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Quitting Time at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve...
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...
Photograph

International Harvester Spreader Delivery Day

Date: 05 08 1914
Description: Farmers and their families lined up in the street of a rural town for a "spreader delivery" day organized by International Harvester dealer, P.J. Welter. T...
Photograph

International Harvester Truck in Parade

Date: 1931
Description: An International Harvester truck leads a line of marchers in the Meat Packers Parade. The parade is moving down a city street (possibly Michigan Avenue in ...
Photograph

Man Displaying Horse

Date: 1911
Description: Right side view of a horse on display. There is a man on the right holding the bridle. In the background is a large group of people sitting and standing ne...
Photograph

Alfalfa Presentation

Date: 1913
Description: A group consisting of men and children gather around Joseph E. Wing as he stands on a platform to address the crowd on the subject of alfalfa. The group g...
Photograph

Alfalfa Campaign

Date: 1913
Description: C.H. Allen stands on the back of a wagon to address a group on the subject of alfalfa. Men and boys stand around him to listen.
Photograph

Crowd with Horse

Date: 1920
Description: A man and boy holding the reins of a horse while a group of men and boys are looking on. Commercial buildings are in the background.
Print

Testing of the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1915
Description: Copy of chromolithograph of the testing of the first reaping machine at Steele's Tavern, W. Virginia." The scene includes racist depictions of enslaved Afr...
Photograph

Jack Rabbit Hunt

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Description: View across fence towards a rabbit hunt. Caption on slide reads: "Sports: Jack rabbit hunt, California. Driving wild rabbits into enclosure where they will...
Photograph

Large Crowd in front of Dealership

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Description: Large crowd in front of dealership, with products on dipslay, including horse-drawn manure spreaders. Sign in front: "Osgood US Standard Binghamton, NY."
Photograph

Large Crowd in front of Dealership

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Description: View towards a large crowd on the porch of a dealership. There is a sign on the ground in front of the building, perhaps over a scale, that reads: "Osgood ...
Photograph

Elevated View of City

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Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks towards a crowd of people along a commercial street near horse-drawn vehicles and a street railroad car.

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