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Poster

McCormick "Westward" Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Advertising poster showing color illustration of pioneers on a bluff overlooking a McCormick binder harvesting grain in the valley below. The poster bears ...
Poster

Harvester-Thresher Advertising Poster

Date: 1925
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines) showing a tractor-drawn harvester-thresher in a field under the slogan: "Once Over ...
Photograph

N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration

Date: 1931
Description: Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh...
Photograph

Farmers Gathered for Hammer Mill Demonstration

Date: 03 22 1934
Description: Farmers gathered for a hammer mill demonstration at the storefront of Neff Implement Co., an International Harvester dealership.
Photograph

"McCormick Day" in Small Rural Town

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of farmers lined up in horse-drawn wagons loaded with their new McCormick farm machines. Their wagons are adorned with "McCormick" signs and ...
Poster

Weber Wagons Advertising Poster

Date: 1924
Description: Advertising poster for International Harvester's Weber Southern States Farm Wagon. Includes a color illustration of a man hauling sacks with a horse-drawn ...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Junior Grain Binder

Date: 1887
Description: Back cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of the Milwaukee Junior binder, t...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op...
Book or Pamphlet

International Ensilage Cutters Catalog

Date: 1918
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International ensilage cutters, featuring an illustration of farmers using an ensilage cutter to fill a silo. At the bo...
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester Hay Presses Catalog Cover

Date: 1912
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester hay presses. The cover features an illustration of a young woman dressed in a light blue ...
Book or Pamphlet

International Rake Hay Loader

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the International rake hay loader. Includes an photographic illustration of a man operating a rake hay loader.
Book or Pamphlet

International Rake Hay Loader Catalog Cover

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester hay loaders. Includes a photographic illustration of a man operating a hay loader.
Magazine or Periodical

Case Centennial Magazine Advertisement

Date: 1942
Description: Magazine advertisement celebrating the centennial of J. I. Case Co. of Racine, Wisconsin. Features a photograph of man baling hay using contemporary tracto...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Grass Cutting Machinery Advertising Catalog

Date: 1888
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for grass cutting machinery manufactured by William Deering and Company. Features a color illustration of children riding a...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Farmall Tractors Advertising Poster

Date: 1926
Description: Advertising poster for Farmall tractors. Features a color illustration, on the top half, of a man using a Farmall tractor and a Farmall cultivator in a cor...
Photograph

Exterior of Magdeburg Branch House

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior of International Harvester's Magdeburg branch house in Germany, with trucks, a tractor pulling three loaded carts, and a horse-drawn wagon piled w...
Photograph

La Crosse Tractor Plowing on Hilly Field

Date: 
Description: Man driving a La Crosse Happy Farmer tractor plowing in field up a hill with several men in long coats, suits, and hats watching nearby.
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

Titan 10-20 Tractor

Date: 1921
Description: A Titan 10-20 tractor attached to a belt is being used to power an ensilage cutter(?) as men are loading hay from a wagon into the loft of a barn.
Photograph

Men Baling Hay

Date: 1921
Description: Two men are using a belt-powered hay baler or hay press in a farm field.

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