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Photograph

Town of Moscow From Cornfield

Date: 1875
Description: View, through a cornfield, of people, a store, a sawmill and wagons. Moscow was platted in 1850 by an Englishman, Chauncy Smith, who dammed the Bluemound ...
Photograph

Onon Bjorn Dahle Store

Date: 1872
Description: The Onon Bjorn Dahle Store with a pile of boxes to the left and a cornfield on the right.
Print

International Harvester Rotary Tiller Flyer

Date: 01 01 1977
Description: Advertising flyer for the International Harvester 526A Rotary Tiller, captioned, "Worth Its Weight in Vegetables and Flowers." A color photograph shows a m...
Photograph

Farmer's Corn Co-op

Date: 1920
Description: Two men standing in a farmers' corn co-op. The sign reads: "Demonstration Corn Plat.; Farmers Co-operation; Demonstration Work; U.S. Department of Agricult...
Photograph

Husker-Shredder in Storage Building

Date: 1905
Description: 6-roll Little Giant husker-shredder housed in a storage building.
Photograph

Checkrow Corn Planter

Date: 1936
Description: McCormick-Deering Checkrow Corn Planter manufactured by International Harvester.
Photograph

The "First Farmall Tractor"

Date: 1947
Description: Farmall Regular tractor on display, likely at International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration in Chicago. A sign identifies the tractor as the...
Poster

Price Guaranty on Wheat, Corn, and Cotton

Date: 
Description: International Harvester poster advertising a price guarantee for wheat, corn, and cotton.
Poster

McCormick-Deering Corn Sheller and Feed Grinder Poster

Date: 1931
Description: McCormick-Deering poster advertising corn shellers and feed grinders. The poster includes a color illustration of the No. 2 Cylinder Corn Sheller. At the b...
Photograph

Receiving Crops for Community Kitchen

Date: 09 1928
Description: Man carrying baskets of field crops in to the receiving room of a community kitchen. A woman wearing an apron is standing near the door.
Photograph

Columbus Branch House Showroom Display

Date: 01 13 1928
Description: A McCormick-Deering cream separator display stands in a showroom at International Harvester's Columbus branch house. A miniature cow statuette accents a ba...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Corn Picker Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering corn pickers, featuring a photograph of a man operating a Farmall M tractor and a corn picker. Also ...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering No.4 Stalk Cutter Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering stalk cutters featuring two photographs of a stalk cutter pulled by a Farmall H tractor. Includes th...
Book or Pamphlet

Samson Corn Planters Brochure

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a brochure produced by the Samson Tractor Company, a division of General Motors Corporation, to advertise corn planters.
Book or Pamphlet

Samson Corn Planter Brochure

Date: 1920
Description: Interior page of a brochure produced by the Samson Tractor Company, a division of General Motors Corporation, to advertise Samson corn planters. The page f...
Book or Pamphlet

Moline Universal Tractor Two-Row Cultivator Pamphlet

Date: 1918
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Moline Universal tractor two-row cultivator. The pamphlet features a photograph of a farmer using the equipment i...
Print

Corn Products Sales Company Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the Corn Products Sales Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with product examples, including Linit, Mazola oil, Argo corn starch, Karo syrup, an...
Book or Pamphlet

"Stop This Leak" Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the La Crosse tractor featuring an illustration of horses eating corn that is falling out of a corn crib.
Book or Pamphlet

La Crosse Happy Farmer Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the La Crosse Happy Farmer tractor featuring a group of horses eating an oversized cob of corn. The advertisement arg...
Photograph

Bank of Mindoro

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of the Bank of Mindoro. A car is parked on the lawn beside the bank. On the back of the car is an advertisement for the Interstate Fair in La Cros...

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