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Quitting Time at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve...
Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
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Arrival of the "Spirit of St. Louis"

Date: 1928
Description: The landing of the "Spirit of St. Louis," carrying Charles Lindbergh.
Poster

Advertising Poster for International Harvester Films

Date: 1926
Description: Advertising poster for motion pictures [movies] shown "free to farmers and their families." Bears the text: "A Visit to a Modern Tractor Plant; The Making ...
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...
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Workers Leaving McCormick Works

Date: 09 20 1928
Description: Stream of factory workers leaving International Harvester's McCormick Works. A sign along the front of the factory reads: "'Quality is the Foundation of ou...
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IHC Executives at McCormick Works Public Event

Date: 12 15 1926
Description: Cyrus McCormick, Jr., Cyrus McCormick III, and other International Harvester executives stand near a replica of the original McCormick reaper as a crowd lo...
Photograph

100,000th International Farmall Celebration

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view over crowd towards an executive who is speaking to workers assembled by the receiving department at Farmall Works to celebrate the 100,000th ...
Photograph

Police Firing on Crowd Near McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 05 03 1886
Description: Photograph of a painting depicting police in a horse-drawn wagon firing into a crowd of striking workers near the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company fact...
Photograph

Philip La Follette and Labor Crowd

Date: 09 20 1930
Description: View over crowd towards Philip La Follette, the son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., campaigning for governor before a large crowd of workers near the Allis ...
Photograph

50,000 Ford Motor Company Employees

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Description: Thousands of employees appear in a composite photograph representing 50,000 employees of the Ford Motor Company. A company building reading "Ford Motor Com...
Photograph

Hubert H. Humphrey Speaking to Workers

Date: 1968
Description: Hubert H. Humphrey speaking to factory workers through a megaphone from the back of a convertible.
Photograph

IH Factory Fire Department Exhibition

Date: 08 19 1922
Description: A man performs a ladder-climbing stunt in front of onlookers as part of the West Pullman and Milwaukee Works Fire Department Exhibition at West Pullman Par...
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Harvester Employees(?) Grouped for Parade

Date: 1918
Description: Group of men and women, many holding American flags, on top of and around a wagon or an International truck on a city street. The truck has a banner which ...
Photograph

Milwaukee Harvester Works

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of the Milwaukee Harvester Works. View from hill towards a large crowd of workers, mainly men and boys, posing in front of the factory in an ...
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Registration and Information Booth at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 30 1933
Description: People standing around the International Harvester information and registration booth at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. The sign attached to the...
Photograph

100,000th Farmall Celebration

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view over crowd of people towards a man standing on a platform, possibly Cyrus McCormick III. He is speaking to a large group of people gathered o...
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Parade in Factory Yard

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Description: Elevated view of a parade crossing through a factory yard, where the workers are watching. Some are sitting on the roof of the building in the background. ...
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International Truck at Indianapolis 500 Race

Date: 05 30 1938
Description: A photographer uses the bed of an International truck parked on the outskirts of a crowd to take photographs at the Indianapolis 500 race. Other photograph...
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4-Row Corn Planter Demonstration

Date: 04 28 1932
Description: A group of men, women, and children are standing in a field at an International Harvester Company farm to watch a 4-row corn planter demonstration.

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