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Mogul 30-60 Tractor Pulling Elevating Grader

Date: 1915
Description: Mogul 30-60 kerosene tractor pulling an elevating grader in road construction project. The project was part of the "good roads movement" in Missouri.
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Experimental International Harvester Motor Cultivator

Date: 1916
Description: Man with cigar tests an International Harvester experimental motor cultivator in a field.
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Open Hearth Lead Furnace

Date: 1872
Description: Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men...
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Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
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Bulldozing with a Hough Blade

Date: 1934
Description: Man bulldozing a pile of dirt with a McCormick-Deering crawler tractor with an attached blade. The blade was manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Company.
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Cassville Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the brewery dwarfed by the overhead bluffs. The brewery was built by William Schmitz. George Scheibl ran the brewery from 1899 until his d...
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Farmer Skidding Logs with Oxen

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Description: Farmer skidding logs with a team of oxen.
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Inside of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company advertising card. Features color illustrations demonstrating the development of harvesting technology, in...
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Barn Raising

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of a large group of workers, along with women, children, and dogs, posing on the frame of the barn they are building.
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Barn Raising at Paddock Farm

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view of a barn raising on the farm of Alva Paddock in the township of Salem on Geneva Road, Highway 50.
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McCormick Auto-Mower

Date: 07 24 1900
Description: Engineer E.A. Johnston operating a single-cylinder version of the McCormick Auto-Mower at the McCormick Works. Johnston was Director of Engineering for the...
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Two Men in Field Shaking Hands

Date: 1922
Description: A man seated on a Deering grain binder shakes hands with a man standing and smoking a cigar. The man with the cigar may be an International Harvester deale...
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Farmall MD Tractor with Little Genius Plow

Date: 1941
Description: View from right of Clem J. Reynolds using a Farmall MD tractor and a No. 8 Little Genius plow to work in a field. Farm buildings and livestock are in the b...
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Pulpwood Project Site

Date: 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a specially outfitted International tractor to work among felled trees in a wooded area. The original caption reads: ...
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Two Men at Silo Construction Site

Date: 1915
Description: One man is using a hand crank to pull a bucket of earth from the bottom of a pit silo. Another man stands behind him.
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Preparation for Pit Silo

Date: 1915
Description: Three men working at a site for a new pit silo on an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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Leaky Top of Well

Date: 02 1928
Description: A boy wearing a winter coat and hat is pumping water from a well into ladles two other boys are holding. A shed, wheelbarrow, and wood scraps are in the ba...
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Man on Land Leveler

Date: 1915
Description: Man standing on a grader pulled by a team of mules along a dirt road. Cows, a fence and farm buildings are in the background.
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Cutting Logs at a Sawmill

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Description: Elevated view of two men cutting logs at a sawmill. The men stand, one on either side, of a large circular saw, guiding a log through. Piles of cut logs si...
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IH Charlotte Branch House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view across field of the International Harvester Company Charlotte branch building. The main factory building is surrounded by a series of smaller...

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