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Construction near McCormick Harvesting Co. Office in Chicago

Date: 1890
Description: Construction work in the streets outside the offices of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company located at 212 Market Street. Two horse-drawn wagons and s...
Poster

International Crawler Tractor Poster

Date: 1937
Description: Advertising poster for International crawler tractors (TracTracTors), featuring the TD-35. Includes illustrations of workers using crawler tractors in road...
Poster

International Industrial Power Advertising Poster

Date: 1938
Description: Advertising poster for International "industrial power" equipment, including trucks and crawler tractors (TracTracTors). Includes color illustrations of In...
Photograph

International TD-14 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Men grade a new road surface with an International TD-14 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and Adams Power Grader. There is a house in the background and peopl...
Photograph

Greasing Wagon with International Tractor

Date: 1944
Description: A man uses an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) to pull a greasing wagon across rough terrain. A dirt road and hills are in the background.
Photograph

Tractor with Road Ripper

Date: 1944
Description: A man uses an International TD-18 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a heavy-duty road ripper to do construction on rough terrain. Hills are in the backgro...
Photograph

International Tractor with Road Grader

Date: 05 06 1929
Description: Carl David uses an International Model 15-30 tractor owned by Eldorado Township, McDonough County to pull a road grader across an unfinished rural dirt roa...
Print

International TD-6 Diesel TracTractor Brochure (Spanish)

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for TD-6 TracTracTors (crawler tractors). Features photographs of crawler tractors pulling a road grader and a disk harrow...
Print

Russell Road Roller

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Russell Road Roller. The cover features an illustration of the machinery at work along a rural road and text that ...
Print

Tractor with Grid-Iron Grips

Date: 1920
Description: Back cover of a booklet produced by the Grid-Iron Grip Company entitled: "The Tractor Traction Problem Solved: Just like a locomotive, It runs on its own."...
Book or Pamphlet

Lauson 15-30 Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Lauson 15-30 special road-building tractor. The cover features a partial color illustration of two men using a La...
Print

Highway Power

Date: 1925
Description: Bulletin advertising Pioneer tractors for construction and maintenance of highways. Features two photographs of men using the tractors; the caption beneath...
Book or Pamphlet

Road Building with Cletrac Tractors

Date: 1921
Description: Front and back cover of a pamphlet advertising Cletrac tank-type tractors featuring a photograph of a man using a Cletrac crawler tractor to haul a wagon. ...
Book or Pamphlet

Road Building the Best Way

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the C.L. Best Tractor Company's line of road building equipment, illustrated by a man using a crawler tractor on a ro...
Book or Pamphlet

Caterpillar for Road Work and Hauling

Date: 1915
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the "Caterpillar for Road Work and Hauling." The photograph on the cover depicts a man behind the wheel of a Caterpill...
Book or Pamphlet

Caterpillar Tractors for Moving Dirt with Elevating Graders

Date: 1921
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising Caterpillar tractors for moving dirt with elevating graders.
Book or Pamphlet

10-Ton Caterpillar Tractor

Date: 1925
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the 10-ton Caterpillar tractor. The photograph in the center depicts a man using the tractor with a road grader.
Book or Pamphlet

5-Ton Caterpillar Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1925
Description: Mailing advertisement for the 5-ton Caterpillar tractor. The illustrations at top demonstrate (from left): "Pulling train of 3-1 1/4 yd. Scrapers", "Showin...
Photograph

Exterior View of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Office

Date: 1900
Description: View from street of exterior of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. office. Men are standing in the street on the left near a man on a horse-drawn wagon. ...
Photograph

Road Construction in front of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Office

Date: 1900
Description: View of street being constructed outside the dealership office of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. on 212 Market Street. Stacks of cobblestones are in ...

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