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Diagram of McCormick's Reaper

Date: 1867
Description: A diagram of McCormick's cultivator-reaper, which was patented in 1845. The illustration, titled "The Cultivator" depicts a man using a rake to remove the ...
Print

Consolidated Implement Company Farm Equipment Competition Flyer

Date: 1895
Description: Flyer advertising a contest wherein the Consolidated Implement Company of Utah and Idaho planned to give away a McCormick Binder, McCormick Mower, and "Ste...
Book or Pamphlet

D.M. Osborne World's Fair Souvenir

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back of an advertising folder produced by the D.M. Osborne Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features illustrations of a young gi...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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...
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Model of First Reaper

Date: 11 14 1922
Description: A scale model of the first reaper made by Cyrus H. McCormick in 1831 sits on display along the side of a building.
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

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

IH Outdoor Recreation Equipment Brochure

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International Harvester golf equipment. Features a photograph of a man driving a Fairway-12 Tractor on the Bobby Jones...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Advertisement for Twine Binders, Reapers and Mowers

Date: 
Description: Die cut hand sickle (reaping hook) shaped card, with a loop of string. The string holds two small die cut hay bundles, with text on both sides of each bund...
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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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