Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 37

Photograph

Diagram of McCormick's Reaper

Date: 1867
Description: A diagram of McCormick's cultivator-reaper, which was patented in 1845. The illustration, titled "The Cultivator" depicts a man using a rake to remove the ...
Photograph

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Dealership

Date: 1890
Description: Three men posing with a McCormick mower and binder in front of M. Sheehan's McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. A note on the back of the prin...
Photograph

International Station Wagon

Date: 03 22 1934
Description: Man helping a woman out of an International station wagon as the driver is unloading bags.
Photograph

Deering Works Baseball Team

Date: 1910
Description: Team group portrait of the International Harvester Deering Works baseball team.
Photograph

Office Staff and Foremen at McCormick Works

Date: 1882
Description: Office staff and factory foremen at the McCormick Reaper Works. The men in the top row from left to right are: Wm. Schaefer, Palmer, Herman Veller (machin...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Reaper near Windmill

Date: 1905
Description: Man and a boy working with a horse-drawn reaper in a field. The reaper is likely a model or replica of the McCormick reaper of 1831. A windmill is in the b...
Photograph

Obed Hussey

Date: 1850
Description: Quarter-length portrait of inventor Obed Hussey (1782?-1860) as it appeared in W.T. Hutchinson's biography of Cyrus Hall McCormick. He is wearing an eye pa...
Photograph

Walter A. Wood

Date: 07 1900
Description: Portrait of inventor and entrepreneur Walter A. Wood. Wood founded and operated an agricultural machinery company in Hoosick Falls, New York.
Photograph

First McCormick Reaper Re-Enactment

Date: 1929
Description: Re-enactors demonstrating a replica of the first reaper built by Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1831. The man raking at the back of the reaper appears to be playi...
Photograph

First McCormick Reaper Re-Enactment

Date: 1929
Description: Re-enactors demonstrating a replica of the first reaper built by Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1831. The man raking at the back of the reaper appears to be playi...
Photograph

International Harvester Board Room

Date: 1929
Description: International Harvester Company president Alexander Legge sitting at the head of a board room table (at far left) with other company executives or board me...
Photograph

Deering General Agency Building

Date: 1903
Description: General agency building for the Deering Harvester Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana. J. W. Wischart, B. A. Horton, and G. E. Blieson are standing outside the ...
Photograph

International Harvester Fort Wayne Office

Date: 1911
Description: J.W. Wischart working in the office of the International Harvester general agency building in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The office contains a large desk, calend...
Photograph

International Harvester Agent on Telephone

Date: 1911
Description: J.W. Wischart talking on a telephone in the office of International Harvester's general agency building in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Photograph

Disk Harrow

Date: 
Description: Charley Sharpe and Fred Jones working with a disk harrow in a field. The disk harrow is pulled by four horses. Original caption reads: "Charley Sharpe and...
Photograph

Harvest in Ireland

Date: 1903
Description: A woman, child, dog, and group of men are gathered around a harvester in a field. The caption reads: "Harvester History. Harvest of 1903. Jones Lever Bin...
Photograph

Plano Mowers at Cork Fairgrounds

Date: 1903
Description: Two boys and a group of men inspect Plano mowers at a fairgrounds in Cork, Ireland. At the time, Plano was one of the brand names sold by International Har...
Photograph

Auto Buggy at International Harvester Office in New Zealand

Date: 1912
Description: M.M. Black is sitting in an International Auto Buggy attached to a trailer full of agricultural implements (or parts) in front of the Christchurch office o...
Photograph

J.E. Merrion

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait of J.E. Merrion, Superintendent of International Harvester's Deering Works, in front of a painted backdrop. Mr. Merrion succeeded Chris Bor...
Photograph

Experimental Tractor outside Deering Works

Date: 03 26 1912
Description: Group of men standing with an experimental tractor outside International Harvester's Deering Works (factory). The original caption reads: "An early design ...

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: