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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Chamber of Commerce Tent

Date: 02 1886
Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival, view of ice palace. Chamber of Commerce tent in front advertises St. Paul as the geographic center of the continent. Horse-drawn sle...
Poster

Mogul 8-16 Tractor Demonstration Advertising Poster

Date: 1916
Description: Advertising poster for a field demonstration of a Mogul 8-16 kerosene tractor on the farm of Olaf Nelson near Franklin, Minnesota. Includes the text: "Gran...
Photograph

International Harvester Spreader Delivery Day

Date: 05 08 1914
Description: Farmers and their families lined up in the street of a rural town for a "spreader delivery" day organized by International Harvester dealer, P.J. Welter. T...
Photograph

International Harvester Spreader Delivery Day

Date: 04 25 1914
Description: Farmers posing with their new International horse-drawn manure spreaders in the streets of a rural town. The "spreader delivery" day was organized for publ...
Book or Pamphlet

Minneapolis Harvester Works Catalog

Date: 1885
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Minneapolis Harvester Works, manufacturers of twine binders and other agricultural implements, featuring a chromol...
Book or Pamphlet

St. Paul Harvester Works Catalog

Date: 1883
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the St. Paul harvester and Appleby cord binder manufactured by the St. Paul Harvester Works. The cover features a black...
Book or Pamphlet

St. Paul Harvester Works Catalog

Date: 1882
Description: Cover of a catalog for the Saint Paul harvester and cord binder, "The Pioneer Cord Binder of the World," manufactured by the Saint Paul Harvester Works. Th...
Print

Deering Trade Card

Date: 1881
Description: Advertising card for Deering harvesting machinery showing young boys operating a grain binder drawn by oxen. The caption reads "the Deering binder at work ...
Photograph

IH Ad Men

Date: 06 14 1924
Description: A group of International Harvester "advertising men" line up in front of a building.
Photograph

Window Display of Binder Twine

Date: 02 19 1927
Description: Advertising pennants hang behind stacked balls of twine in a window display at the Struche(?) Brothers International Harvester dealership.
Photograph

IH Window Display

Date: 02 19 1927
Description: Various pieces of agricultural equipment sit on display in the window of The Winchester Store along with advertisements for the Primrose ball-bearing cream...
Photograph

Minnehaha Cleaners Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Uniformed man stands with boxes at the back of an International model D-2 truck with 102-inch wheelbase and Metro body. The truck was owned by the Minnehah...
Print

Eighteenth Annual National Encampment of G.A.R.

Date: 1884
Description: Advertisement for the selling of tents for the Eighteenth Annual National Encampment, of Grand Army of the Republic, at Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 23,...
Photograph

IH Mankato Branch House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's Mankato branch building with a long line of at least 17 trucks parked along the curb. The sign on the side of th...
Book or Pamphlet

Stinson Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1918
Description: Front cover of a booklet produced by the Stinson Tractor Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota, featuring an illustration of the Stinson 18-36 tractor.
Book or Pamphlet

Stinson 18-36 Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1918
Description: Front cover of a booklet produced by the Stinson Tractor Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota advertising the Stinson 18-36 tractor. The cover features an ill...
Print

Stinson Tractor Company Factory

Date: 1918
Description: Illustration of the Stinson Tractor Company, located at the intersection of Central Avenue and 16th Street. The illustration was included in a booklet prod...
Print

German Style Beer, Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "German Style Beer, Peter Bub Brewery." Pictured on the label are a group of gnomes d...
Print

Pioneer 18 Motor

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Pioneer 18 motor featuring two illustrations of the motor from different angles.
Book or Pamphlet

Bull Tractor Testimonial Bulletin

Date: 03 15 1916
Description: Front cover of the Bull Tractor Company's Bull Tractor Bulletin, Volume 2, Number 6. The tractor is advertised as: "The Bull with the Pull."

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