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Young Man on Motorcycle

Date: 1910
Description: A young man sitting on a motorcycle.
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Milwaukee Snowstorm

Date: 1917
Description: Winter scene with a pedestrian holding an umbrella during a snowstorm, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Agricultural Extension Crew(?) Touring Iowa and Missouri

Date: 1913
Description: Group portrait of men, women and children posing for an impromptu portrait near a passenger train. The photograph was taken on a stop during an Internation...
Photograph

Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
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Female Worker at Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Female worker posing in protective apron and sleeves in front of a painted backdrop at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. The Osborne Works was ...
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School Boys Raising a Garden

Date: 04 18 1917
Description: Young boys digging a garden in an urban setting on "Mowhawk Street near Larrabee." Original caption reads: "Newberry School boys who have gotten into the h...
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International Harvester Employee

Date: 04 01 1915
Description: Old man wearing a suit and hat with his back against a brick wall. The man is likely an employee at International Harvester's Osborne Works. One of his leg...
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Riders on an Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle

Date: 04 09 1917
Description: Two riders on an early Excelsior-Henderson motorcycle near a community garden at Harrison and Jefferson streets in Chicago. An International Harvester trac...
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Boys with International Highwheeler Shoe Repair Truck

Date: 1912
Description: View of two teenage boys posing with an International Highwheeler in front of the storefront of the Chicago Quick Shoe Repair Co. 120 James Street.
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Richard M. Nixon, Age 4

Date: 1917
Description: Portrait of Richard M. Nixon, seated, at four years of age, wearing a sailor suit and Dutch-boy haircut.
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Flying School

Date: 05 1917
Description: A ground school conducted by Princeton University for students who wished to enlist in the Army Air Service. During World War I most American aviators were...
Book or Pamphlet

Bluebell Cream Separator Catalog

Date: 1913
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Bluebell line of cream separators. Features an illustration of a woman encountering a bird an...
Book or Pamphlet

Lily Cream Separator Catalog

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Lily line of cream separators. Features an illustration of a young girl holding an apple behi...
Photograph

Men Pull Maxwell Automobile on Muddy Road

Date: 02 21 1915
Description: Three men pulling a Maxwell Model 25 touring automobile through a muddy road. Original caption reads: "On the road from Union Springs, and Tuskeegee, Ala.,...
Photograph

J.E. Merrion

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait of J.E. Merrion, Superintendent of International Harvester's Deering Works, in front of a painted backdrop. Mr. Merrion succeeded Chris Bor...
Photograph

Nurse Standing Beside Tray of Instruments

Date: 06 1919
Description: Nurse standing beside a tray of medical instruments in a medical office at one of International Harvester's factories. The nurse is dressed in a white unif...
Postcard

William Tennant Sitting

Date: 1912
Description: Studio portrait of William Tennant, a magazine and newspaper agent in Black River Falls, sitting in a chair holding a magazine. His artificial legs are pr...
Book or Pamphlet

Grow a Garden

Date: 1915
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to promote family gardens. Includes an image of a young woman st...
Poster

For Every Fighter a Woman Worker, Care For Her Through the YWCA

Date: 1918
Description: A female factory worker standing with her arms upraised, holding a miniature airplane in one hand and a bombshell in the other. In the background is the YW...
Poster

Bluebell Cream Harvester Calendar

Date: 1913
Description: Calendar advertising International Harvester's Bluebell brand Cream Harvester (more commonly called a cream separator). Features a large illustration of tw...

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