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Gasoline Engine

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster of an International gasoline engine serving many functions on the farm. Includes a large bird's-eye view of a farm, surrounded by ...
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Threshing in the 1870s

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Description: Men and women pose in the middle of threshing operations with steam engine, horse-drawn wagon and a wheelbarrow equipped with a homemade basket. A handwrit...
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Engine and Chaff Cutter

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Description: Two farmers use an International Harvester engine and portable chaff cutter on an Australian farm.
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International Machines on Australian Farm

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Description: Men on an Australian farm use an International Harvester engine and hay press, and a Sterling thresher.
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Man with Hammer Mill and Power Unit

Date: 11 08 1938
Description: A man loads what appear to be stalks of harvested wheat onto a #10-C hammer mill operated by a P-30 power unit. The entire outfit was mounted on a tractor-...
Poster

McCormick-Deering WD-40 Fold-Out Poster

Date: 1937
Description: McCormick-Deering WD-40 Diesel Tractor poster. Poster folds into smaller convenient mailing leaflet. The text reads: "McCormick-Deering WD-40 Tractor, Amer...
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Men Harvesting with a Vertical Stationary Engine

Date: 1911
Description: A man on the right is standing and leaning against a large cart which contains a vertical stationary engine. Three men on the left are working in the backg...
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Men with Hay Press in Field

Date: 08 20 1909
Description: Group of men working with a hay press in a field.
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Hay Press Powered by 6 H.P. Engine

Date: 04 12 1912
Description: View up hill towards a man using a hay press on the right powered (belt-driven) by a 6 H.P. engine on the left.
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Men Using Powered Hay Press

Date: 04 04 1912
Description: Men in a field using a powered hay press. The belt-driven engine is out of the frame to the left. One man is standing on top of a haystack, and three men a...
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Man Working at Sorghum Mill

Date: 1929
Description: Man working outdoors under an open sided roofed shed at a sorghum mill. Caption reads: "Engine & Sorghum mill. Henry Laepfer Mt. Carrol, Ill." A sign paint...

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