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International Harvester Paint Chart

Date: 1940
Description: Flyer containing paint chips for repainting International Harvester tractors and farm machines. The chart includes "Harvester Red Varnish Enamel for Farm M...
Photograph

Testing Apparatus for McCormick-Deering Combine

Date: 1940
Description: McCormick-Deering #42 combine connected to a testing apparatus at International Harvester's East Moline Works. The factory was constructed in 1933 and was ...
Photograph

Testing Apparatus for McCormick-Deering Combine

Date: 1940
Description: McCormick-Deering #42 combine connected to a testing apparatus at International Harvester's East Moline Works. The factory was constructed in 1933 and was ...
Photograph

Two Men Conversing Outdoors

Date: 1940
Description: Salesman Walter E. Seliguan at the wheel of an International truck, talking with J.G. Lauchner, general manager of the Hicksville Implement Company. The Hi...
Photograph

Industrial Tractor and Beam Sprayer

Date: 1940
Description: Two men are operating an International I-14 tractor and a beam sprayer. One man is sitting on the tractor while the other man is standing and operating the...
Photograph

Tractor Works Cafeteria Kitchen

Date: 1940
Description: A woman in uniform standing by the open door of a walk-in-cooler in the cafeteria at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory). A man is standing ...
Photograph

International Harvester U.S. Map

Date: 1940
Description: Map illustrating the industrial uses of International crawler tractors (TracTracTors) across the United States. Includes the text: "International Serving I...
Photograph

Man Entering Walk-In Cooler

Date: 1940
Description: A man carrying milk bottles stands at the doorway to a walk-in cooler at the Eubanks Dairy.
Photograph

Man Milking Cows

Date: 1940
Description: Roger Thomas uses a McCormick-Deering milker on a Holstein cow at the Lee Thomas farm.
Photograph

Osborne Works Molding Unit

Date: 1940
Description: Men are using Champion Jolt Squeeze molding machines in the molding unit at International Harvester's Osborne Works factory.
Photograph

International Molding Machine Company

Date: 1940
Description: Men at the International Molding Machine Company factory working with core boxes after removal from the core blower.
Photograph

Factory Workers at Mold Conveyor

Date: 1940
Description: Factory workers at International Harvester's Indianapolis Truck Engine Works complete work on the drag half of molds on the mold conveyor.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Thresher Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering combines (harvester-threshers). Includes the text: "McCormick-Deering Combines for every farm and ev...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Corn Picker Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering corn pickers, featuring a photograph of a man operating a Farmall M tractor and a corn picker. Also ...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering No.4 Stalk Cutter Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering stalk cutters featuring two photographs of a stalk cutter pulled by a Farmall H tractor. Includes th...
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IH Sales Flyer: "My Customers"

Date: 1940
Description: Sales flyer with the title: "My Customers," featuring a cartoon of a mother hen (salesman) with her chicks (customers). Banners and corn cobs are labeled w...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Fertilizer and Lime Distributor Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering fertiizer and lime distributors, featuring a herd of cows grazing. Includes the slogan: "acres of pr...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Cream Separator Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering cream separators, featuring a color illustration of a cream separator in the foreground and five cow...
Print

International Refrigeration Catalog

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for reach-in and walk-in coolers, featuring an illustration of a polar bear and an iconic snow-covered arctic landscape. T...
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Producing Clean Milk Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for milk coolers, cream separators, milk aerators and other dairy equipment. Includes a photo of a grinning young boy with...

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