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McCormick's Reaper and Mower Flyer

Date: 1859
Description: Flyer and order form advertising McCormick's Reaper and Mower. Features the headline "15,000 sold in the last 4 years" under an illustration of the reaper...
Photograph

Kathryn Mann on Farmall A Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. Kathryn Mann of Columbia, Pennsylvania, sits on a Farmall A tractor while Walter Dupes, salesman for J.B. Hostetter & Sons of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania,...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler Demonstration

Date: 10 06 1937
Description: C.L. Thompson, a McCormick-Deering dealer explains a milk cooler, which is loaded on a trailer hauled by an International truck, to Wayne Wakefield. Both m...
Photograph

Metal Collected for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Two men stand outdoors by a pile of scrap metal intended for donation to the war effort at the Chapman and Follmer International Harvester dealership. A ro...
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...
Poster

'El Picaflor' Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Spanish advertising poster for use in South American advertising the McCormick "Hummingbird" grain header. The poster features two color illustrations of t...
Photograph

Livestock Auction

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Description: Elevated view of a livestock auction. Men and young boys stand around a cattle pen viewing a cow at a livestock auction. The men are dressed in hats and co...
Book or Pamphlet

Heider Tractors Advertisement

Date: 1916
Description: Front cover of a brochure produced by the Rock Island Plow Company to advertise Heider 10-20 and 9-16 tractors. The illustration features the silhouette of...
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Heider Tractor Pamphlet

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Heider tractor, made and sold by Rock Island Plow Company. The pamphlet features a decorative border surrounding ...
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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 ...
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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...
Book or Pamphlet

Heider Tractor Farm Efficiency Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Interior spread of a brochure produced by the Rock Island Plow Company to advertise Heider tractors. Four photographs of the tractor in use are accompanied...
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

Reed Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising the Reed one-man tractor. The cover features an illustration of a man using the tractor to work in a farm field.
Book or Pamphlet

Remy Tractor Division Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: Front cover of a brochure produced by the Remy Electric Company's Tractor Equipment Division advertising "An Easier Day's Work" through the use of farm mac...
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.
Book or Pamphlet

Short Turn Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1918
Description: Front cover of an advertising booklet produced by the Short Turn Tractor Company. The cover features a photograph of a tractor completing work in a field, ...
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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...
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Tractor with Grid-Iron Grips

Date: 1920
Description: Back cover of a booklet produced by the Grid-Iron Grip Company entitled: "The Tractor Traction Problem Solved: Just like a locomotive, It runs on its own."...

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