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Poster

Get Under the Big Tent

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for the International Harvester exhibit at the West Michigan State Fair in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The poster features photographs of au...
Photograph

McCormick Auto-Mower at Paris Exposition

Date: 1900
Description: Man sitting in a McCormick Auto-Mower in front of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company building at the Paris Exposition in France. Several men, a woman...
Photograph

McCormick Auto-Mower in Paris

Date: 1900
Description: Man sitting in a McCormick Auto-Mower at or near the Paris Exposition in France. The Auto-Mower was an experimental gasoline-powered mowing machine. This i...
Photograph

German McCormick Agricultural Exhibition

Date: 1900
Description: A crowd of people gathered at the entrance to a German exhibition of McCormick agricultural equipment. To the right is a small theatrical stage depicting a...
Poster

International Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1953
Description: Advertising poster for the Fast Hitch features a cartoon of men performing the "nationally famous Fast-Hitch square dance" on Farmall tractors. A photograp...
Photograph

World Food Fair

Date: 09 18 1967
Description: Ferris wheels and agricultural machinery are some of the things that attract fair-goers at the World Food Fair.
Photograph

Reaper Exhibit and Film Tent

Date: 1910
Description: A small crowd outside a large tent that adverstises "Reaper Motion Pictures." The tent is likely part of an International Harvester exhibit at a fair or ag...
Photograph

Automotive Week Parade at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1933
Description: A woman driving an International Harvester tractor leads the Automotive Week parade down the "Avenue of Flags" at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
Photograph

Automotive Week Parade at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1933
Description: A group of spectators at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair watch an International Harvester tractor pull a Firestone float down the "Avenue of Flags...
Photograph

Woman on a Tractor for "A Century of Progress"

Date: 09 08 1933
Description: A woman is sitting on a tractor for the "A Century of Progress" world's fair, possibly in preparation for the Automotive Week parade.
Photograph

Farmall Demonstration at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 07 18 1933
Description: Two men are operating Farmall tractors and implements at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. One tractor is pulling a disk harrow, and the other a cu...
Poster

Grain Harvesting Display Panel for "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 07 1933
Description: Display panel used in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. The panel illustrates the technological advancements...
Photograph

Farmall Regular Tractor at Mid-South Fair

Date: 1929
Description: A Farmall Regular tractor stands on outdoor display near a tent at the Mid-South Fair. A sign reading: "Farm With Farmalls; The All-Purpose Tractor; Intern...
Photograph

Men Outside Tent at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1925
Description: Men gather outside the International Harvester tent at the Indiana State Fair to look at tractors, threshers and other agricultural machines on display.
Photograph

Information Repair Service Booth at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1929
Description: International Harvester's "Information and Repair Service" booth stands at the Indiana State Fair.
Photograph

Ohio State Fair Entrance Display

Date: 1929
Description: A Farmall Regular tractor and an Internatioanl Six-Speed Special truck stand on elevated platforms on either side of an entrance to the Ohio State Fair.
Photograph

Radio-Controlled Tractor at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1931
Description: A radio-controlled Farmall F-30 tractor on display at the Indiana State Fair.
Photograph

Missouri State Fair

Date: 1935
Description: Men and women examine trucks, tractors and farm equipment on display on the grounds at the Missouri State Fair.
Photograph

Oxen at Eastern States Exposition

Date: 1935
Description: A team of oxen pulls a pallet of what appear to be cement blocks on a skid at the Eastern States Exposition, while onlookers gather on either side to watch...
Photograph

Meadows Stone Burr Grain Mill

Date: 1920
Description: A Meadows stone burr grain mill powered by an International Harvester engine grinding wheat into flour at what appears to be an outdoor fair or exhibition....

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