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Eureka Mower Advertising Poster

Date: 1885
Description: Advertising poster for the Eureka Mower Company featuring color illustration of a well-dressed farmer riding a mower pulled by two horses. Trees, mountains...
Poster

Battle of Gettysburg Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Color lithographed color advertising poster showing a McCormick grain binder at the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. The poster was based on a cyclorama by ...
Photograph

International Trucks and Tractors in front of Dealership

Date: 06 19 1924
Description: McCormick-Deering tractors (including the 10-20) and two International trucks parked in front of the Ephrata Farm Supply Company, an International Harvest...
Photograph

"McCormick Day"

Date: 1899
Description: Families and citizens with horse-drawn wagons gathered in a small town for delivery of McCormick farm machines from General Agent Daniel Klinedinst. Horses...
Photograph

Dealer Points out Features of McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler

Date: 04 16 1937
Description: Dealer pointing out the features of a McCormick-Deering milk cooler at the dealership of Wisehaupt Sons & Co. Also pictured are a McCormick-Deering Type LA...
Photograph

York Farm Supply Inc.

Date: 1948
Description: "Prototype" building of York Farm Supply Inc., an International Harvester dealership owned by Charles E. Jacobs. A Farmall Cub tractor is parked in the for...
Photograph

Carpenter Shop at Indian Industrial School

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Description: Students working in a carpenter shop at the Indian Industrial School.
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Fairchild at Gettysburg Monument

Date: 1869
Description: Governor Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin and an unidentified group visiting the still uncompleted national monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1869. Fair...
Photograph

Elias Durand, Botanist

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Elias Durand (1794-1873), French botanist. Left France and came to America after the downfall of Emperor Napoleon. Es...
Photograph

Truck and Crane at Airport Project

Date: 1929
Description: Trucks with crane attachments are used to work on an airport project.
Photograph

International 63 Goodyear Truck

Date: 01 19 1927
Description: International Model 63 truck operated by the Goodyear Company. The sign on the truck reads: "Goodyear Tires & Tubes; Goodyear means Good Wear".
Photograph

Ephrata Farm Supply Company

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior of an International Harvester dealership with advertising pennants hanging above agricultural machines on display.
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First Textile Workers Organizing Convention

Date: 
Description: First textile workers organizing convention. Cole Dandenburg with his wife on left. Zilphia Horton, Myles Horton on right.
Photograph

International Model 63 York Sanitary Milk Co. Truck

Date: 11 22 1923
Description: International Model 63 truck operated by York Sanitary Milk Co. There are two men standing outside of the truck. The truck was photographed outside the com...
Photograph

International Model 63 Bernard L. Pincus Provisions Truck

Date: 10 22 1923
Description: International Model 63 truck operated by Bernard L. Pincus Provisions. The truck was photographed with a man sitting in the driver's seat outside a brick ...
Photograph

Mowing Along Waterfront (League Island?)

Date: 1899
Description: A man in work clothes is operating a horse-drawn mower in a patch of grass along a waterfront, while another man wearing a hat and tie is looking on. Ships...
Photograph

Man Standing by International Model G Truck

Date: 1918
Description: A man stands by an International model "G" truck, with one foot resting on the front wheel. On the truck are two signs. The one in front reads: "Embargoe...
Photograph

Edgar W. Thompson Steel Works

Date: 05 06 1894
Description: View from the Monongahela River of the Edgar W. Thompson steel works. An oar from Thwaites' boat is visible in the foreground.
Photograph

Man in a Boat Hauling Nitroglycerin

Date: 05 08 1894
Description: A man transports nitroglycerin in a boat which has a red danger flag at the bow (unseen against the dark background).
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10-20 Tractor near Industrial Buildings

Date: 03 23 1926
Description: Two men standing with a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor and wagon in front of industrial buildings.

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