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A Sure-Fire Winner

Date: 06 17 1929
Description: Advertising placard for McCormick-Deering tractor service showing a cartoon of men playing baseball with onlookers peering over a fence. Dialog balloons co...
Photograph

International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1910
Description: Birds-eye view of International Harvester's Milwaukee Works located at 1714 West Bruce Street. The factory was originally owned by the Milwaukee Harvester ...
Poster

Canton Works Illustration

Date: 1919
Description: Chart or sign illustrating the "New Plow Works of the International Harvester Co. Canton, Illinois." The middle of the poster features an article titled "H...
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Horse-Power Cartoon

Date: 1917
Description: Cartoon illustrating "the layman's idea of how horse-power is determined." The cartoon shows an automobile in a "tug-of-war" with a large number of horses.
Photograph

Tractor Advertising Illustration

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising illustration showing a farmer using a horse and plow in a field while the image of a tractor and the word "kerosene" is floating above in the s...
Photograph

Tractor Advertising Illustration

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising illustration showing a man driving a Titan 10-20 tractor down a road with markers labeled: "Material Test, Factory Inspection, Brake Test, Draw...
Book or Pamphlet

"From the Sublime to the Ridiculous" Field Tests

Date: 1894
Description: Cartoon on the last page of a McCormick catalog. The cartoon depicts the World's Fair field-trials in Wayne, Illinois, at which the McCormick mower prevail...
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La Crosse Tractor Rear Axle Assembly

Date: 
Description: Wash drawing of La Crosse Happy Farmer Tractor rear axle assembly with captions pointing out features
Photograph

Drafting Department at Tractor Works

Date: 03 10 1949
Description: A group of men working at tables in the Drafting Department at International Harvester's Tractor Works. An American flag is hanging from the high ceiling i...
Photograph

International Diesel Engine Diagram

Date: 1945
Description: International diesel engine diagram.
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Cartoon "Necktie Party DeLuxe"

Date: 01 1943
Description: A cartoon printed in the January issue of the "HARVESTER NEWS-LETTER" showing a pair of hands strangling Adolph Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hideki Tojo w...
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Six Image Panels of Farmers

Date: 1895
Description: A cartoon comparing two farmer's experiences, one with McCormick machinery, and one with "ordinary" binders. The caption at the bottom reads: "He Laughs Be...
Drawing

Daddy's McCormick

Date: 1890
Description: Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Features a drawing of a school boy at a desk holding a chalk b...
Print

Kardell Tractor Drive Shaft Diagram

Date: 1918
Description: Two illustrations of the drive shaft to the Kardell "4-in-1" tractor. The drawing at top is labeled: "Top view with upper half of case removed and section ...
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Parrett Kerosene Burner

Date: 1915
Description: Diagram of the kerosene burner used in Parrett tractors. The caption beneath the drawing reads: "This illustrates the way the kerosene is burned in the PAR...
Book or Pamphlet

Massey-Harris Company Catalog Covers

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back cover of binder catalog. The front cover has a color illustration of a young boy making a crude drawing on a wall of a horse-drawn binder wi...
Photograph

Line Drawings of Labeled Parts on Axles

Date: 11 25 1911
Description: Line drawings of labeled parts on axles.
Photograph

Engineer's Drawing: "Clutch for Type M Press"

Date: 12 04 1918
Description: Drawing of hay press parts and clutches.
Photograph

Cutaway of Farmall A Tractor

Date: 1945
Description: Illustration of a right side profile cutaway view of Farmall A tractor.
Photograph

Cutaway of Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1945
Description: Illustration of a right side profile cutaway view of Farmall M tractor.

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