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Canning Corn

Date: 1927
Description: Husband and wife canning corn in kitchen using Burpee Can Sealer.
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Workman Filling International Model "63" Coal and Ice Truck

Date: 1927
Description: African American workman filling an International Model "63" coal and ice truck. The truck was owned by George Jaekel & Son Coal and Ice Company based in ...
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Farm Hazard: Playing with Firecrackers

Date: 1927
Description: Staged scene of young boy about to light large firecracker. He is sitting on steps, and a push scooter is lying on its side on the sidewalk. This photograp...
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International SF-36 Petroleum Truck

Date: 1927
Description: International SF-36 petroleum truck owned by Roxana Petroleum Company. The truck is carrying Shell kerosene and is parked outside an International motor tr...
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International Model S Telephone Repair Truck

Date: 1927
Description: International Model S telephone repair truck owned by the Ohio Bell Telephone Company.
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International Model S-24 Truck

Date: 1927
Description: International S-24 truck with special body parked on a snowy street. The truck was owned by the New York Central Lines Dining Service Department.
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International Model S Armored Truck

Date: 1927
Description: Armored International Model S built for the Brinks Express Company.
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Speck's Cotton Picker

Date: 1927
Description: Front view of "Speck's cotton picker," taken for International Harvester's Engineering Department.
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Dangers of Oil Lamps

Date: 1927
Description: A woman sitting at a kitchen table wearing a visor, leaning over a book while a lit oil lamp is nearby. Also on the table are a newspaper, additional books...
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Farm Machinery Dangers

Date: 1927
Description: A man puts his hand into a McCormick-Deering 15-30(?) tractor to reach the running belt at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Silo at IH Demonstration Farm in Grand Forks

Date: 1927
Description: View from field of cattle, barn, and silo at an International Harvester demonstration farm. Original caption reads: "IHC silo 20 feet below ground level an...
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Men Putting Up Fence

Date: 1927
Description: Two men stretching wire while putting up a barbed wire fence on the Frank Laramore farm.
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Woman Cooking at Electric Stove

Date: 1927
Description: A woman stirs a pot on a six-burner electric stove. Two Hotpoint automatic electric ovens stand beside the stove, and canisters and teapots stand on the st...
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IH Des Moines Branch House

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's Des Moines branch building. The structure features five stories and arched ceiling-height windows surround the ...
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Twelve No. 11 McCormick Deering Harvester threshers

Date: 1927
Description: Handwritten caption on back of photograph reads: "Twelve No. 11 McCormick-Deering Harvester threshers (1927) cutting wheat on Louis Bertrand's farm outside...

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