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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...
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African American Farmers Touring Tractor Works

Date: 11 29 1948
Description: Twenty-five members of the "Negro Farmers of America" tour a crawler tractor (TracTracTor) assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The fa...
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Foundry Operations at Tractor Works

Date: 07 29 1936
Description: Workers pouring alloy into a stream of iron in the foundry of International Harvester's Tractor Works. The factory was located at 2600 West 1st Blvd.
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Assembling Running Gear at Weber Works

Date: 1917
Description: African American worker assembling a wagon axle running gear while a co-worker is looking on at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works. The factory wa...
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8-16 Tractor Assembly Line at Tractor Works

Date: 1919
Description: An African American worker driving a partially assembled International 8-16 tractor on an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. Another...
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Workers Assembling Mowers at McCormick Works

Date: 11 10 1926
Description: Workers, including some African Americans, assembling mower gear housings along an assembly line at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory ...
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Harold McCormick Family Portrait at Walnut Grove, Virginia

Date: 1922
Description: Harold F. McCormick family, farm laborers, and various animals on the Walnut Grove estate at Raphine, Virginia. Harold McCormick was the son of Cyrus Hall ...
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African American Workers at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 1905
Description: Group of employees, all men or young men, and mostly African American, posing inside manila or cotton processing room of IHC's McCormick Works. One man is ...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: View from street of workers, including some African Americans, loading (and/or unloading) agricultural equipment and parts outside a general office of the ...
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McCormick Works Dining Hall

Date: 1903
Description: Dining hall at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company before 1902. The staff of the d...
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McCormick Works' Parts Room

Date: 01 1911
Description: Elevated view of factory workers standing between rows of parts bins at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick H...
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Richmond McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view from across street of men posing with farm and lawn equipment along the storefront of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. Thre...
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International Harvester Office Workers

Date: 1909
Description: Men and women at work in the office of an International Harvester branch house(?). Advertising posters for Columbus wagons, Bluebell cream separators and I...
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African American Woman at Work in McCormick Works' Community Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: African American woman tending to her plot in the McCormick Works' garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Harves...
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People Wait in International Harvester Office

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Description: Men and women wait in an International Harvester company office among desks, typewriters, and other office equipment.
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James Melton on Plant Tour

Date: 1950
Description: "Harvest of Stars" radio and stage personality James "Jimmie" Melton talking with African American workers during a tour of an International Harvester's In...
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Field Testing Experimental Cotton Picker

Date: 03 16 1927
Description: Engineering photograph of men field testing an experimental cotton picker pulled by a Farmall tractor.
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Spanning the Centuries

Date: 1929
Description: Calendar sheet for "Deering-International" farm equipment manufactured by International Harvester Company. Features a color illustration of a man operating...
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Worker Drives Farmall 656 Tractor off Assembly Line

Date: 11 15 1968
Description: Factory worker driving an International Farmall 656 tractor from the assembly at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Chattanooga Works

Date: 1930
Description: Workers and casting molds at the Chattanooga Plow Works. The factory was originally operated by the Chattanooga Plow Company.

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