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Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Photograph

Alexander Legge

Date: 09 20 1923
Description: Alexander Legge (1866-1933) with a pitchfork full of hay at a Thresher demonstration at International Harvester's Hinsdale farm. Men are milling around a t...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Plow Competition

Date: 1913
Description: Two men appear to be competing in a plowing competition with horse-drawn walking plows. Onlookers and automobiles are in the background. The photograph was...
Photograph

Drainage Districts Booth

Date: 08 29 1926
Description: Drainage Districts of Central Wisconsin booth at Wisconsin State Fair with crops on display, and photographs around the booth above vegetables on display o...
Photograph

IH Exhibit at Plowing Contest

Date: 1955
Description: Elevated view of International Harvester's exhibit of agricultural machinery at the Wabash plowing contest. Includes a Farmall 400 tractor (with Electrall?...
Photograph

Sheep at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 
Description: Men preparing their sheep for judging at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Chicken Plucking

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Description: A chicken plucking demonstration at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

International Harvester Museum Display Model

Date: 1974
Description: Daniel M. McMaster, president of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, and Keith R. Potter, executive vice president of International Harvester, view...
Photograph

International Harvester Farm Exhibit

Date: 1946
Description: Ranch house and an International pickup truck in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
Photograph

Harvester Farm Exhibit

Date: 1946
Description: A yard, barn, and a Deering combine (harvester-thresher) in the International Harvester farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
Photograph

Harvester Farm Exhibit

Date: 1946
Description: Children visiting the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. A barn and an International truck are in the background.
Photograph

Harvester Farm Exhibit at Museum of Science and Industry

Date: 1946
Description: Men and women working on the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.
Photograph

International Harvester Tractor Display

Date: 1946
Description: Display in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. The display consists of a McCormick Farmall tractor with a male mannequin sitt...
Postcard

Colonial Farm House Display

Date: 1946
Description: The "Colonial Farm House" in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Caption reads: "Colonial Farm House, Harvester Farm,...
Photograph

Harvester Farm Exhibit

Date: 1946
Description: A view of the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. Includes a barn, a farmhouse, and an International pickup truck in the distance...
Photograph

Calf Competition

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Description: Competitors in the calf judging lining up with their animals at the Portage County fair.
Photograph

Livestock Exposition Shampoo

Date: 1959
Description: Competitors in the Southern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Exposition washing their animals outdoors before the judging.
Photograph

Swine Competitors

Date: 1962
Description: Competitors in the Junior Livestock Exposition with their pigs before the judging.
Photograph

Livestock Judging

Date: 09 1953
Description: A young woman shows her entry in the Central Wisconsin Junior Livestock Competition.
Photograph

Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Exhibit of new machinery at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. Some of the 2,000 cars and b...

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