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Mechanic Servicing International Truck

Date: 02 15 1929
Description: Mechanic with clipboard and trouble light examines the engine of an International truck used to deliver "Holsum" brand bread at an International Harvester ...
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Scene Still from A Girl of Yesterday

Date: 1915
Description: Donald Crisp, aviator Glenn Martin, and Mary Pickford in the 1915 silent comedy A Girl of Yesterday (Famous Players-Lasky, 1915). Martin is wearing ...
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McCormick Advance Reaper

Date: 1899
Description: Farmer with horse-drawn McCormick Advance reaper built 1870-1871.
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International Bus

Date: 1924
Description: Large number of passengers squeezed into an International bus on an urban street.
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Farmall Regular Tractor with Plow

Date: 10 04 1923
Description: Man operating an experimental(?) Farmall Regular tractor with attached plow.
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Progressive Party Returns

Date: 1934
Description: In 1934 the La Follette brothers, the sons of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., broke with the Republican Party and founded the Progressive Party of Wisc...
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Fox River

Date: 1927
Description: View down hill towards the Fox River from the Eleazer Williams home. A group of people are automobiles are near a road near the shoreline.
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Cereal Mills Company

Date: 1896
Description: View of the Cereal Mills Company building, with men and a horse-drawn buggy outside on of the buildings on the right. Another man is standing on the far le...
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Chicken Processing

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Description: Production line of defeathered chickens.
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Workers at Mirror Lake Bridge Construction

Date: 1960
Description: View from below looking up towards workers constructing and reinforcing the forms for the footings of the interstate highway bridge at Mirror Lake.
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Children on the Picket Line

Date: 05 01 1948
Description: Striking members of Packinghouse Workers Local 392 in Baltimore getting ready for Children's Day on the picket line. Frank McCarty, of the UPWA, is about t...
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International Harvester Dealership

Date: 04 1929
Description: Elevated view of a customer at the sales counter of O.T. Kercheval's International Harvester dealership. Advertising posters and a calender are on the wall...
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Cream Separator Arrival Celebration

Date: 04 21 1927
Description: Elevated view of a marching band posing in front of trucks loaded with International Harvester cream separators, recently arrived by train.
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Push Binder

Date: 1919
Description: View across field towards a man operating a push binder powered by three horses.
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McCormick Push Binder

Date: 1919
Description: A farmer and his team of horses operating a McCormick push binder.
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Ensilage Cutter

Date: 1914
Description: Two farmers using an ensilage cutter near a barn. The ensilage cutter is being belt-driven, with the belt running across the foreground to the right.
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Grain Binders in Mexico(?)

Date: 1910
Description: Group of farmers with two McCormick grain binders, possibly in Mexico.
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Husker-Shredder and Engine

Date: 1905
Description: A group of men stand around an engine providing power to a husker-shredder(?).
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Deering Works Paint Department

Date: 07 13 1905
Description: Two men painting parts in the paint department at International Harvester's Deering Works (factory).
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Cutting Lumber Springfield Works

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of factory workers sawing lumber for trucks at International Harvester's Springfield Works.

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