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Man Operating M-12-H Cotton Picker

Date: 1948
Description: Man harvesting cotton with a McCormick-Deering M-12-H cotton picker.
Photograph

Farmer Poses with Watermelon aboard Cotton Picker

Date: 1944
Description: Farm worker, Frank White, stops harvesting to pose with watermelon found among the cotton crop. The field, part of the O'Neill Ranch located in Helm, Calif...
Photograph

Workers Painting International Truck Engine Blocks

Date: 10 1938
Description: Factory workers spray-painting truck engine blocks in a paint room of International Harvester's Indianapolis Truck Engine Works. Original caption reads: "D...
Photograph

Machine Operator at Indianapolis Works

Date: 10 1938
Description: Factory worker using a lathe at International Harvester's Indianapolis Truck Engine Works. Original caption reads: "LeBlond crankshaft lathe showing detail...
Photograph

Worker Washes Engine Blocks at Indianapolis Works

Date: 10 1938
Description: Factory operator washing motor truck engine blocks at International Harvester's Indianapolis Motor Truck Works. Original caption reads: "A Blakeslee washin...
Photograph

Machine Operators Hone Truck Engine Connecting Rods

Date: 10 1938
Description: Two machine operators honing truck engine connecting rods at International Harvester's Indianapolis Motor Truck Engine Works. Original caption reads: "Two ...
Photograph

Dock Workers Prepare International Truck Engines for Shipment

Date: 10 1938
Description: Factory workers preparing completed International truck engines for shipment at International Harvester's Indianapolis Motor Truck Engine Works. Original c...
Photograph

Nikita Khrushchev with Reporters

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev wading through a throng of reporters during a visit to a farm. A Farmall 560 tractor is in the background...
Photograph

James Melton on Plant Tour

Date: 1950
Description: "Harvest of Stars" radio and stage personality James "Jimmie" Melton talking with African American workers during a tour of an International Harvester's In...
Photograph

Man Tastes Wine in Vineyard

Date: 1975
Description: Color photograph of a man drinking from a glass of wine in a vineyard in France. In the background a vineyard worker is cultivating the field with an Inter...
Photograph

International Transtar Semi-Truck

Date: 1966
Description: Color photograph of a loading dock worker talking to a driver sitting in the cab of an International Transtar semi-truck.
Photograph

Sweep-Around Windshield Placement on "Golden Jubilee" Truck

Date: 1957
Description: Leo Cross and Albert Overholser place a "sweep-around" windshield onto an International A-100 "Golden Jubilee" truck at International Harvester's Springfie...
Photograph

Photographer at Port of Hueneme

Date: 1944
Description: E.A. Hunger of the International Harvester Company adjusting a view camera on a tripod to take a photograph at the Port of Hueneme military base. P.P. Pasq...
Photograph

Rock Island Lines Railroad Truck

Date: 12 16 1936
Description: A man places a bag onto the bed of an International C-1 truck owned by the Chicago Rock Island Railroad. The truck is marked with the text "No.9" and "Wate...
Photograph

Customers in General Store

Date: 1939
Description: Two women and a girl stand near a counter inside a general store as a man shows them a product. A cat and a dog sleep on the floor in the background, and a...
Photograph

Fishing Boat Interior

Date: 1938
Description: Interior view of a fishing boat powered by an International PD-40 power unit and owned by Julius Dettloff. A man stands at the boat's wheel.
Photograph

Man Photographing Hay Baler

Date: 1961
Description: A man stands on an elevated platform attached to a tractor in a field while taking photographs of a hay baler in use at Hickory Hill, International Harvest...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Harvester-Thresher Brochure

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines). Features a photograph of two men with a McCormick-Deering harvester-...
Book or Pamphlet

No. 60 Harvester-Thresher Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the McCormick-Deering No. 60 harvester-thresher (combine.) Features a photograph of a Farmall tractor pulling a harves...
Photograph

Young Girl in Bonnet

Date: 1900
Description: A young girl wearing a bonnet and a dress is sitting and holding a large, blank, white piece of paper in a studio.

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