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Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Tillage Implements Catalog Cover

Date: 1915
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's McCormick line of tillage implements. Features an illustration of a farmer in a tree-lined fi...
Photograph

International Model M Truck Outside Implement Dealership

Date: 1915
Description: View across the road of three men and an International Model M truck outside the A.H. Bentz farm equipment dealership. A sign on the building advertises ga...
Photograph

Prairie Breaker

Date: 1915
Description: Side view of a Prairie Breaker plow [breaking plow] against a black backdrop. Two parts of the plow are labeled as "A" and "B."
Photograph

Stalk Cutter

Date: 1915
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man driving two mules who are pulling a stalk cutter across a field of what is possibly tobacco or corn. There are t...
Photograph

Farm Equipment in Snow

Date: 1915
Description: A cultivator sitting in the snow near a fence, illustrating the hazards of improper equipment housing. A herd of cows is in the background near a barn and ...
Photograph

Farm Equipment in Snow

Date: 1915
Description: A plow is sitting in the snow in front of farm buildings and a woodpile. The photograph was likely taken to illustrate the hazards of improper equipment st...
Photograph

Farm Implements in Snow

Date: 1915
Description: Several farm implements, including a grain binder and mower, sitting in a barnyard covered with snow. A shed, farmhouse, and woodpile are in the background...
Photograph

Man with Oliver Plow

Date: 1915
Description: Side view of a man driving a team of three horses pulling an Oliver plow across a field. A large building, houses, and a water tower are in the background.
Print

Parrett Motor Cultivator

Date: 1915
Description: Advertisement for the Parrett motor cultivator, featuring an illustration of the machine at center flanked by illustrations of a farmstead, and a man using...
Print

Minneapolis Thresher

Date: 1915
Description: Color illustration of a Minneapolis Standard separator with Minneapolis feeder and "new" Minneapolis gearless wind stacker. The caption beneath the headlin...
Postcard

Man with Experimental Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: Postcard featuring a photograph of a man sitting behind the wheel of a tractor, likely an experimental model. The photograph was part of a file containing ...
Photograph

Avery 90 Horsepower Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: Men use an Avery 90 horsepower tractor and a gang plow to work in a farm field.
Photograph

Avery 130 Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: Men use an Avery 130 tractor with a gang plow to work in a farm field.
Photograph

Avery's "Infant"

Date: 1915
Description: A man sits behind the wheel of an Avery tractor pulling a piece of farm machinery. In the background is a long open building with a tower. The back of the ...
Photograph

First Avery 20-35 Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: Rear view of a man using an Avery 20-35 tractor and a disc harrow to work in a field.
Book or Pamphlet

Detroit 10-20 Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Detroit Tractor featuring a photograph of the Detroit 10-20 "plowing in hard ground."

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