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International Armed Infantry Vehicle

Date: 02 01 1951
Description: T18-E2 armored infantry full-track vehicle with a T-122 gun mount. The vehicle was built for the U.S. military by International Harvester.
Book or Pamphlet

Weber Wagon Catalog

Date: 1919
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Weber farm wagons. Features a color illustration of two men with a Weber wagon hitched to a horse. Text reads: "Looks G...
Photograph

North Michigan Avenue at Ontario Street

Date: 1933
Description: Street scene in Chicago of North Michigan Avenue and Ontario Street looking north. The historic Water Tower is in the background.
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

Industrial Power Exhibit

Date: 1947
Description: Equipment on display in the Industrial Power Exhibit for Allied Equipment Manufacturers at International Harvester's Melrose Park Works. The foreground fea...
Photograph

Testing Farmall Cub Engine at Tractor Works

Date: 03 10 1949
Description: Factory worker testing a Farmall Cub engine at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
Photograph

Ferdinand Hotz with the Emperor Maximilian Diamond

Date: 1933
Description: Ferdinand Hotz poses holding the 41.94 carat Emperor Maximilian Diamond, which he owned from 1919 to 1946. He is wearing pince nez glasses and a pearl tie ...
Drawing

Design for Mrs. Falk

Date: 1930
Description: A hand-drawn and hand-painted design for an emerald ring, top and side views, labelled No. 1, with a handwritten note "This is Mrs. Falk choice [remainder ...
Drawing

Design for Diamond Ring

Date: 1950
Description: Hand-colored drawing, on card, of a design for a diamond and platinum ring with the specifications for eight diamonds. The design was for Mrs. R.M. Weyerha...
Drawing

Design for Ring

Date: 1950
Description: Hand-colored drawing, on translucent plastic, of a design for a ring with seven gemstones. Cards such as this were used as sales samples by the artist for ...
Photograph

Design for Ring

Date: 09 30 1965
Description: A drawing on tissue of a ring setting showcasing a 2.26 carat pear shaped diamond. Specifications for smaller stones and ring size are also recorded. Drawi...
Drawing

Design for Ring

Date: 1960
Description: Hand-colored drawing on translucent plastic mounted in a card, of a design for a ring with thirteen stones. It is labeled "No. 2" and the number 11079 appe...
Drawing

Design for Necklace

Date: 1920
Description: A highly detailed design for a necklace featuring a large green stone and two teardrop shape stones hanging below it.
Drawing

Designs for a Brooch

Date: 1920
Description: A drawing of a design for a buckle shaped brooch featuring blue square cut stones. The two halves of the design represent options III and IV to be offered ...
Drawing

Design for Necklace

Date: 1930
Description: A drawing of a design for a necklace with a large faceted blue stone hanging from a chain with circular and rectangular links.
Drawing

Design for Brooch

Date: 1930
Description: A colored drawing, on tissue, of a design for a brooch featuring a large, faceted blue stone in the center, with smaller blue cabochons at the corners. Sma...
Drawing

Design for Flower Brooch

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored drawing on tissue, in a cardboard mount, of a design for a brooch in the form of a flower on a stem with two leaves. The flower is represented...
Drawing

Design for Brooch

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored drawing for an oval brooch featuring three round, dark grey cabochons, in an intricate setting featuring multiple black and coral colored ston...
Drawing

Spider Web Brooch Design

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored drawing on green tissue mounted on blue cardboard, of a design for a brooch in the form of a round spider web with a fly trapped on it. The bo...
Drawing

Butterfly Brooch

Date: 1920
Description: Hand-colored drawing on black cardboard of a design for a brooch in the form of a butterfly. The materials are not specified but the drawing depicts multic...

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