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Farmer on McCormick-Deering Farmall H Tractor with Plow

Date: 1941
Description: Wayne Pattison working the fields of his two-hundred and eighty acre farm with a Farmall H tractor and a McCormick-Deering No. 7 disc plow. In the backgrou...
Poster

Free Tractor School

Date: 1917
Description: Advertising poster for a Free Tractor School in Omaha, Nebraska, put on by International Harvester. The course will have instructors who are "practical men...
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Fordson Tractor with Plow Equipped for "Driverless Operation"

Date: 05 14 1927
Description: Farmer and mechanic F.L. Zybach, 32, standing beside his invention -- a Fordson tractor with a front-mounted plow equipped for "driverless operation." Orig...
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Stover Implement Company

Date: 1948
Description: "Prototype" dealership building of Stover's Implement Company. A Farmall C tractor, a power unit and a small engine are parked near the building. This "pr...
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Man Making Honey

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Description: A beekeeper sits at his desk processing honey.
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Inexpensive Poultry House

Date: 1914
Description: A young child feeding a flock of chickens outside of a poultry house. A farmhouse is in the background.
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International Harvester Agricultural Extension Lecture

Date: 1917
Description: A group of men and boys attending an Agricultural Extension lecture in an opera house. The onstage lecturer is pointing to a sign reading: "Agricultural Le...
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Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1902
Description: A man operating a horse-drawn McCormick corn binder on Swift Ranch.
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Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1905
Description: Four men and a woman gather around a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. Two men are sitting in a horse-drawn wagon.
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McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1902
Description: A farmer uses a McCormick grain binder while two other men gather the tied bundles.
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McCormick-Deering 10-20 Tractor with Snowplow

Date: 12 21 1925
Description: Man plowing a snow-covered city street with a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor. A building with the sign "Paxton & Gallagher" is in the backgroun...
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McCormick-Deering Mower Display

Date: 1933
Description: Mower and assorted mower parts on display in front of banners advertising McCormick-Deering farm equipment, twine, machines and motor trucks in Hancock Imp...
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Fairmont Implement Company

Date: 10 16 1924
Description: Interior view of the showroom at Fairmont Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership.
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Colfaxco Co. Implement Company

Date: 11 12 1925
Description: International Harvester engines, McCormick-Deering feed grinders, and cream separators lined up inside the Colfax Co. Implement Company, an International H...
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Colfax Co. Implement Company

Date: 11 12 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Colfax Co. Implement Company with a pump for Red Crown gasoline in front of it. An automobile is emerging from the garage and a tract...
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Waldo Hancock in Dealership

Date: 08 11 1927
Description: Waldo Hancock leans against a cream separator in his International Harvester dealership, Waldo Hancock and Sons - Hancock Implement Company. On the wall be...
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Chappell Implement Company

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: A man kneels to work on an automobile in front of the Chappell Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. The sign above the building reads:...
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Outdoor Display at Dealership Headquarters

Date: 11 10 1927
Description: Signs nailed to trees advertise an assortment of agricultural equipment set up on outdoor display at the Schairer and Feyerherm farm machinery headquarters...
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"Tractorette" Student

Date: 1942
Description: Slightly elevated view of a participant in International Harvester's "Tractorette" class sitting on a Farmall H tractor. The class consisted of 15 women an...
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"Tractorettes" with Instructor

Date: 1942
Description: "Tractorettes" pose with their instructor, McCormick-Deering salesmen Robert L. McCaffrey, on a Farmall H tractor.

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