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McCormick-Deering Fairway Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1929
Description: Advertising poster for the Farmall Regular version of the McCormick-Deering Fairway tractor. Includes photographs of the machine in use. The Fairway was de...
Poster

Farmall Cub Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1957
Description: Advertising poster promoting a "Low Cost Rental Plan" for Farmall Cub and International Cub Lo-Boy tractors and equipment. Features the text: "Do These Job...
Photograph

Empire Fuel Co. Truck

Date: 09 25 1929
Description: Empire Fuel Company truck, with a man delivering fuel to a house at 1721 Regent Street.
Photograph

Streetcar Track Construction on Capitol Square

Date: 1905
Description: Construction of new streetcar tracks on the Capitol Square. In the background, on the corner of Main and Carroll streets, is the Park Hotel. Behind the hot...
Photograph

Road Work with a Hough Loader

Date: 1954
Description: Man working on a suburban road with an International ID-6 and attached loader. The loader was manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Company.
Print

International Harvester Cub Cadet Advertising Proof

Date: 04 1965
Description: Advertising proof created by Foote, Cone & Belding for the International Harvester Company. Features a color illustration of a boy driving an International...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Mower in front of Building Ruins

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer operating a horse-drawn mower on the grounds in front of a brick building in ruins.
Photograph

Manager's Home on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: A man mows the front lawn of a manager's home on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. The house belonged to "Mr. Heath."
Photograph

Truck Parked at City Hall

Date: 12 05 1925
Description: A man sits behind the wheel of an International truck parked in front of an old "City Hall" building. There is a cannon displayed on the front lawn.
Photograph

Tree Surgeon Truck

Date: 1939
Description: An International D-300 truck owned by P. Hansling & Son Hartford Forestry Company Tree Surgeons is parked in the drive of a home with a large chimney. A ma...
Photograph

Golden Guernsey Dairy Delivery Truck

Date: 1938
Description: A milkman stands inside a Golden Guernsey Dairy delivery truck loading bottles into a carrier. The truck is parked at a curb and a house is in the backgrou...
Photograph

Frank King Sculpting

Date: 
Description: Frank O. King at home. He is working just outside the door to his sculpture studio at Folly Farm.
Photograph

Belmont Hotel Window Painting

Date: 06 18 1952
Description: William F. Guethlein, Sauk City, resting on a scaffold on the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street. He has been repairing and painting the hotel windows...
Photograph

City Employees

Date: 
Description: A group of about two dozen male city employees, three carrying shovels, stand in front of the double doors of a large brick building. There is a wooden wal...
Photograph

Man Carrying Chair into House with Children and Dog

Date: 11 1976
Description: A man is carrying a chair into a house from an International Harvester model 1700 truck owned by A. Arnold and Son Transfer & Storage Co. of Louisville, Ke...
Photograph

Bascom Hill Burial Excavation

Date: 08 1918
Description: Workers at the site of two graves discovered on Bascom Hill in front of Main Hall (now Bascom Hall). One man sprays water from a hose. The disturbed soil o...
Photograph

Man with Mower in Farmyard

Date: 1900
Description: Man with horse-drawn mower in yard of farm. There is a horse-drawn carriage on the drive in front of the large farmhouse.
Photograph

"We Are Power Farmers"

Date: 1924
Description: A smiling man dressed in coveralls and a hat stands on a lawn next to a sign that reads: "We Are Power Farmers Using Fordson Tractor Purchased from Schoelk...
Photograph

Feeding the Chickens

Date: 1940
Description: Gustave Ott (1871-1954) and Anna Ott (1871-1954) feeding a large flock of multi-colored chickens on their farm. Gustave is carrying a kettle and Anna is ho...
Photograph

Man Operating 560 Hough Pay Loader

Date: 1972
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man operating a 560 Hough Pay Loader. C&M Enterprises, excavation contractors, are using two Hough Pay Loaders: a new 560 and a...

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