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Photograph

Engine Assembly Line at IHC Tractor Works

Date: 1920
Description: Workers assembling engine components and tightening head bolts along an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
Poster

International Paraffin Engines Poster

Date: 1920
Description: Advertising poster for International paraffin engines featuring color illustration of the machine. Printed by Herman Litho. Co. of Chicago for distribution...
Photograph

Woman Draws Water from Well

Date: 1920
Description: Farm woman operating a McCormick-Deering portable gasoline engine. The engine is driving a pump to draw water from a well into a homemade trough. Another w...
Photograph

International Type M Engine

Date: 1920
Description: International Type M power unit photographed with a white sheet as a backdrop.
Poster

International Kerosene Engine Advertising Poster

Date: 1920
Description: Advertising poster for International kerosene engines. Inclues the text: "valve-in-head construction, built-in magneto, removable cylinder liner, enclosed ...
Photograph

Milwaukee Works Factory Floor

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of tractors, engines and parts on the floor of International Harvester's Milwaukee Works (factory).
Photograph

Engine-Powered Water Pump

Date: 1920
Description: An International stationary engine powers a water pump outside a brick building, possibly a school. There is a cat on the left near the pump.
Print

Pioneer 18 Motor

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Pioneer 18 motor featuring two illustrations of the motor from different angles.
Book or Pamphlet

Uncle Sam 20-30 Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Uncle Sam 20-30 farm tractor. The pamphlet features a labeled diagram of the tractor as well as an enlarged illustration of the tract...
Print

Wehr Throttling Governor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Wehr Throttling Governor, an accessory for the Fordson tractor. An illustration of the implement at center is surrounded on either si...
Print

Handy Governor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Handy Governor featuring a photograph of the device at center, surrounded by a listing of its attributes. The heading at top reads: "...
Book or Pamphlet

Huber Traction Engine

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Huber traction engine featuring an illustration of farmers using equipment in a field and text which reads: "How ...
Print

Jewel Tractor Engine

Date: 1920
Description: Two illustrations of the Jewel tractor motor, with captions reading: "Cuts the cost of farming in half" and "Burns Kerosene or Gasoline."
Photograph

Fordson Tractor in Front of Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership

Date: 1920
Description: Fordson tractor parked in the street in front of Louis Schoelkopf's building at 210 E. Washington Avenue. The tractor has a battery on wheels attached to t...

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