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Jesse Brabazon in a Wright Model B

Date: 10 08 1912
Description: Jesse Brabazon of Delavan, Wisconsin, in a Wright Model B following an emergency landing at Cicero Field in Chicago. Inspecting the faulty propeller that c...
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African American Woman at Work in McCormick Works' Community Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: African American woman tending to her plot in the McCormick Works' garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Harves...
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Man in West Pullman Works' Com munity Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Man bending over to pick vegetables in the West Pullman Works' community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International ...
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Men Picking Vegetables in Deering Works Community Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Three men picking vegetables in the Deering Works community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Harvester's "...
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McCutcheon and Airplane

Date: 1911
Description: Chicago Tribune cartoonist John T. McCutcheon with his Wright Model B airplane, probably photographed at Cicero Field. McCutcheon is sometimes referred to ...
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Harvester Farm Display

Date: 1946
Description: A worker tending to a replica field in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. The scene includes a Farmall tractor and a barn.
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Plano Works Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Buildings, a watertower, and smokestacks at International Harvester's Plano Works. The factory was later known as "West Pullman Works."
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Field of Harvested Grain

Date: 1900
Description: View across large field dotted with many piles of harvested grain. In the middle distance is a man on a what may be a horse-drawn binder, and another man i...
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Plowing at 96th and Muskegon

Date: 1919
Description: Three men in a field working on an International 8-16 tractor. One of the men is dressed in a suit. There are houses in the background.
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Men with Horse-Drawn Dump Rake

Date: 1900
Description: Men with horse-drawn dump rake in a field. One man is sitting on the dump rake, and three other men are standing behind him on the right.
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Man with Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: A man is standing in a field holding the reins of two horses pulling a mower. There are farm buildings and a windmill in the background.
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Horse-Powered Push Binder Headers in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View down hill towards men using a horse-powered push binder header. Farm buildings are in the background.
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IH Billboard

Date: 12 26 1928
Description: A large billboard reads: "International Harvester Motor Truck Works and Branch House, 1/2 M. South."
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Aerial View of IH Plant

Date: 06 11 1929
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester plant.
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Man Driving Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 1905
Description: View towards a man driving a horse-drawn manure spreader in a field in a residential area, (test plot?). A sign on the side of the manure spreader reads: "...
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Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 1905
Description: Rear view of a man driving a horse-drawn manure spreader in a field in a residential area. (test plot?) Storefronts are in the background.
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Men Feeding Hay into Hay Press

Date: 01 11 1906
Description: Men are feeding hay into a hay press from large stack. A team of horses is powering the hay press.
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Men Feeding Hay into Hay Press

Date: 01 11 1906
Description: Men are feeding hay into a hay press from large stack. A team of horses is powering the hay press.
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Men Feeding Hay into Hay Press

Date: 01 11 1906
Description: Men are feeding hay into a hay press from large stack. A team of horses is powering the hay press.
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Two Girls Sitting in a Corn Binder

Date: 10 1906
Description: Two young barefoot girls sitting in the driver's seat of a horse-drawn corn binder in a cornfield in the vicinity of Chicago.

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