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August Derleth in his Office

Date: 1965
Description: Office of author August Derleth, Wisconsin's Very Live Radio's (WVLR) unofficial consultant on the history of the Sauk-Prairie area. Derleth's novels and s...
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John Wayne Leaning on International Travelall Truck

Date: 1959
Description: Actor John Wayne chats with driver Jim De Shon in an International Travelall sound truck on the set of "The Horse Soldiers". Owned by Goldwyn Studios and h...
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International Harvester Agricultural Extension Office

Date: 1915
Description: Employees working with lecture charts and films in an International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department office.
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Agricultural Extension Department Library

Date: 1915
Description: Women sitting in the library of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department.
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Experimental Motor Cultivator

Date: 09 19 1919
Description: Engineering photograph of a farmer field testing an experimental motor cultivator with crawler treads. Original caption reads: "The motor cultivator with p...
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Men Cutting Grain with Cradles

Date: 1929
Description: Men cutting grain with cradles while other men gather it into bundles by hand. The scene is a re-enactment filmed in 1929 for the Fox-Hearst film "Romance ...
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Experimental IH Cotton Picker

Date: 1929
Description: View across cotton field towards right side of a man operating an experimental McCormick-Deering side and rear mounted one-row cotton picker.
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Office of Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr.

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Description: Interior of Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr.'s first office at the Harvester Building on 606 S. Michigan Avenue. Mr. McCormick was president of the McCormick Harv...
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Filming of "Romance of the Reaper" at Walnut Grove

Date: 1930
Description: Film crew setting up a scene in which actors playing the parts of Cyrus McCormick and his slave Jo Anderson operate a replica of McCormick's reaper of 183...
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"Romance of the Reaper" Demonstration Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Still from the feature length motion picuture "Romance of the Reaper" showing a recreation of the demonstration of Cyrus McCormick's reaper of 1831 at Waln...
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Farmer Shells Corn with Engine-Driven Sheller

Date: 1930
Description: Farmer operating a McCormick-Deering corn sheller powered by a portable engine.
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McCormick-Deering 1.5 Horsepower Engine

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Description: Farmer using a McCormick-Deering 1 H.P. stationary engine.
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International Model S-Speed Truck

Date: 1924
Description: Man sitting behind the wheel of an International Model S truck with an oil tank mounted on the back. The truck belonged to the Texhoma Oil and Refinery Com...
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Men Preparing Publications at Harvester Press

Date: 1920
Description: Men preparing publications at Harvester Press, International Harvester's in-house print shop.
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Printing Presses at Harvester Press

Date: 1920
Description: Men operating printing presses at Harvester Press, International Harvester's in-house print shop.
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Women Printing at Harvester Press

Date: 1920
Description: Women printing large sheets of paper at Harvester Press, International Harvester's in-house print shop.
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Women Binding Publications at Harvester Press

Date: 1920
Description: Women sewing the bindings of publications at Harvester Press, International Harvester's in-house print shop.
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Loading a Wagon

Date: 01 1916
Description: A farmer shoveling corn stalks from a field into a wagon.
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Deering Ideal Grain Binder

Date: 07 25 1913
Description: A farmer operates a Deering Ideal grain binder pulled by two horses.
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Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1914
Description: A farmer uses a Deering(?) grain binder pulled by four horses.

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