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Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1886
Description: McCormick Harvesting Machine Company annual catalog cover featuring an illustration of a woman carrying a sheaf of wheat. Below the text reads: "Harvesting...
Poster

Machines Agricoles & Ficelle Deering

Date: 09 25 1925
Description: Advertising calendar for Deering brand farm machinery showing a French woman in a field with a basket and tilling tool. Printed by H. Brun, Paris, France.
Print

McCormick Catalog Art

Date: 1894
Description: Color lithograph illustration on the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows an American Revolutionary War battle scene. Also...
Print

Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
Magazine or Periodical

"International Harvester World: The Red Pylon... Symbol of Postwar Progress" Article Cover

Date: 03 1948
Description: The "International Harvester World" title page and cover image for the magazine edition and "International Harvester World: The red pylon... symbol of post...
Print

"Dealer News Prototype Progress Report - Minneapolis"

Date: 04 1948
Description: "Dealer News" article featuring three old and new International Harvester Minneapolis dealer locations. Six images total show the move from cramped, run-do...
Book or Pamphlet

"Pattern for Postwar"

Date: 10 1945
Description: "Pattern for Postwar: The Nation's Most Modern Farm Equipment Store," pp. 12-13 from "Tractor Farming" magazine, No. 2, Volume 28, 1945. The article discus...
Poster

"Gambling With Fate" Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Industrial safety sign or poster featuring the "grim reaper" and advising factory workers to "be a booster for safety." The sign reads: "Gambling With Fate...
Photograph

Interior of IH Building at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Tractors, agricultural machinery and trucks on display inside International Harvester's exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
Book or Pamphlet

"From the Sublime to the Ridiculous" Field Tests

Date: 1894
Description: Cartoon on the last page of a McCormick catalog. The cartoon depicts the World's Fair field-trials in Wayne, Illinois, at which the McCormick mower prevail...
Photograph

Machinery on Display at "100 Years in Chicago"

Date: 1947
Description: Tractors and farm equipment on display at International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration at Soldier Field. Original caption reads: "Partial v...
Photograph

Branch Manager with Honor Roll

Date: 1942
Description: S.E. Foster, manager of International Harvester's Little Rock branch house, stands beside the branch honor roll of enlisted International Harvester men. Al...
Photograph

Old Farm Machinery

Date: 04 23 1926
Description: Exterior view of a barnyard littered with old farm machinery and piled wood.
Poster

French-Language Rake and Tedder Poster

Date: 1925
Description: French-language poster advertising McCormick rakes and tedders. The poster features color illustrations of a hay rake and hay tedder along with text descri...
Poster

French-Language 7B Mower Poster

Date: 1925
Description: French-language poster advertising the McCormick 7B mower. The poster features a color illustration of the mower with an inset close-up of the machine's ge...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Deering Combine Catalog Cover

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for McCormick-Deering combines (harvester-threshers). Text on the cover reads: "Combines built for West Coast Growers: McCo...
Photograph

Men and Boys Around Hay Baler

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of men and boys gathered around a hay baler and other machines at work on International Harvester's Hickory Hill farm. The farm was located 7...
Book or Pamphlet

Annual Report

Date: 1955
Description: Front cover of the International Harvester Company's annual report, featuring a color photograph of a man operating a Farmall 400 tractor in a field. Farm ...
Document

Leonard Tractor Company Report

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a report on the Leonard Tractor Company for the Battle Creek Chamber of Commerce by Charles C. Walsh.
Book or Pamphlet

Hart-Parr Power Booklet

Date: 1929
Description: Back cover of a booklet advertising Hart-Parr farm machinery featuring a world map with the text: "The Sun Never Sets on Hart-Parr Power. Hart-Parr Company...

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