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Harvester-Thresher Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines) featuring color illustrations of No. 8, No. 11, No. 20 and windrow harvesters. Incl...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Corn Picker Advertising Poster

Date: 1925
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering corn pickers. Features a color illustration of the corn picker, and a photograph of a man using the corn picker in...
Photograph

Workers Hauling Sisal Leaves

Date: 1910
Description: Workers hauling sisal leaves with rail carts and burros to a decortication mill in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The mill was likely part of Internation...
Photograph

Drying Sisal Fibre in Yucatan

Date: 1910
Description: Workers drying sisal fibre (fiber) in long rows in Yucatan, Mexico. The fibre was used by International Harvester for binder twine production.
Photograph

Child Laborers Bringing Fibre Down From Mountains

Date: 1910
Description: Procession of child laborers carrying bundles of twine fibre (fiber) down from the mountains in the Philippines. The fibre was likely used by International...
Photograph

Philippine Workers Transport Fibre using Water Buffalo

Date: 
Description: Workers transporting twine fibre (fiber) using water buffalo and a wooden cart in the Philippines. The fibre was likely used by International Harvester fo...
Photograph

Workers Loading Sisal Leaves onto Tram Car

Date: 1900
Description: Two workers loading bundles of sisal leaves onto a tram car on a plantation in the Yucatan(?). The sisal or hennequen was used by the McCormick Company and...
Photograph

Workers Hanging Sisal in Yucatan(?)

Date: 1948
Description: Workers, mostly female, hanging bundles of sisal on wires on a plantation in the Yucatan(?). The plantation was likely run by the International Harvester C...
Photograph

Field Testing Experimental Cotton Picker

Date: 03 16 1927
Description: Engineering photograph of men field testing an experimental cotton picker pulled by a Farmall tractor.
Photograph

Experimental Combine with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men field testing an experimental 12 foot McCormick-Deering combine (harvester-thresher) with a Farmall M tractor. Mountains are in the ba...
Photograph

McCormick Farmall H Tractor with Front-Mounted Cultivator

Date: 
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man in a field operating a McCormick Farmall H tractor with front-mounted cultivator, either at or near the company's experimen...
Photograph

J. Leroy Farmer Hemp Mill

Date: 1943
Description: Field of shocked hemp with stock pile, and the J. Leroy Farmer Hemp Mill in the background.
Photograph

International 4568 Turbo Tractor in Field

Date: 1975
Description: View towards a farmer operating an International 4568 Turbo tractor in a cornfield.
Photograph

Experimental Cotton Picker Mounted on a Farmall B Tractor

Date: 1944
Description: Field test of an experimental International Harvester cotton picker mounted on a Farmall B tractor. The caption reads "Experimental IH low-drum 1-row Farma...
Book or Pamphlet

Cotton King Disk Harrow

Date: 1910
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Cotton King disk harrows sold by International Harvester. Includes a photographic illustration of the rear view of a ma...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Corn Machines Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Deering Corn Machines manufactured by International Harvester. The cover features a photograph of shocks of corn surrou...
Book or Pamphlet

International Sweep Rakes, Stackers and Combined Sweep Rake and Stacker Catalog Cover

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester sweep rakes and stackers. Includes a photograph of men operating a horse powered hay stacker.
Book or Pamphlet

International Rake Hay Loader

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the International rake hay loader. Includes an photographic illustration of a man operating a rake hay loader.
Book or Pamphlet

International Sweep Rakes and Stackers Catalog Cover

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester sweep rakes and stackers. Includes a photograph of a man operating a horse powered sweep rake i...
Book or Pamphlet

International Combined Sweep Rake and Stacker Catalog Cover

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the International Harvester combined sweep rake and stacker. Features a photographic illustration of a man operating a ...

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