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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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Water Skiing

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Description: Woman skiing behind a boat, with a man in the foreground standing in the boat near a Johnson outboard motor.
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Engine Powered Hay Press on Farm

Date: 1905
Description: Men operating a hay press powered by an International Harvester stationary engine as a woman is looking on. They are working near a barn which has chink-lo...
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Visitors Enter Diesel Engine Exhibit Trailer

Date: 05 25 1938
Description: Visitors entering the trailer of International Harvester's touring diesel engine exhibit.
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Woman Washing Clothes with Engine-Driven Washer

Date: 07 1927
Description: Woman washing clothes outdoors with a Dexter washing machine powered by a stationary McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 horsepower type "M" engine. Photograph taken a...
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Woman Operating Cream Separator

Date: 11 1919
Description: Mrs. Robert Viall operating a belt-driven cream separator. The separator is powered by an International engine.
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Female Factory Workers Holding Engine Parts

Date: 1930
Description: Three female workers standing and holding what appear to be a carburetor, magneto and roller bearing at International Harvester's West Pullman Works.
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Woman Draws Water from Well

Date: 1920
Description: Farm woman operating a McCormick-Deering portable gasoline engine. The engine is driving a pump to draw water from a well into a homemade trough. Another w...
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Threshing in the 1870s

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Description: Men and women pose in the middle of threshing operations with steam engine, horse-drawn wagon and a wheelbarrow equipped with a homemade basket. A handwrit...
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Woman Washes Clothes with Power Washer

Date: 05 16 1928
Description: Woman washing clothes with a washing machine powered by a a McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 HP engine.
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International Engine Display at Museum of Science and Industry

Date: 1946
Description: Visitors examining an International V-549 Motor Truck engine on display in International Harvester's exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry.
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Home Creamery

Date: 1921
Description: A woman operates a home creamery powered by an International Harvester engine on a porch.
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International Harvester Engine in a Wagon

Date: 1921
Description: A man stands in a wagon next to an International Harvester engine while other people look on. There is a water tower in the background on the right.
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International Engines Advertising Poster

Date: 1924
Description: Chinese advertising poster for International engines. Features a color illustration of a stationary engine and two illustrations of engines powering machin...
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Children on Wagon

Date: 1919
Description: A young boy and girl are sitting in a wagon on a dirt road, while a man and woman are watching from the porch of a house in the background. The wagon is lo...
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Women's Driving Class

Date: 01 25 1949
Description: Instructor Kenneth Davies demonstrating a mock-up automobile motor to Mrs. Israel (Ruth) Zelitch and Mrs. Donald (Helen) Napper during Madison Vocational S...
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Threshing with Engine and Horses

Date: 12 20 1907
Description: Men are working with horses, a threshing machine, a push binder(?) and stationary engine in a field. A group of men and women with a horse-drawn buggy are ...
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Crowd Inspecting Tractors and Engines at the "100 Years in Chicago" Celebration

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view of men and women inspecting tractors and engines on display at International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. The exhibition w...
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100,000th Crankcase at Melrose Park Works

Date: 03 1974
Description: A group of male and female workers are posing around a sign and a crankcase sitting on the factory floor. The sign reads "Melrose Park Plant / March, 1974 ...
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Group at Hinsdale Demonstration

Date: 1945
Description: Groups of men examine International equipment on display outdoors at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The equipment on display include...

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