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Poster

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...
Print

Tracteurs Deering

Date: 1929
Description: Advertising folder for Deering 10-20 and 15-30 tractors, showing an Arab man in the foreground and tractors at work in the background. Printed for Algiers,...
Print

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ...
Poster

Deering Harvesting Machinery Advertising Poster

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising poster with inset color illustrations showing Deering brand reapers, mowers, grain binders and dump rakes. Includes an illustration of four old...
Poster

World War II Victory Garden Poster

Date: 1943
Description: International Harvester poster promoting "Victory Gardens" and war bonds. Features an illustration of a family working in a field while the father shakes h...
Photograph

Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1848
Description: Photographic reprint of a daguerreotype of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commer...
Photograph

Worker in front of Furnace at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 09 1908
Description: View of worker with a grey beard and hat standing and posing in front of a furnace inside IHC McCormick Works foundry.
Photograph

Employees at Office Christmas Party

Date: 12 1928
Description: International Harvester employees standing around a Christmas tree and Santa Claus during an office party. Many of the workers are wearing party hats and s...
Photograph

International Harvester Factory Employee in Foundry

Date: 1907
Description: Older factory worker standing among stacks of molds for casting parts. The man most likely worked at International Harvester's Osborne Works.
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Corn Machine Catalog

Date: 1916
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Deering line of corn machines, showing an old man next to a scarecrow with a jack-o-lantern f...
Photograph

William Deering

Date: 1902
Description: William Deering (1826-1913), founder of the Deering Harvester Company. In 1902 the Deering company became part of the International Harvester Company.
Photograph

Chris Borg, Deering Factory Superintendent

Date: 1902
Description: Portrait of Chris Borg (1859-1945), superintendent of International Harvester's Deering Works. Mr. Borg started as a metal patternmaker in the Deering Harv...
Print

McCormick Harvesting Machinery Catalog Cover

Date: 1904
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for McCormick harvesting machines. The cover features an illustration of an old man wearing a hat, smoking a pipe and readi...
Book or Pamphlet

Osborne Harvesting Machines Catalog Cover

Date: 1902
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for D.M. Osborne & Co. harvesting machines showing three old men. Two of the men appear to be listening to the third man. I...
Photograph

Mr. H. Puttemans using Chattanooga Reversible Plow

Date: 1919
Description: Mr. H. Puttemans turns under a failed rice crop by means of a horse-drawn Chattanooga Reversible Disc Plow at the Polytechnic School in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Photograph

Factory Worker at Osborne Works

Date: 09 1908
Description: Factory worker sawing a large piece of lumber at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as "Auburn Works"). The belt-driven machinery is alon...
Photograph

Old Man with Pumpkin and Turkey

Date: 1918
Description: An elderly man, possibly a farmer, holds a turkey and a pumpkin under each arm.
Poster

International Harvester Christmas Sign

Date: 1921
Description: Holiday sign illustrated with an image of Santa Claus advocating employee safety at International Harvester factories. The sign reads: "The International H...
Poster

Industrial Safety Sign

Date: 1920
Description: Industiral safety sign or poster promoting "Safety First" as the "best medicine" for factory workers during "No-Accident-Week". The sign reads: "The Best M...
Photograph

Samuel Hightower with Cradle

Date: 08 31 1927
Description: Samuel Hightower(sp?) stands in a grassy yard and holds up a cradle for harvesting grain.

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