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Union Pacific Railroad Crew

Date: 1917
Description: Eighteen man crew for the Union Pacific Silo Special Trip posing for a group portrait in front of railroad cars.
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Front of a card advertising the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Illustrations show "primitive" harvesting methods alongside a McCormick binder and a ...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Inside of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company advertising card. Features color illustrations demonstrating the development of harvesting technology, in...
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Family Weeding Garden

Date: 08 1914
Description: John Van Ness and his niece and nephew removing weeds from their "truck patch." Mr. Van Ness is using a hoe.
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Deering Corn Binder

Date: 1914
Description: Rear view of a farmer using a horse-drawn Deering corn binder in a field.
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Milwaukee Works Factory

Date: 1921
Description: Factory workers at their stations at Milwaukee Works.
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Model S Motor Truck and Excavator

Date: 07 11 1926
Description: A shovel, or excavator loads dirt into an International Model S truck. The text on the wooden cab of the shovel appears to read: "Marion Shovel - Model 21"...
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International Trucks at Water Tank

Date: 07 16 1926
Description: Two mud-splattered International trucks with drivers parked in front of a wooden water tank. The tank has a hand-painted sign that reads: "Positively No Sw...
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Two Men Plowing

Date: 1920
Description: Two farmers use an International 8-16 tractor with attached machinery to plow a farm field. Harvested bundles of the crop are in the distance.
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International I-4 Tractor with Street Sweeper

Date: 1946
Description: Man with an International I-4 tractor with a Hough front-end broom (street cleaner). A building in the background bears a sign reading: "Checker Cab".
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Mogul 30-60 Tractor and Plow

Date: 1914
Description: A man pulls a plow through a field with a Mogul 30-60 kerosene tractor. Another man stands on the plow.
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International Harvester Office Scene

Date: 1919
Description: Men and women are working at desks in an International Harvester office as other employees unload packages from what appears to be a mail cart in the backg...
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Mail Carrier on Poor Quality Road

Date: 02 1915
Description: A mail carrier on horseback is approaching a stranded horse-drawn carriage along a stretch of poor quality rural road. Farmhouses and farm buildings are on...

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