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Methylene Blue Milk Test

Date: 1928
Description: Dairyman conducting Methylene blue test on a can of milk. Notice in background reads: "For all milk which passes the quality requirements of this factory, ...
Poster

Chinese Advertising Calendar

Date: 1928
Description: Chinese advertising calendar produced for the International Harvester Export Company. Features color illustrations of Chinese and American flags, dragons, ...
Poster

Farmall Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1928
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering Farmall tractors showing a map of the United States with trains speeding in all directions from Illinois. Bears th...
Poster

Deering Farm Machinery Calendar

Date: 1928
Description: Advertising calendar for Deering tractors and farm implements featuring an oval color illustration of a European farmhouse with thatched roof, farm laborer...
Poster

Deering Twine Advertising Poster (Argentina)

Date: 1928
Description: South American advertising poster for Deering brand binder twine showing a push binder and a grain binder in a field viewed through two arched windows. Inc...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Corn Planters, Drills, and Cultivators Advertising Poster

Date: 1928
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering corn planters, drills, and cultivators. Features color illustrations of a basket of corn and farmers using a horse...
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Telephone Line Installation

Date: 1928
Description: Telephone linemen working on scaffolds at different levels on a telephone pole as they install line in a rural area. Their International Harvester truck is...
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Farmall Regular Tractor in Soybean Field

Date: 1928
Description: A farmer in a field is using a Farmall Regular tractor with a mower attachment to cut soybeans for hay. The tractor is equipped with an umbrella that reads...
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McCormick Automatic Self-Rake Reaper of 1858

Date: 1928
Description: Two men are using a McCormick automatic self-rake to perform work in a field. A girl in a white dress and hat is standing to the side, wearing a dress and ...
Photograph

Creamery

Date: 1928
Description: View across road of two men posing outside a creamery. The creamery has a roofed loading dock on the side.
Print

Waterloo Boy Advertising Booklet Cover

Date: 1928
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the John Deere Waterloo Boy tractor. The cover features a color illustration of a farmer using a Waterloo Boy tractor ...
Photograph

Bamby Bread Trucks

Date: 1928
Description: Six trucks and a car are parked in front of the Central Baking Company. Most of the vehicles are decorated with flags and streamers for a parade. The truck...
Print

Again in the Spotlight

Date: 1928
Description: Advertisement for Hart-Parr agricultural equipment featuring a color illustration of a man operating a tractor along with text reading: "Again in the Spotl...
Photograph

Bamby Bread Trucks

Date: 1928
Description: Six trucks and a car are parked in front of the Central Baking Company building. Most of the vehicles are decorated with flags and streamers for a parade. ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1928
Description: View down street. On the left is the McCann. Undertaking building and grocery store. Two children play on a wagon on the sidewalk. Five people are gathered...
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Midway Filling Station on Hwy 16

Date: 1928
Description: View down road towards a filling station near Portage. A man stands while filling his tank. Two boys stand nearby. Under large trees are two pumps, a small...
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First Combine Made and Operated in Oregon

Date: 1928
Description: Elevated view of three men using a horse-drawn combine. Letter accompanying the image reads: ". . . we are mailing you to-day, picture of the first Combine...
Photograph

Man Posing on Horse-Drawn Dump Rake

Date: 1928
Description: Left side view of a man sitting on a horse-drawn dump rake. Another man is standing behind him. Farm buildings are across a road in the background.
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Horse-Drawn Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1928
Description: View across field towards a man driving a large team of horses pulling a harvester thresher. A man is standing in the field in the foreground. A silo, a lo...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1928
Description: A man is standing in a field near a harvester-thresher pulled by a large team of horses. The horses are wearing fly-nets. Three other men are standing on t...

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