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Woman and Girls in McCormick Works' Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Mother and her two daughters posing near a version of International Harvester's logo at the McCormick Works community garden. The garden was one of several...
Photograph

Woman and Girls in McCormick Works' Community Garden

Date: 08 1932
Description: Mother and her two daughters at work in the McCormick Works community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Har...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Man Picking Vegetables in Wisconsin Steel Works Community Garden

Date: 08 1932
Description: Man picking vegetables in the Wisconsin Steel Works community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Harvester's...
Photograph

Couple Picking Vegetables in Deering Works Community Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Man and woman picking vegetables in the Deering Works Community Garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Harvester...
Photograph

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 "...
Photograph

Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 
Description: Three-quarter view towards a man operating a Farmall Cub tractor in a garden.
Book or Pamphlet

Grow a Garden

Date: 1915
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to promote family gardens. Includes an image of a young woman st...
Book or Pamphlet

Make the Garden Pay

Date: 01 20 1928
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to promote family gardens. Includes an illustration of a basket ...
Book or Pamphlet

Grow a Vegetable Garden

Date: 03 15 1918
Description: Booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to promote family vegetable gardens. Includes the text: "grow a vegetable g...
Print

International Harvester Rotary Tiller Flyer

Date: 01 01 1977
Description: Advertising flyer for the International Harvester 526A Rotary Tiller, captioned, "Worth Its Weight in Vegetables and Flowers." A color photograph shows a m...
Photograph

Farmhouse and Landscaping

Date: 06 1923
Description: Landscape surrounding a farmhouse.
Photograph

Two Men Sifting Compost for a Garden

Date: 06 1923
Description: Two men sifting compost soil through a screen.
Photograph

Family Weeding Garden

Date: 08 1914
Description: John Van Ness and his niece and nephew removing weeds from their "truck patch." Mr. Van Ness is using a hoe.
Photograph

Spraying Potatoes with Pesticide

Date: 06 1923
Description: Men using the "big sprayer" to apply pesticide to garden potatoes at R.R. Robertson's farm.
Photograph

Boys at Work on Urban Garden

Date: 04 18 1917
Description: Boys from the Newberry School and Boys' Club No. 2 work on ground loaned by the Board of Education for a city garden.
Photograph

Woman in Garden on Corner of 675 Rush Street

Date: 1921
Description: A woman is standing in the garden by the corner of 675 Rush Street, the residence of the McCormick family, which takes up an entire block between Erie and ...
Poster

Health and Safety Poster on Cleanliness

Date: 1916
Description: Poster or signboard titled: "Clean Surroundings - Helps to Make Good Citizens and a Healthful City." Seven images illustrate cleanliness at different Inter...
Photograph

Gardening

Date: 1943
Description: A gardener sprays a row of plants with a sprayer and metal container. The container likely holds pesticide.
Photograph

Man Working in Garden

Date: 1943
Description: A gardener works in a vegetable garden.

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