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Agricultural Extension Lecture from Car

Date: 1915
Description: Professor Holden of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department expounds the benefits of alfalfa from the back seat of a car.
Poster

Get Under the Big Tent

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for the International Harvester exhibit at the West Michigan State Fair in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The poster features photographs of au...
Postcard

D.J. Arpin Residence

Date: 1920
Description: View of the D.J. Arpin residence. Caption reads: "Greetings from Grand Rapids, Wis."
Photograph

Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company

Date: 1900
Description: View of river and the building's exterior. This building is where Consolidated Water Power and Paper company operates its business. The building's facad...
Photograph

Grand Rapids Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of the Grand Rapids Public Library with trees and landscaping. The library was named the T. B. Scott Free Public Library T. B. Scott who donated $...
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International Harvester Sales Room

Date: 1910
Description: Auto wagon and Hoosier and Empire Jr. seeders on display in the showroom of an International Harvester dealership. Several International Harvester advertis...
Photograph

Grand Rapids Branch House

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester branch house.
Photograph

Man Parked in Motor Truck for Breweries

Date: 1913
Description: Man in the driver's seat of an International Model M truck hauling crates of beer labeled "Grand Rapids Brewing Company" and "Petersen Brewing Company." Th...
Photograph

A Mill in Grand Rapids

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Description: View from shoreline toward the Grand Rapids lumber mill with a smokestack on the opposite shoreline.
Photograph

Boys Making Fly Traps

Date: 1920
Description: A group of boys at the Burton School construct wooden fly traps in a classroom.
Photograph

Wood County Courthouse

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Description: Front view of the Wood County Courthouse, built in 1866 by Lyman Howe and John Rablin. The brick building features an arched entrance, and automobiles are ...
Photograph

Grand Rapids Branch House

Date: 10 13 1919
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester branch house at Grand Rapids. The signs painted on the building advertise "Oil Tractors" and "P&O Plows."
Postcard

Grand Rapids and the Wisconsin River

Date: 
Description: Elevated view from bluff of Grand Rapids and the Wisconsin River.
Postcard

Front and Center Streets

Date: 1907
Description: View of the intersection of Front and Center Streets. The First National Bank is on the corner. Horses and buggies are in the streets. Caption reads: "Fron...
Postcard

High Water at Grand Rapids

Date: 10 08 1911
Description: View of a flooded street in a residential neighborhood. A boy is sitting on a post in the foreground on the far right. Caption reads: "High Water at Grand ...
Postcard

Ice Jam in Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: View of an ice jam near a Grand Rapids bridge in the Wisconsin River. Caption at top reads: "Greetings from Grand Rapids, Wis." Caption at bottom reads: "I...
Postcard

N.W. Railway Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: View down the tracks through the railroad bridge over the Wisconsin River. There is a warning sign on the right at the entrance. Caption reads: "Grand Rapi...
Postcard

First St. North, City Library, Baker St.

Date: 1908
Description: View of an intersection in central Grand Rapids. Identified are: First Street on the left, the city library in the center, and Baker Street on the right. A...
Photograph

Water Tower, Grand Rapids, Wis.

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of the water tower, with Grand Rapids laid out behind it.
Postcard

New Stone Congregational Church

Date: 1913
Description: Postcard of a large stone church. Caption reads: "New Stone Congregational Church, Grand Rapids, Wis."

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