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Men with McCormick Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Men are sitting and standing around a McCormick mower, while a man wearing a suit and hat is standing to the left writing on a slip of paper, possibly a re...
Poster

French-Language Deering Poster

Date: 1930
Description: French-language poster advertising Deering tractors and farm equipment. The poster features an illustration of a man using a tractor and a disc harrow(?) i...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for tillage tools, featuring a photo of a man in a field with a Farmall M tractor and a disk harrow. Also includes the text...
Print

Heider Tractor and Plow Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising Heider tractors. A photograph of a man using a tractor and plow is placed at the top and a label reading: "Return to ...
Print

Three-Plow Outfit Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Interior segment of a pamphlet advertising Heider tractors. The photograph shows a man using a Heider tractor and three-plow outfit to work in the field. T...
Print

Russell Kerosene Tractor Brochure

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of brochure advertising Russell standardized kerosene tractors. The cover features several photographs of tractors being used on farms and to h...
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.
Print

Waring Tractor-Cultivator Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Page of a mailer produced by the Smith-Waring Corporation of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to advertise the Waring tractor-cultivator. The advertisement feature...
Book or Pamphlet

The Farmer's Burden

Date: 1918
Description: Front cover of a booklet produced by the Standard Detroit Tractor Company entitled: "The Farmer's Burden." The cover features an illustration depicting a f...
Book or Pamphlet

Waterloo Boy Tractor Brochure Back Cover

Date: 1918
Description: Back cover of a brochure produced by the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company of Waterloo, Iowa to advertise the Waterloo Boy one-man tractor. The cover featur...
Print

Heider Model C Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1916
Description: Interior spread of a pamphlet advertising the Heider Model C 12-20 horsepower tractor. Informative text is supplemented by illustrations of the tractor at ...
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin Farm Tractor Booklet

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet produced by the Wisconsin Farm Tractor Sales Company. The cover features the text "Wisconsin Farm Tractor" along with an illustrat...
Book or Pamphlet

Twin City Kerosene Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Interior of a brochure advertising "Twin City" kerosene tractors featuring a color illustration of a man using the tractor and a disc harrow to plow a fiel...
Print

Right Arm of Agriculture Advertisement

Date: 1921
Description: Advertisement for Twin City Power Farming and Equipment featuring the text "The Right Arm of Agriculture" and an illustration of a farmer's arm beside illu...
Book or Pamphlet

Twin City 12-20 Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Twin City 12-20 tractor. The cover features an illustration of a man using a tractor and plow to work in a farm fi...
Book or Pamphlet

30-18 Neverslip Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1926
Description: Front cover of a booklet produced by the Monarch Tractor Company of Watertown, Wisconsin to advertise the 30-18 Neverslip tractor. The cover features three...
Book or Pamphlet

20-12 Neverslip Tractor

Date: 1926
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the 20-12 Neverslip tractor, manufactured by the Monarch Tractor Company of Watertown, Wisconsin. The cover features a...
Book or Pamphlet

Threshing Machinery Booklet

Date: 1918
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising Nichols & Shepard Company threshing machinery featuring a color illustration of farmers using a Red River Special thre...
Book or Pamphlet

Threshing Machinery Booklet Back Cover

Date: 1918
Description: Back cover of a booklet advertising Nichols & Shepard Company threshing machinery, which features a color illustration of a tractor powering a threshing m...
Book or Pamphlet

Moline-Universal Tractor At Work

Date: 1921
Description: Interior pages of a pamphlet advertising the Moline-Universal tractor featuring photographs of the tractor at work on farms.

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