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Plano Binder Advertisement

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Description: Flyer for a Plano grain binder, featuring a caricature of a competitor's machine, manufactured by "Horsekiller & Co." The message is that the Plano binder...
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The Evolution of the Reaper, Part One

Date: 1883
Description: Three illustrations from an 1883 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog portraying the evolution of the reaper. The first drawing is captioned: "Firs...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Front of a card advertising the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Illustrations show "primitive" harvesting methods alongside a McCormick binder and a ...
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Deering Trade Card: "A Night of Labor"

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising card produced by William Deering and Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a man in his pajamas carryin...
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Deering Trade Card: "On a Strike"

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising card produced by William Deering and Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a woman spanking a young boy...
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Deering Trade Card

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising card produced by William Deering (later known as William Deering and Company), manufacturer of agricultural machinery. Features at the top an i...
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International Harvester 1086 Tractor Advertising Proof

Date: 1976
Description: Advertising proof created by Foote, Cone & Belding for the International Harvester Company. Features a color photograph of a woman bringing a thermos to a ...
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Soldiers' Aid Office

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Description: Woodcut of an office of a Soldiers' Aid Office during the Civil War.
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Greenville Mills Brochure

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Description: A page from a Greenville Mills employee brochure showing employees enjoying themselves playing baseball, playing at a family picnic, and smoking.
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Northwestern Lithographing Company Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Northwestern Lithographing Company of Milwaukee, art lithographers, with a flying winged female figure in flowing robes, holding an artist'...
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Northwestern Lithographing Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Northwestern Lithographing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, art lithographers, publishers, and engravers, with a standing female figure in ...
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Woman Using Auto-Tiller

Date: 1918
Description: Advertisement for the World Harvester Corporation's auto-tiller featuring a photograph of a woman using the machine in a field. The caption reads: "The fir...
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Miss Clara Morris with Yuba Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Miss Clara Morris, actress, poses beside a Yuba tractor in a farm field in "The Yuba Bulletin."
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Selecting Your Tractor

Date: 1921
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Cletrac tank-type tractor. The booklet is titled "Selecting Your Tractor" and features a color illustration of a f...
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Fordson Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Fordson tractor at a selling price of $305. The advertisement features an illustration of the tractor set above a photograph of the m...
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National Peace Jubilee Banquet Menu

Date: 10 19 1898
Description: Front cover, first illustration, and menu page for the "National Peace Jubilee Banquet tendered to The President of the United States and distinguished gue...
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Keller's Advertising Cards

Date: 1880
Description: Front and back of advertising cards for the Excelsior Gleaner and Binder. Front features illustrations of a man using the machinery in a field. The back fe...
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Exxtra Special Service . . . for a Lady

Date: 1937
Description: Advertising proof. Text below headline reads: "Drive Your Store Prestige Right Up to Her Door with The New Internationals." The illustration is of a woman ...
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Extra Special Service . . . for a Lady

Date: 1937
Description: Advertising proof. Text below headline reads: "Drive Your Store Prestige Right Up to Her Door with The New Internationals." The illustration is of a woman ...
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The Reaper Takes Form

Date: 1931
Description: Back cover of an advertisement sheet, with a front page that reads: "International Harvester Celebrates The Invention of the Reaper". The color illu...

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