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Limited Production Motor Cultivator

Date: 06 12 1917
Description: Engineering photograph of a man field testing a limited production motor cultivator. Original caption reads: "... the 1916 motor cultivator with the additi...
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First Self-Propelled Combine by IH

Date: 1942
Description: Man testing the model 123-SP (self-propelled) combine (harvester-thresher) in a field. The machine was International Harvester's first self-propelled combi...
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Farmall F-22 Tractor

Date: 1938
Description: Man plowing a field with an experimental Farmall F-22 tractor.
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Rock with Petroglyphs

Date: 1953
Description: Stone displaying ancient writing. The rock was on the grounds of International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Grounds. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was...
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Experimental Combine

Date: 1943
Description: Lee and Gray, International Harvester employees, and Fowler McCormick, looking at an experimental combine (harvester-thresher) in a field. A Farmall tracto...
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Dr. Babcock Milking a Cow

Date: 05 1928
Description: Dr. Stephen Moulton Babcock seated on a stool and milking a cow. Another man stands near the head of the cow. They are in a fenced field near a road, most ...
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Olson's Wolf Trip

Date: 1927
Description: Sigurd Olson, left, traveling by dogsled with game hunter Uiho Salminen as part of his study of predator control for his master's degree.
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Planting Potatoes

Date: 1919
Description: A man wearing a wide-brimmed hat and overalls is sitting behind a team of two horses while planting potatoes at the International Harvester Company experim...
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Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 08 1930
Description: Elevated view of a man driving a team of two horses to pull a McCormick-Deering manure spreader across a field at International Harvester's Hinsdale experi...
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Farmall Tractor with Endgate Spreader

Date: 09 1927
Description: A man standing in an endgate lime spreader is using a shovel to spread lime onto a field at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The sprea...
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Spreading Lime in Alfalfa Field

Date: 09 1929
Description: View from rear of a man using a Farmall tractor and a McCormick-Deering lime sower to fertilize an alfalfa field at International Harvester's Hinsdale expe...
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Spreading Manure

Date: 09 1929
Description: A man is using a Farmall Regular tractor and manure spreader to spread manure across a pasture at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Manure Spreader with Lime Spreader Attachment

Date: 08 1930
Description: A man is driving a team of two horses across a field that are pulling a McCormick-Deering manure spreader with a lime spreader attachment at International ...
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Man Feeding Chickens

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man wearing a straw hat feeding chickens out of a metal bucket in front of a poultry house at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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HT-340 Experimental Tractor

Date: 1962
Description: A group of men gathered around an International Harvester HT-340 experimental research tractor that a man is driving.
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Man Launching a Very Large Kite

Date: 03 30 1933
Description: A man in a field holds a very large kite just prior to launching it. On the kite is painted the number 43 and "Property of the U.S. Weather Bureau." He is ...
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Experimental 12 ft Combine Self Propelled

Date: 1942
Description: Seven men in overalls and hats are standing on or near an experimental 12 ft self propelled combine in a field.
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Examining PCB Levels in the Sheboygan River

Date: 10 1978
Description: Two men are standing on the rocky shoreline of the Sheboygan River. One man is holding a shovel in his right hand and a glass jar in his left hand. The oth...
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Examining PCB Pollution in Soil

Date: 10 1978
Description: Two men are kneeling on the ground. One man is holding a shovel while the other man is scooping dirt from the shovel into a glass jar. They are measuring P...
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Experimental Disk Harrow

Date: 07 11 1924
Description: Right side profile view of a man driving a tractor pulling an experimental weighted disk harrow. Buildings are in the background.

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