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Main Street

Date: 1873
Description: Main Street, with its dirt, ruts, cows (and presumably manure), but wide enough for easy hitching of wagons and teams.
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Farmall F-22 Tractor

Date: 1938
Description: Man plowing a field with an experimental Farmall F-22 tractor.
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Family and Workers in Field

Date: 1895
Description: A large family group and workers pose in field in front of farming machinery and haystacks.
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Deering Corn Binder

Date: 1915
Description: Demonstration for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition showing how the labor swing bundle elevator of the Deering corn binder operates.
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International Stripper-Harvester

Date: 06 21 1920
Description: Farmer using a horse-drawn International stripper-harvester in a field in Australia.
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Corn Binder Demonstration

Date: 1902
Description: Man demonstrating the use of a corn binder. The man may be Alexander Legge, who later became President of the International Harvester Company.
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McCormick-Deering Engine

Date: 11 26 1923
Description: Motorized water pump powered by a 1.5 H.P. McCormick-Deering engine on the farm of Walter Stange(?).
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Engine and Chaff Cutter

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Description: Two farmers use an International Harvester engine and portable chaff cutter on an Australian farm.
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International Machines on Australian Farm

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Description: Men on an Australian farm use an International Harvester engine and hay press, and a Sterling thresher.
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Clarence Thurow

Date: 07 15 1929
Description: Clarence Thurow operating a McCormick-Deering tractor with a disk harrow attachment on the Col. R.R. McCormick farm [Robert Rutherford McCormick?].
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Boy and Mule with Experimental Implement

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: A bare-footed boy sitting on the seat of an experiment farm implement holds the reins of a mule pulling him through a field.
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Men Baling Hay

Date: 1921
Description: Two men are using a belt-powered hay baler or hay press in a farm field.
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Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 08 1930
Description: Elevated view of a man driving a team of two horses to pull a McCormick-Deering manure spreader across a field at International Harvester's Hinsdale experi...
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Abandoned Cotton Field

Date: 03 18 1915
Description: View of an abandoned cotton field along the side of a dirt road. A farmhouse and farm buildings are in the distance.
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Farmer with Corn Planter with Fertilizer Attachment

Date: 1921
Description: A man is operating a horse-drawn McCormick corn planter with a fertilizer attachment in a field. A dirt road, barn and farmhouse are in the background acro...
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Man with Jersey Calves on IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 06 1930
Description: A man is feeding a group of Jersey calves from a metal bucket. Another man is using a tool to work in a field in the background.
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IH Demonstration Farm at Montgomery

Date: 06 1930
Description: Several farm buildings stand on an International Harvester demonstration farm. The side of a wooden barn is painted with a sign that reads: "International ...
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Corn Planter with Fertilizer Attachment

Date: 05 19 1925
Description: Side view of man driving a Farmall regular pulling a McCormick-Deering corn planter and fertilizer attachment in a field.
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Woman at Wood Pile

Date: 1923
Description: A woman, possibly Anna Neary, gathering pieces of chopped wood in her arms as she kneels near a wood pile on the A.E. Bancroft farm.
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Rundown Farm Buildings

Date: 10 1930
Description: View across a road and field of several rundown farm buildings located near a farmhouse. The image was used to illustre: "poor farm buildings."

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