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Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Line Catalog Cover

Date: 1907
Description: Illustration from an International Harvester McCormick line catalog showing the McCormick name in script superimposed over a globe of the earth.
Poster

Farmall Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1928
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering Farmall tractors showing a map of the United States with trains speeding in all directions from Illinois. Bears th...
Poster

World's Trade: The Lion's Share Is What McCormick Gets

Date: 1900
Description: Print advertisement for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company showing a giant Lion with its claws on a globe of the earth. The earth bears the words "Wo...
Photograph

International Harvester Office Employees

Date: 08 1909
Description: Three office workers at their desks at an International Harvester office in Canada(?). A map of Canada and a portrait of William Deering are hanging on the...
Book or Pamphlet

E. Ball & Co. Mower and Reaper Catalog

Date: 1867
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for E. Ball & Company, "manufacturers of The World mower and reaper, and Tornado thresher." Cover features a color illustr...
Book or Pamphlet

E. Ball & Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1870
Description: Cover of advertising catalog for E. Ball & Company, "Manufacturers of The World mower and reaper and Tornado thresher." The cover features a color chromoli...
Poster

Map of the United States in 1831

Date: 1933
Description: Map created by International Harvester entitled: "The United States as it appeared in 1831 when Cyrus Hall McCormick invented the Reaper." The map pinpoint...
Book or Pamphlet

Back Cover of D.M. Osborne Catalog

Date: 1899
Description: Back cover of an advertising catalog for D.M. Osborne and Company showing a schoolmaster in front of men from many nations. Includes the caption "all natio...
Book or Pamphlet

Sources of Fiber for Binder and Baler Twine

Date: 
Description: A map showing the sources of fiber for the manufacture of binder and baler twine, as seen in the booklet: "The Story of Twine in Agriculture".
Map or Atlas

Agricultural Extension Map

Date: 1917
Description: United States map showing co-operative field work of the Agricultural Extension Department of the International Harvester Company from January of 1913 to J...
Photograph

International Harvester Service Map

Date: 1913
Description: Map showing the locations of IHC branch houses, works (factories), iron mines, coal lands, and timber lands.
Poster

Canton Works Illustration

Date: 1919
Description: Chart or sign illustrating the "New Plow Works of the International Harvester Co. Canton, Illinois." The middle of the poster features an article titled "H...
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.
Photograph

"A Century of Progress" Display

Date: 1934
Description: Interior of the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. A world map, engine components, and trucks are on display.
Photograph

International Harvester Exhibits at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 08 1933
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Kankakee High School band that is playing in the background as a crowd gathers around International Harvester exhibits at the...
Photograph

Lillian Anderson on a W-30 Tractor at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 30 1933
Description: Queen of the "A Century of Progress" exhibition, Lillian Anderson of Racine, Wisconsin, poses behind the wheel of a McCormick-Deering W-30 tractor in the I...
Photograph

Fort Wayne Works Superintendents

Date: 1935
Description: E.C. Lutz, superintendent of International Harvester's Fort Wayne Works, sits at a desk while C.M. Harrison, assistant superintendent, stands next to him.
Photograph

United States Map in Milking Machine Parts Display

Date: 1931
Description: A group of people look at an 1831 United States map, part of a McCormick-Deering milking machine parts display. The title on the map reads, "The United St...
Photograph

Farmall 100 Tractor on Display

Date: 1955
Description: A Farmall 100 tractor on display in a showroom. The showroom may have been at the International Harvester headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.
Photograph

International Harvester U.S. Map

Date: 1940
Description: Map illustrating the industrial uses of International crawler tractors (TracTracTors) across the United States. Includes the text: "International Serving I...

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