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Poster

Gasoline Engine

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster of an International gasoline engine serving many functions on the farm. Includes a large bird's-eye view of a farm, surrounded by ...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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.
Book or Pamphlet

Titan Oil Engine Catalog Cover

Date: 1915
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester Titan oil engines, featuring an illustration of a man using a skidded Titan engine and a feed g...
Print

A Practical Farm Power House

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising illustration for International power units. The original caption reads: "With an I. H. C. engine, a few feet of shafting and belting, it is p...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Farmer Shells Corn with Engine-Driven Sheller

Date: 1930
Description: Farmer operating a McCormick-Deering corn sheller powered by a portable engine.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering 1.5 Horsepower Engine

Date: 
Description: Farmer using a McCormick-Deering 1 H.P. stationary engine.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Hot Formaldehyde Treatment

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

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.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Husker and Shredder Near Barn

Date: 1912
Description: A man operating a Husker-Shredder near a barn and silo. The husker-shredder is powered with a belt connected to an engine.
Photograph

Group at Hinsdale Demonstration

Date: 1945
Description: Groups of men examine International equipment on display outdoors at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The equipment on display include...
Photograph

Men Using Stationary Engine in Farm Yard

Date: 1902
Description: Several men and horses cutting ensilage(?) near farm buildings or sheds. The cutter is connected to a stationary engine with a belt. A pile of farm machine...
Photograph

Mogul Jr. Engine and Keystone Corn Sheller

Date: 1915
Description: A man in open doorway of a farm building using a Mogul Jr. 1 H.P. stationary engine to power a belt-driven Keystone corn sheller.
Photograph

Powered Elevator with Silo

Date: 1916
Description: A farmer with a team of two horses working with an elevator or silo filler near farm buildings and a silo. A Titan stationary engine is powering the elevat...
Photograph

Mogul Stationary Engine

Date: 1916
Description: Men standing in a farmyard with a Mogul engine running what appears to be a belt-driven ensilage cutter, which is near the open door of a barn.
Photograph

Engine Powered Elevator

Date: 1915
Description: Farmer using a Titan engine to power an elevator into a corn crib from a wagon.
Photograph

Men Baling Hay Inside Barn

Date: 1913
Description: Men standing inside a barn and use an International Motor Baling Press, or hay press to bale hay.

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