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N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration

Date: 1931
Description: Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh...
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Wright's Model For Service Station

Date: 1931
Description: An architectural model of a village-type roadside service station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Print

A Week's Cruise on the Great Lakes, Cover

Date: 1931
Description: Cover of the Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit Company schedule in the Great Lakes Country, depicts a man and a woman watching a ship; either the "N...
Photograph

Crowd Examines Centennial Model of the Reaper

Date: 1931
Description: Crowd examining a full size reproduction of the "first reaper" displayed on the bed of an International "Six Speed Special" truck parked in front of an Int...
Historical Object

Aviation Place Card

Date: 1931
Description: Art Deco-style place card with an aviation theme used for a women's luncheon at the Madison College Club.
Photograph

Engine #6414

Date: 1931
Description: View of the front of the locomotive of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, engine #6414, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia and purch...
Photograph

CM&SP Railroad Engine

Date: 1931
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #6414, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia and purchased in 1931. The train is near the 26th...
Photograph

AW-1 3/4 Ton "Red Baby" Truck

Date: 1931
Description: International AW-1 "Red Baby" pickup truck designed for use by McCormick-Deering farm equipment dealerships. Slightly elevated view towards left side of tr...
Photograph

International AW-2 Oscar Mayer Truck

Date: 1931
Description: Oscar Mayer delivery truck parked outside an Oscar Mayer & Co. building. The truck is an International AW-2 and features 32 x 6 tires. The side of the truc...
Photograph

Fleet of International Delivery Trucks

Date: 1931
Description: Fleet of parked International delivery trucks for Oscar Mayer. Included in the line up are the AW-2, AL-3 and A-5.
Photograph

Crowd Watches Demonstration of Radio-Controlled Tractor

Date: 1931
Description: Crowd watching a demonstration of a radio-controlled McCormick-Deering Farmall F-30 tractor at an agricultural exhibition or fair.
Print

Centennial of the McCormick Reaper

Date: 1931
Description: Advertisement for International Trucks announcing the Centennial of the McCormick Reaper ("reaper centennial"). Features an illustration of a truck on the ...
Photograph

One Car, Two Men, Three Deer

Date: 1931
Description: Two hunters with rifles pose in the snow by a car with three deer carcasses.
Photograph

Main Street and Iowa County Courthouse

Date: 1931
Description: Main street, with Iowa County Courthouse on the right, and a hotel and cafe on the left. Parked cars line the street. Caption reads: "Street Scene — Dodgev...
Poster

International Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Advertising poster for International motor trucks with color illustration of a truck and ghostly images of pioneers on horseback and oxen-drawn Conestoga w...
Photograph

Mississippi River

Date: 1931
Description: Mississippi River from the Brisbois Mansion. Left to right: Dousman House Hotel, railroad station, electrical plant smokestack, Diamond Jo warehouse, and a...
Photograph

Men Operating Hammer Mill

Date: 1931
Description: Two men use a No. 3 McCormick and Deering Hammer Mill in a farm yard. One man is standing in a wagon and the other is on the bed of a truck.
Photograph

Packard Auto

Date: 1931
Description: Two employees of Packard Auto in front of the service department office with a parked automobile.
Photograph

C.H. Gerling Coal Co. Gasoline Station

Date: 1931
Description: View from across the street of the C.H. Gerling Coal Co. Gasoline Station, located on the southeast corner of S. 2nd and W. Washington Streets.
Photograph

C.H. Gerling Coal Co. Gasoline Station

Date: 1931
Description: View from across the street of C.H. Gerling Coal Co. gasoline station, located on the southeast corner of S. 2nd and W. Washington Streets.

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