05 07 1928
Description: View across fence looking up toward the backs of two buildings built into a hill. The Blacksmith Shop on the left has a stone foundation, two windows on th...
Photograph

Walnut Grove — Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1928
Description: View down hill looking towards the side and back of a log building with stone foundation built into the side of a hill. Smoke is rising from the chimney ex...
Photograph

Walnut Grove — Two Log Buildings: Blacksmith Shop and Mill

Date: 05 07 1928
Description: View towards the backs of two log buildings built into the side of a hill. The building on the left has a stone foundation, two windows on the first floor ...

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