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Poster

Advertising Handbill for Hatch and Whitely

Date: 1851
Description: Advertising handbill for reapers designed by A.J. Cook and manufactured by Hatch and Whitely of Springfield in Clark County, Ohio.
Print

Champion Harvester and Binder

Date: 1882
Description: Advertising handbill for the Champion harvester and binder. Includes the text: "the Champion light binder, is the only simple, light, durable, efficient wo...
Photograph

Farmer Filling Manure Spreader

Date: 02 09 1911
Description: Farmer shoveling manure into the box of a horse-drawn International New Low manure spreader in a farm yard.
Photograph

Farmers Baling Hay with IHC Hay Press

Date: 01 15 1908
Description: Three men are posing in a field while baling hay with an IHC horse-driven hay press.
Book or Pamphlet

Champion Machine Company Catalog

Date: 1869
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for Champion reaping and mowing machines manufactured by the Champion Machine Company. The cover features a color illustra...
Book or Pamphlet

Whiteley, Fassler & Kelly Catalog

Date: 1871
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Champion reaper and mower manufactured by Whiteley, Fassler & Kelly. The cover features an illustration of a farme...
Book or Pamphlet

Whitely, Fassler & Kelly Catalog

Date: 1882
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Champion line of harvesting machines manufactured by Whitely, Fassler & Kelly. The cover features a colored illustr...
Book or Pamphlet

Champion Reapers and Mowers Catalog Cover

Date: 1879
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Champion line of reapers and mowers manufactured by Warder, Mitchell, and Company. The cover features a color illu...
Drawing

Conveying Provisions over the Ozark Mountains

Date: 
Description: "Conveying Provisions over the Ozark Mountains to the Army at Springfield, MO." Men on horseback are riding along a trail carrying supplies.
Drawing

Plaza at Springfield

Date: 
Description: "Plaza at Springfield — Missouri — Civil War". Image shows men standing in the Plaza and one man on horseback. Buildings include the Courthouse and a hospi...
Drawing

Springfield — Fremont's Army in Possession

Date: 1861
Description: "View of Springfield, MO. Frmonts [sic] Army in Possesion [sic]." Several people and a horse are in the foreground, and city buildings are in...
Photograph

Hay Press, Horse Powered

Date: 1905
Description: Horse hitched to a hay press near International Harvester's Champion Works. A sign on the factory reads: "International Harvester Co. Champion Division." T...
Photograph

Horse-Powered Hay Press

Date: 01 15 1908
Description: Three men in a field use a horse-powered hay press. Two carriages are on the the left.
Photograph

Three Men Operating Horse-Powered Hay Press

Date: 01 15 1908
Description: Three men working with a horse-powered hay press. The horse is on the right. There are bales of hay stacked in the background.
Photograph

Children's Home

Date: 1910
Description: A view of children piled in a horse-drawn wagon in front of a children's home. The wagon reads, "Springfield Creamery Co." Women wait on the front steps of...
Poster

Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Lithographed poster depicting an elevated view of the Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner factory and surrounding area. Text in the upper left corner reads, "Ch...
Book or Pamphlet

Champion Light Binder

Date: 1884
Description: Brochure titled: "50 Reasons Why the Champion Light Binder Takes the Lead." At the bottom is an illustration of a man standing and pointing at an inset ill...
Photograph

Power Section of Horse-Powered Hay Press

Date: 01 15 1908
Description: Power section of a horse-powered Hay Press outdoors in a field. There is a horse behind a fence in the background on the right.
Photograph

Baling Operation

Date: 10 02 1908
Description: View towards four men using a horse-powered hay press. Three men are working with the hay press, and another man is standing on top of the large haystack. ...
Photograph

Loading Bales into Barn

Date: 09 12 1908
Description: View across barnyard toward men working near an open barn door with a horse-drawn hay press.

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