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Hoosier Corn Planter Advertising Poster

Date: 1908
Description: Advertising poster for Hoosier brand corn planters showing a color illustration of a corn planter inside a "The Shield of Quality," with three corn cobs at...
Photograph

International Model H Truck in front of International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1923
Description: International Model H or 21 truck, farm equipment, and two employees in front of the Butler and Peckels International Harvester dealership. Signs in the wi...
Photograph

IHC Dealership Parts Department

Date: 07 15 1929
Description: Customer standing at the parts desk of an International Harvester agricultural equipment dealership owned by O.T. Kercheval of Sheridan, Indiana. Advertisi...
Photograph

Dealer Shows Farmall F-12 Tractor to "Customer"

Date: 1938
Description: Dealer P.W. Stonebrig(?) and his son posing as a dealer explaining a Farmall F-12 tractor to a customer. A Farmall F-20 tractor and several advertising pos...
Photograph

"McCormick Day"

Date: 1916
Description: Farmers in the street of a rural town with their International Harvester horse-drawn mowers and binders on "McCormick Day." The event was organized by the ...
Print

Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
Book or Pamphlet

Kentucky Drills Catalog Cover

Date: 1900
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for light draft Kentucky automatic lift grain drills manufactured by the American Seeding-Machine Company featuring color i...
Photograph

Woman Demonstrating New IH Refrigerator

Date: 1950
Description: Advertising photograph of a woman wearing an apron over a dress holding the door of an International Harvester refrigerator open.
Photograph

Woman with International Harvester Designer Refrigerator

Date: 1949
Description: Advertising photograph of a woman putting a fabric covering on an International Harvester refrigerator. The refrigerator was designed to accomodate custom ...
Photograph

International Harvester Dealership

Date: 04 1929
Description: Elevated view of a customer at the sales counter of O.T. Kercheval's International Harvester dealership. Advertising posters and a calender are on the wall...
Photograph

Muncie International Co.

Date: 1929
Description: Showroom of the Muncie International Company, an International Harvester dealership. The showroom includes a truck, furniture, a desk area, and farm equipm...
Photograph

Indianapolis Truck Engine Works Lobby

Date: 1939
Description: Ten chairs, a table, ashtrays, and a pamphlet and magazine display in the lobby of International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. An engine is on display in...
Photograph

International Truck Booth at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1935
Description: A man stands behind a booth in a tent at the Indiana State Fair. The booth is outfitted with a microphone and telephone. A poster on the front of the booth...
Print

Civil War Monument

Date: 1910
Description: An advertising circular for a book by Albert Bernhardt Faust featuring a picture of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, a Civil War monument designed by B...
Photograph

International Six-Speed Specials on a Flatbed Truck

Date: 1929
Description: Flatbed truck loaded with International Six-Speed Special trucks outside a dealership or branch house building. The name on the truck reads "Douglas & Girt...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The Queen Beehive Advertisement

Date: 
Description: Newspaper advertisement for "The Queen Beehive." Sold by Atkinson and Barber, Indianapolis, Indiana. "The best and most roomy arrangement for fertilizing t...
Print

Bissell Chilled Plow Advertising Card

Date: 
Description: Features a color illustration of a Bissell Chilled plow in a field. The back of the card describes the plow.
Print

James Oliver, Inventor of the Chilled Plow

Date: 
Description: Color portrait of James Oliver pasted onto a card. "When I sell a plow, I make a friend."
Book or Pamphlet

Oliver Chilled Plow Catalog Cover

Date: 1889
Description: Front cover of catalog for "Plows and Plow Making as shown by the Oliver Chilled Plow Works."
Book or Pamphlet

Pages from The Oliver Alphabet

Date: 1889
Description: Interior pages of the pamplet, with illustrations for the letter "H" and "I."

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