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Photograph

Emerson-Brantingham Factory

Date: 02 25 1924
Description: The factory floor with equipment used to build parts and materials. The stations have motors attached to belts, which are attached to the ceiling with pull...
Photograph

Exterior of Emerson-Brantingham Factory

Date: 02 25 1924
Description: View across road towards a car driving down a cobblestone road in front of the factory. The factory manufactures 4 cylinder engines for general and farm wo...
Photograph

Emerson-Brantingham Factory

Date: 02 25 1924
Description: View across road towards a car parked on a brick-paved road outside the front of the factory. A sign on the front has the name of the factory and also read...
Photograph

Rockford Branch House

Date: 09 15 1919
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's Rockford branch building. Railroad tracks pass a loading dock along the right side of the ivy-covered building a...
Book or Pamphlet

Boring Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Boring tractor, featuring a color illustration of a man using the tractor to work in a farm field.
Print

Boring Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Boring tractor, "A Carrying Tractor." The top of the page features a side-view photograph of a man sitting on the...
Book or Pamphlet

Emerson Manufacturing Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1901
Description: Forty-ninth annual catalog cover featuring an orange and blue illustration, over a gray background, of two yoked oxen. Directly behind the oxen a man weari...
Book or Pamphlet

"Uncle Hiram" Emerson Manufacturing Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1901
Description: Catalog cover featuring an illustration of a man wearing a straw hat and eyeglasses, holding a miniature agricultural implement in his hand. Text reads: "T...
Book or Pamphlet

Emerson Catalog Cover

Date: 1902
Description: Catalog cover, front and back. Title reads: "Out of the Depths," and features an illustration of a clown suppressing a laugh, with the text: "Emerson Farm ...
Book or Pamphlet

Emerson Brochure Cover

Date: 1902
Description: "The Dealer's Dream" cover features an illustration of a man asleep in bed at the bottom of the catalog. Above him his dream is contained in a frame. The m...
Print

Original Foot Lift Advertising Card

Date: 1902
Description: Die cut card in the shape of a foot, front and back shown. Front cover reads: "Original Foot Lift," and the back reads: "8 Foot Cut." The inside features i...

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