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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 ...
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International Model G Trucks Hauling Coal

Date: 1918
Description: Two International two ton model G trucks hauling coal for the H.A. Robinson Fuel Co. A sign above the company's office building reads "gravity coal pockets...
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Loading Corn with a Corn Elevator

Date: 10 1922
Description: A farmer loading corn into a barn using a corn elevator. He is loading corn onto the elevator from a horse-drawn wagon.
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Husker-Shredder Powered by Engine

Date: 1905
Description: Farmers using a husker-shredder(?) powered by an engine. A man and two children look on from the doorway of a barn. Another man is standing on a horse-draw...
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Men in Field Harvesting Hay

Date: 1918
Description: Three men on the ground lift a large pile of hay to two men on a wagon drawn by two horses.
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Men Harvesting Hay in Field

Date: 1915
Description: Three men using pitchforks to lift hay onto a wagon drawn by two horses.
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Corn Husker Shredder and Farmall Regular Tractor

Date: 12 29 1928
Description: A team of two horses with a wagon, and a Farmall Regular tractor, standing next to farmers as they are using a corn husker shredder outside a barn, possibl...
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Residential Street Maintenance

Date: 1920
Description: Men use mule-led wagons while working on a residential road. Bricks are piled high on either side of the street.
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Residential Street Maintenance

Date: 1920
Description: Men using mule-drawn wagons as they prepare to pave a street with bricks. A pile of shovels is lying in the dirt in the foreground.
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Boy Driving Weber Wagon

Date: 1930
Description: A young boy leading two mules in pulling a Weber wagon full of corn.
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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...
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Husker and Shredder in Field

Date: 1915
Description: Two men loading corn stalks into a husker-shredder from a horse-drawn wagon in a snow-covered field. A building with windows near a sloped roof is behind ...
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McCormick Husker and Shredder

Date: 1915
Description: Two men are feeding corn stalks from a horse-drawn wagon into a McCormick husker-shredder.
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McCormick Improved 8-roll Husker and Shredder

Date: 01 06 1916
Description: Men feeding corn from wagons into a husker-shredder near a barn. The husker-shredder is connected to a tractor. Houses are in the background. Original capt...
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Corn Binder and Wagon

Date: 1914
Description: Two men stand in a horse-drawn wagon as corn stalks are loaded from a field.
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Boys Working in Field

Date: 04 15 1925
Description: Boys using hand tools to work in a field. A mule-drawn wagon is in the background. They are all wearing hats and overalls.
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Milwaukee Works Construction

Date: 05 18 1911
Description: A man uses a horse-drawn wagon to transport building materials on a construction site at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. Men are clearin...
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Machine Shop Building Site at Milwaukee Works

Date: 05 05 1911
Description: Elevated view of construction crew clearing land for a six-story machine shop at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory.
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Milwaukee Works Construction Site

Date: 04 20 1911
Description: Men clearing ground at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory for the addition of a six-story machine shop.
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Cotton Gin

Date: 01 13 1938
Description: Two men use horse-drawn wagons to haul loads of cotton near a cotton gin powered by an International PD-80 unit. A sign on the barn reads: "Bassett Gin."

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