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Engine Powered Hay Press on Farm

Date: 1905
Description: Men operating a hay press powered by an International Harvester stationary engine as a woman is looking on. They are working near a barn which has chink-lo...
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Visitors Enter Diesel Engine Exhibit Trailer

Date: 05 25 1938
Description: Visitors entering the trailer of International Harvester's touring diesel engine exhibit.
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Farmer Cuts Firewood

Date: 11 26 1923
Description: Farmer, possibly Walter Stange, cutting wood with a circular saw run by a 1 1/2 H.P. Type M McCormick-Deering gas engine.
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Threshing in the 1870s

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Description: Men and women pose in the middle of threshing operations with steam engine, horse-drawn wagon and a wheelbarrow equipped with a homemade basket. A handwrit...
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Farmer Cuts Wood with Power Saw

Date: 05 16 1928
Description: Farmer cutting wood with a circular saw powered by a McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 HP engine.
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McCormick-Deering 1.5 Horsepower Engine

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Description: Farmer using a McCormick-Deering 1 H.P. stationary engine.
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International Harvester Engine

Date: 1905
Description: Early International Harvester engine, probably a Titan, powering an elevator to lift silage into a silo. Two men in overcoats and two children in overalls...
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Early Titan Engine

Date: 1905
Description: Horses pulling a very early water-cooled Titan engine, one of the first models manufactured by International Harvester.
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Hot Formaldehyde Treatment

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Description: Agricultural extension demonstration on the William Wegert farm near Friendship. A group of farmers are watching a hot formaldehyde treatment on potatoes f...
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Aboard the "Lucy"

Date: 1910
Description: Four men aboard the "Lucy" on Lake Superior. Andrew Siem is the boat owner and is operating the tiller. Man with moustache identified as N.J. Ross.
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Engine Powered Cement Mixer

Date: 07 18 1927
Description: A man pouring mixed concrete into a wheelbarrow. The cement mixer is powered by a McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 h.p. stationary engine.
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Loading Box Car with Kerosene Engine

Date: 10 12 1926
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering Kerosene engine to run a conveyor to load grain onto a train boxcar near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada(?). A building in t...
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McCormick-Deering Engine

Date: 09 12 1923
Description: A man uses a 1 1/2 H.P. McCormick-Deering engine to pump water and run a grindstone.
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Engine and Feed Grinder

Date: 05 22 1923
Description: A man pours a bag of feed into a feed grinder powered by a 6 h.p. engine.
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Crowd Watching Feed Grinder Demonstration

Date: 1923
Description: A man surrounded by onlookers is pouring a bag of feed into a grinder powered by an International Harvester stationary engine. A man in the background is w...
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Engine Used to Saw Ice

Date: 1923
Description: A man uses an International 6 H.P. stationary engine and sawcutter to cut through ice. The caption beneath with the photograph reads: "Ice used by our deal...
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International Harvester Engine in a Wagon

Date: 1921
Description: A man stands in a wagon next to an International Harvester engine while other people look on. There is a water tower in the background on the right.
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International Engine and Corn Sheller in Australia

Date: 1929
Description: Two men standing next to a corn sheller powered by an International Harvester engine in Australia.
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Engine and Chaff Cutter

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Description: Two farmers use an International Harvester engine and portable chaff cutter on an Australian farm.
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International Machines on Australian Farm

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Description: Men on an Australian farm use an International Harvester engine and hay press, and a Sterling thresher.

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