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Poster

McCormick Harvesting Machinery Advertising Poster

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick brand farm implements featuring two men paddling a canoe in rough water. Also includes color illustrations of a reaper, ha...
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...
Photograph

Construction on Culvert over Maggard's Branch

Date: 05 03 1919
Description: Workers building a culvert over Maggard's Branch near mine no. 2. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers employed i...
Photograph

Men Standing Posing on Flooded Rail Line

Date: 1919
Description: Men standing on the exposed portion of a flooded railroad track as a swiftly moving torrent of water is rushing past. Benham was a "company town" created b...
Photograph

Construction of Railroad Dock

Date: 03 29 1919
Description: Men building a dock along railroad tracks. The tracks run along a stream or small river. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Back cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustration of young boys racing hom...
Print

Randall Harrow Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertisement for the Randall Harrow, manufactured by the Warrior Mower Company. Features a color illustration of a farmer using the harrow in a field.
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester Company New Low Manure Spreaders Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester New Low manure spreaders. Features an illustration of a man riding on a horse-drawn manure spre...
Photograph

Poor Drainage in Field

Date: 1920
Description: A man is operating an International 8-16 tractor around a wet area in a field at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. On the right is a tr...
Poster

Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Lithographed poster depicting an elevated view of the Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner factory and surrounding area. Text in the upper left corner reads, "Ch...
Print

J.I. Case Plow Works Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the J.I. Case Plow Works of Racine, Wisconsin, with an elevated view of the company plant and a smaller scene set on a scroll of a man driving ...
Book or Pamphlet

Best Tractors for Loggers

Date: 1925
Description: Interior page of a pamphlet advertising the Best tractor for loggers. The text reads: "It is in getting the logs from the woods to the pond or mill that gr...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog Front and Back Cover

Date: 1885
Description: The front cover features a color illustration of a man and woman relaxing near a lake or river. The woman is sitting on a chair under an umbrella painting ...
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Manufacturing Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1898
Description: Catalog cover featuring an illustration of a man using a Light Running Plano in a field with two horses. Around the border are illustrations of types of le...
Print

South Bend Chilled Plow Advertising Card

Date: 
Description: Advertising card featuring a color illustration of a man using the plow in a field with a team of two horses.
Book or Pamphlet

N.C. Thompson Advertising Booklet

Date: 1880
Description: Front page of booklet with an engraving of a man with a team of two horses in a field with the "Celebrated Gorham Sulky Cultivator."
Book or Pamphlet

William Anson Wood Catalog Cover

Date: 1882
Description: Front cover of catalog for mowing and reaping machines. The cover has a red and black design surrounding a tilted inset illustration of a man using a mower...

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