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International Harvester Dealership Storefront

Date: 1919
Description: View across unpaved road toward two men standing on a boardwalk in front of an International Harvester dealership owned by Downing and Roth. The window has...
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Man Spraying Field Crops

Date: 1919
Description: Young man in a field spraying pesticide on crops for the Bowker Insecticide Company.
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Farmers with Horse-Drawn Walking Plows

Date: 1919
Description: Two men plowing a field with horse-drawn walking plows. The photograph was taken for, or compiled by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Depar...
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Workers and Steam Shovel in the Mud

Date: 1919
Description: Workers standing outdoors in the mud with a steam shovel. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the Wisconsin S...
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Men Standing Posing on Flooded Rail Line

Date: 1919
Description: Men standing on the exposed portion of a flooded railroad track as a swiftly moving torrent of water is rushing past. Benham was a "company town" created b...
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Titan Tractor and Deering Combine

Date: 1919
Description: Men are posing in a field with a Titan 10-20 tractor and an early (experimental?) Deering harvester-thresher (combine).
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Men Delivering Chickens with International Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Two men transporting crates of chickens with an International Model H or 21 delivery truck.
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Harvesting Hemp with International 8-16 Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Workers harvesting hemp with an International 8-16 tractor and a hemp gathering and bundling machine (binder?). After retting, hemp gathering machines were...
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Experimental McCormick Motor Grain Binder

Date: 1919
Description: Man operating an experimental McCormick motor-driven grain binder in a field.
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Experimental Self-Propelled Mower

Date: 1919
Description: Three-quarter view from left front of a man operating an experimental motor-driven mower with two vertical lift sickle bars.
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Men in Automobile near Hay Loader

Date: 1919
Description: View across field. Two men in the foreground on the left are sitting in an automobile. Behind them men are working with a hay loader and a wagon in the fie...
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Push Binder

Date: 1919
Description: View across field towards a man operating a push binder powered by three horses.
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McCormick Push Binder

Date: 1919
Description: A farmer and his team of horses operating a McCormick push binder.
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Men Gather Near Beverage Tent

Date: 1919
Description: A group of men stand at a makeshift bar under a beverage tent where crates from Golden Grain Juice Company and Anheuser-Busch from St. Louis, Missouri, lin...
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Titan 10-20 H.P. Tractor Pulling Plow

Date: 1919
Description: A man plowing a field with a Titan 10-20 H.P. tractor and a Janesville plow.
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Model G-61 Logging Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Two men hauling large logs with an International G-61 truck. Railroad flat cars loaded with logs are in the background.
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Company House and Family in Benham

Date: 1919
Description: A family of five posing in front of an International Harvester "company house" in the coal mining town of Benham.
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Father and Young Sons on Farm

Date: 1919
Description: A father standing with his two young sons near a stationary engine. Many farm implements and equipment are lay in the yard.
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Father with Young Son on Farm

Date: 1919
Description: A father and young son loading corn from a wagon to a barn. A stationary engine is in the background.
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"Mr. Haney" Lying Next to Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: "Mr. Haney" lies down in a field beside an International tractor.

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