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Photograph

Alexander Legge

Date: 09 20 1923
Description: Alexander Legge (1866-1933) with a pitchfork full of hay at a Thresher demonstration at International Harvester's Hinsdale farm. Men are milling around a t...
Photograph

Experimental Motor Cultivator

Date: 12 03 1920
Description: Engineering photograph of a man testing an experimental motor cultivator. Original caption reads: "In this job the cultivator is set farther ahead than in...
Photograph

Experimental Tractor with Attached Cultivator

Date: 1920
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental, reversible, early Farmall (?) tractor with attached cultivator.
Photograph

Plano Works Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Buildings, a watertower, and smokestacks at International Harvester's Plano Works. The factory was later known as "West Pullman Works."
Photograph

St. Paul Flax Twine Mill

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester's St. Paul Flax Twine Mill.
Photograph

Tractors and Railroad Tracks at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of rows of finished tractors cover a yard outside Milwaukee Works. On the left is a water tower, and in the foreground are railroad tracks wi...
Photograph

Train Carrying McCormick-Deering Combines

Date: 1930
Description: A train carries McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines) bouind for North Dakota farms. A sign on the train reads: "McCormick-Deering Harvester-Thr...
Photograph

Crawler Tractors for National Defense

Date: 04 24 1941
Description: View along railroad track of railroad cars loaded with crawler tractors (TracTracTors) at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
Photograph

Man with Tractor and Wagon

Date: 1917
Description: A man is pulling an eight-wheeled wagon down a dirt road using an International 8-16 tractor. A fence and water tower are in the background.
Photograph

Man with Oliver Plow

Date: 1915
Description: Side view of a man driving a team of three horses pulling an Oliver plow across a field. A large building, houses, and a water tower are in the background.
Photograph

International Harvester Demonstration Farm

Date: 1920
Description: View of a farmhouse, barn, water tower, and other buildings on an International Harvester Company demonstration farm. The IHC logo is on the water tower ta...
Photograph

Farmall A and Farmall B Tractors at Chicago Tractor Works

Date: 04 24 1941
Description: Slightly elevated view of rows of Farmall A and Farmall B tractors in the Chicago Tractor works loading yard. Original caption reads: "From: International ...
Photograph

Farmall Tractors at Farmall Works

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of rows of Farmall tractors lined up in a lot outside International Harvester's Farmall Works. Original caption (with magazine article) reads...
Photograph

Tractors at Farmall Works

Date: 1959
Description: Rows of Farmall tractors stand outside International Harvester's Farmall Works. The factory site includes Industrial buildings and a water tower.
Book or Pamphlet

Shelby Tractor and Truck Hourglass Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet produced by the Shelby Tractor and Truck Company advertising Shelby Model C and D tractors. The cover features an illustration of ...
Print

Tractor Uses

Date: 1925
Description: Advertisement for the La Crosse kerosene tractor featuring photographs of the tractor in use on farm jobs. The headline reads: "The HAPPY FARMER Really Bur...
Print

Allis-Chalmers Sales Drive Pamphlet

Date: 1921
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Allis-Chalmers sales drive. The cover features illustrations of the New Allis-Chalmers Tractor Foundry and a side...
Photograph

Daisy Reaper in front of Factory Building

Date: 1900
Description: View of a Daisy Reaper displayed on the cobblestones in front of a factory building.
Photograph

Thresher in Factory Yard

Date: 11 18 1926
Description: Thresher parked in factory yard. In the background is an automobile, water tower, and factory buildings.
Photograph

Milwaukee Corn Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 07 1907
Description: Milwaukee Corn Binder outdoors in the yard at McCormick Works. There are railroad cars in the background near a fence. Buildings and a water tower are beyo...

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