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"McCormick's Machines" Advertising Poster

Date: 1870
Description: Advertising poster depicting a mower, reaper, hay wagon, and family picnic in a rural setting. Printed by Edward Mendel for C.H. McCormick & Bro. Includes ...
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Super A Tractor

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Description: View towards a man driving a Farmall Super A tractor pulling a plow in a field.
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Battle of Gettysburg Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Color lithographed color advertising poster showing a McCormick grain binder at the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. The poster was based on a cyclorama by ...
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Horse-Drawn Harvester-Thresher

Date: 09 18 1923
Description: Harvester-Thresher (combine) on a hill in a field drawn by a team of eleven horses.
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Young Boy in Wagon Pulled by Dogs

Date: 1915
Description: Young boy in a wagon pulled by two dogs near a cornfield.
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Young Girls Playing on School Swing

Date: 05 1928
Description: Two young girls playing on a tree swing on the grounds of Viall School.
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Caught at the Milk Station

Date: 1913
Description: Mr. J.E. Waggoner, International Harvester Company Agricultural Extension Dept. employee, delivering roadside alfalfa lecture to a crowd of farmers arrivin...
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International "Red Baby" Truck Leaving Rural Farmstead

Date: 1923
Description: International "Red Baby" (model S) truck loaded with binder twine(?) and a stationary engine leaving a rural farmstead. In the background a woman holding a...
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Automobile Stuck in Rural Road

Date: 12 07 1915
Description: Three employees of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department working to free a car stuck in a muddy rural road. The original caption read...
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15-30 H.P. Titan Tractor with Plow in Field

Date: 09 21 1915
Description: Two men pulling a plow with a Titan 12-25 tractor. The tractor became known as the International 15-30 after 1917.
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Model 30 Tractor Grading Rural Road

Date: 11 01 1934
Description: Worker grading a rural road with a McCormick-Deering Model 30 industrial tractor and a pull grader. The tractor was owned by Weld County.
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Workers Hauling Sisal Leaves

Date: 1910
Description: Workers hauling sisal leaves with rail carts and burros to a decortication mill in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The mill was likely part of Internation...
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Drying Sisal Fibre in Yucatan

Date: 1910
Description: Workers drying sisal fibre (fiber) in long rows in Yucatan, Mexico. The fibre was used by International Harvester for binder twine production.
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Rural Crossroads

Date: 05 1928
Description: Desolate rural cross roads near Palos Park.
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Woman on Tractor Talks with International Harvester Dealers

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Description: Woman sitting on a Farmall B tractor with attached corn planter talking with International Harvester dealers Henry Brosnahan, Manager (left), and Jack Call...
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Farmers with Tractor in front of Service Station

Date: 07 06 1920
Description: Farmer L.L. Harvey (right) and his son Chester posing with a Titan 10-20 tractor in front of a rural service station.
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Farmer with Horse-Drawn Corn Planter

Date: 1916
Description: Farmer operating an International Harvester corn planter with fertilizer attachment drawn by two horses or donkeys. The photograph was taken for, or compil...
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Farmer in Field with Horse-Drawn Corn Planter

Date: 06 16 1926
Description: Rear view of farmer LeRoy Hansen in a field with a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering corn planter.
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Planting Corn with Farmall Tractor

Date: 06 17 1927
Description: Farmer planting corn with a Farmall tractor and corn planter on the farm of D.H. Hummell.
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Planting Corn with Farmall F-30 Tractor and Four-Row Planter

Date: 06 01 1936
Description: Farmer Glenn Brutus planting corn with a Firestone-equipped Farmall F-30 tractor and a four-row McCormick-Deering planter.

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