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Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Poster

"Free Tractor School" Advertising Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Advertising poster advertising a free tractor school sponsored by the International Harvester Company. Includes a black and white illustration of a Titan 1...
Poster

Tractor Field Demonstration Advertising Poster

Date: 1916
Description: Advertising poster for a field demonstration of the Titan 10-20 h.p. tractor. Features a color illustration of the tractor and the text: "Know Why Before Y...
Poster

Get Under the Big Tent

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for the International Harvester exhibit at the West Michigan State Fair in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The poster features photographs of au...
Poster

Mogul 8-16 Tractor Demonstration Advertising Poster

Date: 1916
Description: Advertising poster for a field demonstration of a Mogul 8-16 kerosene tractor on the farm of Olaf Nelson near Franklin, Minnesota. Includes the text: "Gran...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering & Company Catalog

Date: 1894
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering & Company featuring a chromolithograph of Worlds Fair foreign commissioners observing Deering grain bin...
Postcard

McCormick Building at Paris Exposition

Date: 1900
Description: Souvenir postcard from the Paris Exposition of 1900 in Paris, France, showing the "McCormick Building."
Print

World's First Reaper Placard

Date: 1931
Description: Placard for display with replicas of Cyrus McCormick's reaper of 1831. The replicas were produced by the International Harvester Company for the "reaper ce...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Spanish-Language Catalog Cover

Date: 1900
Description: Cover of a Spanish-language catalog for McCormick brand harvesting machinery. The color illustration shows a McCormick binder on display at the Paris Expos...
Print

State Fair Handbill

Date: 1929
Description: Printed color handbill that advertised the special events of the Wisconsin State Fair. The illustration shows a woman bearing a platter of produce.
Print

Junior Fair

Date: 08 19 1944
Description: Premium list for the 1944 Junior Fair, the 7th such event designed for young people ages 12-21, made a strong graphic and intellectual link between victory...
Print

McCormick Handbill Announcing Great Council Medal

Date: 01 17 1856
Description: Handbill announcing the Great Council Medal awarded to C.H. McCormick at London in 1851, "by the Exhibition of All Nations for the American Reaping Machine...
Poster

Deering Columbian Exposition Advertising Poster

Date: 1893
Description: Advertising poster featuring color illustration of a crowd gathered around a Deering grain binder and mower at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Print

International Harvester Advertising Proof

Date: 08 1979
Description: Advertising proof created by Foote, Cone & Belding for the International Harvester Company. Features a color photograph of men and women gathered around a ...
Print

International Harvester 1586 Tractor Advertising Proof

Date: 08 1978
Description: Advertising proof created by Foote, Cone & Belding for the International Harvester Company. Features a color photograph of a farmer driving an Internationa...
Poster

International Harvester Oil Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1914
Description: Advertising poster for a demonstration of International Harvester oil tractors at Grant Park, Illinois, on September 16. Includes the text: "Watch the 12-2...
Print

McCormick End of the Century Catalog Cover, French Edition

Date: 1900
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration of the French edition of a McCormick catalog, showing a man driving a McCormick reaper through a parade at the 1900 Wor...
Print

FIELD TESTS are "NO GOOD" For a "No Good" Machine

Date: 1893
Description: An advertisement for the McCormick No. 4 Steel Mower in the December edition of The Farmer's Advance, a publication of the McCormick Harvesting Mach...
Book or Pamphlet

"From the Sublime to the Ridiculous" Field Tests

Date: 1894
Description: Cartoon on the last page of a McCormick catalog. The cartoon depicts the World's Fair field-trials in Wayne, Illinois, at which the McCormick mower prevail...
Print

McCormick Mower Advertisement

Date: 1868
Description: Page from an advertising brochure for "McCormick's Prize Mower." Includes illustrations of award medals for the Paris Exposition Universal of 1867, and a m...

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