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McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1868
Description: Engraved illustration of an elevated view of the "McCormick Reaper & Mower Works." Ships are on Lake Michigan in the background.
Photograph

Edward J. Brandt Dent Co. Building

Date: 
Description: View from road of facade of the company building of the Brand Automatic Cashier. A shed on the left has advertisements for: "Bull Durham for Pipe or Cigare...
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Plano Manufacturing Advertisement with Roosters

Date: 1893
Description: An ornate advertisement "showing the wonderful growth of the Plano Manufacturing Company" as symbolized by the hatching and growth of a chick into a mighty...
Book or Pamphlet

Shelby Tractor and Truck Hourglass Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet produced by the Shelby Tractor and Truck Company advertising Shelby Model C and D tractors. The cover features an illustration of ...
Book or Pamphlet

Moline Plow Company Factory

Date: 1920
Description: Back cover of a brochure advertising Moline Universal tractors. The text beneath an illustration of the Moline Plow Company factory reads: "The Largest Tra...
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Lauson Factory

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated-view illustration of the John Lauson Manufacturing Company factory. The company made Lauson tractors and Lauson Frost King gasoline engines.
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Trenam Farm Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Trenam All-Purpose Farm Tractor with 12-24 horse power. The advertisement features four photographs of a farmer using the tractor in ...
Book or Pamphlet

The Cletrac in Industry

Date: 1918
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Cletrac tank-type tractor produced by the Cleveland Tractor Company. A watercolor painting portrays two men with ...
Book or Pamphlet

Dart Truck and Tractor Company Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Dart Truck and Tractor Corporation. The text reads: "Dart - The Answer to Modern Commercial Demands."
Book or Pamphlet

Parlin and Orendorff Advertisement

Date: 02 06 1911
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for Parlin and Orendorff Company, makers of P&O plows and other agricultural implements. Features an illustration of the c...
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Heider Company Factory

Date: 1915
Description: Illustration of the Heider Manufacturing Company factory in Carroll, Iowa, "Home of the Heider Tractor."
Photograph

Patch Grove Main Street

Date: 1912
Description: View down Main Street. On the left is a barn covered with circus broadsides. Across the street is a building with a storefront and awning, and a sign that ...
Photograph

General Store

Date: 
Description: View from unpaved road of the front of the two-story general store with a group of six men standing on the stoop. One man, perhaps the proprietor, wears st...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1927
Description: View of intersection towards a restaurant and grocery on the left, with dwellings and other buildings in the background. A group of people standing posing ...
Photograph

Ford Truck Advertising Schoelkopf Automobile Supplies

Date: 1923
Description: The Schoelkopf advertising truck parked on the street near the store at 210-216 E. Washington Avenue. The truck advertises a number of products: Rockway Sp...
Photograph

McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across street of McCormick Works. In the foreground are sidewalks on either side of the street. Advertisements are painted on the sides of co...

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