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Family in Garden

Date: 08 1932
Description: A worker from International Harvester's McCormick Works is with his wife and children in a city garden sponsored by the company. The gardens were located n...
Photograph

Families Work in Deering Works Employee Gardens

Date: 
Description: Men, women and children dig and rake the soil at the Deering Works employee gardens. The gardens appear to be located in a residential neighborhood.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Woman and Girls in McCormick Works' Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Mother and her two daughters posing near a version of International Harvester's logo at the McCormick Works community garden. The garden was one of several...
Photograph

Woman and Girls in McCormick Works' Community Garden

Date: 08 1932
Description: Mother and her two daughters at work in the McCormick Works community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Har...
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Man in West Pullman Works' Com munity Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Man bending over to pick vegetables in the West Pullman Works' community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International ...
Photograph

Man Picking Vegetables in Wisconsin Steel Works Community Garden

Date: 08 1932
Description: Man picking vegetables in the Wisconsin Steel Works community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Harvester's...
Photograph

Couple Picking Vegetables in Deering Works Community Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Man and woman picking vegetables in the Deering Works Community Garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Harvester...
Photograph

Men Picking Vegetables in Deering Works Community Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Three men picking vegetables in the Deering Works community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Harvester's "...
Print

International Harvester Rotary Tiller Flyer

Date: 01 01 1977
Description: Advertising flyer for the International Harvester 526A Rotary Tiller, captioned, "Worth Its Weight in Vegetables and Flowers." A color photograph shows a m...
Print

International Cub Cadet

Date: 1961
Description: Advertisement for International's Cub Cadet lawn and garden tractor from the back of "Tractor Farming" magazine. The advertisement features color photogra...
Print

International Cub Cadet Advertisement

Date: 1961
Description: Front cover and interior foldout section of an International Cub Cadet advertising pamphlet. The advertisement features two color photographs of a man and ...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Tractor and Trailer Brochure

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering Tractors and Trailers. Includes a photograph of men loading brush or shrubs into a trailer hitched t...
Book or Pamphlet

Kentucky Advertising Cuts — Lawn Mowers, Farm & Garden

Date: 1913
Description: Features at the top an illustration of a woman standing holding a lawn mower. Cut reads: "Lawn Mowers and Lawn Swings." The bottom illustration shows a wom...
Book or Pamphlet

C. Aultman & Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1884
Description: Chromolithograph featuring a young girl wearing a red dress, hat and stockings. She is standing under a tree and gathering flowers in the folds of her dres...
Book or Pamphlet

Planet Jr. Implement Catalogue Cover

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of the Planet Jr. catalog. Features an illustration of a man and young girl (about 5 or 6 years old) in a garden pushing a Planet Jr. Garden Drill to...
Photograph

Man and Garden at McCormick Works

Date: 
Description: Man outside small house near garden in plant yard. There is a factory building and railroad cars in the background.
Photograph

Men in Garden by Railroad Tracks at McCormick Works

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view across railroad tracks towards men working in a garden near a building at McCormick Works. There are tall stacks of lumber in the background.
Photograph

Garden near Plant Buildings

Date: 05 28 1918
Description: View of garden, with industrial buildings in the background. Two men are standing near a building in the background.

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