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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...
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International Harvester Display

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Replica of Cyrus McCormick's original 1831 reaper on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. Scale mode...
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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.
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Cream Separator Display at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Cream separators on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
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Dairy Display at "A Century of Progress"'

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Cream separators, milkers and a mechanical cow on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. Caption in "T...
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

Reaper Replica Demonstration

Date: 1930
Description: A man, possibly Cyrus McCormick III, demonstrating a reaper replica to a group of onlooking 4-H Club members.
Photograph

Tractor at International Petroleum Exhibition

Date: 1929
Description: A McCormick-Deering power tractor outfitted with a Trackson Full-Crawler sits on display near the Dierks Lumber and Coal Company booth at the International...
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...
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Group at Hinsdale Demonstration

Date: 1945
Description: Groups of men examine International equipment on display outdoors at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The equipment on display include...
Photograph

McCormick Display at Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Flags hanging above a McCormick Harvesting Machine display at what is possibly the World's Columbian Exposition (The World's Fair of 1893). A painting of a...
Photograph

International Harvester Display at Missouri State Fair

Date: 1935
Description: People gather around displays of International Harvester equipment set up beneath a tent at the Missouri State Fair.
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Missouri State Fair

Date: 1935
Description: Men and women examine trucks, tractors and farm equipment on display on the grounds at the Missouri State Fair.
Photograph

F-12 Quick Detachable Equipment Display at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1935
Description: Farm implements mounted on a rotating circular platform near a Farmall F-12 tractor at the Indiana State Fair. The display was likely used to demonstrate "...
Photograph

Tractor Demonstration

Date: 05 17 1916
Description: Men are watching the demonstration of an Avery Company tractor pulling a Hoosier seed drill (?) across a field at Newsorn Farm during the annual meeting of...
Photograph

McCormick Display at Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: View of the McCormick display at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (World's Fair of 1893). The exhibit features several full size and scale model...
Print

Peoria Self-Steering Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Peoria self-steering tractor featuring two studio photographs of the equipment and a photograph of the Peoria surrounded by farmers a...
Photograph

IH Display at Fair

Date: 11 10 1927
Description: View across lawn towards a display of tractors, trucks, cream separators, and the other implements around a counter with posters and signs. There is a corn...
Photograph

Display at Exhibit with Tent

Date: 10 31 1928
Description: View across fairgrounds towards an International Harvester exhibit tent. The open-sided tent has a man driving a truck loaded heavily with sandbags, a man ...
Photograph

IH Tent with Display at Fairgrounds

Date: 10 31 1928
Description: View across fairgrounds towards an International Harvester exhibit tent. The open-sided tent has a tractor and other agricultural implements on display.

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