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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...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Front of a card advertising the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Illustrations show "primitive" harvesting methods alongside a McCormick binder and a ...
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International 14 Series Tractor Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Advertising brochure featuring men operating W-14, O-14, Fairway-14 and I-14 tractors over an orange background.
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International TD-6 Diesel TracTractor Brochure (Spanish)

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for TD-6 TracTracTors (crawler tractors). Features photographs of crawler tractors pulling a road grader and a disk harrow...
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Russell and Company Advertising Booklet

Date: 1919
Description: Back cover of a booklet titled, "The Russell & Co. Year Book of Tractors & Threshers." The text reads: "The Old Reliable Line. 78th Year. 1842 to 1919. Geo...
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Russell Kerosene Tractor Brochure

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of brochure advertising Russell standardized kerosene tractors. The cover features several photographs of tractors being used on farms and to h...
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Tractor Tilling Newsletter

Date: 07 1917
Description: Cover of the Volume 1, Number 2 issue of Tractor Tilling newsletter, produced by the Smith Form-a-Tractor Company. The cover features a photograph o...
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4000 Series Fork Lift

Date: 10 09 1969
Description: Advertisement for the International 4000 Series of fork lifts featuring an illustration of the forklift at bottom right, along with a paragraph of descript...
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Whitney Tractor

Date: 1918
Description: Advertisement for the Whitney tractor featuring a side view illustration of the machine at top center with a caption reading: "Tested under the most trying...
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Yuba Ball Tread Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Two-page advertisement featuring a collage of photographs depicting the Yuba ball tread tractor at work in farm fields. A photograph of the Yuba Constructi...
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Yuba Tractor with Alfalfa

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement showing a man with a Yuba tractor hauling a load of alfalfa. The caption beneath the photograph reads: "This Yuba is an old timer — but it se...
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Tractor Uses

Date: 1925
Description: Advertisement for the La Crosse kerosene tractor featuring photographs of the tractor in use on farm jobs. The headline reads: "The HAPPY FARMER Really Bur...
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How Lumbermen Use the Cletrac

Date: 1921
Description: Pamphlet advertising the Cletrac tank-type tractor. It features a photograph of a man using a crawler tractor to pull a wagon loaded with felled trees; a m...
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Dart Truck and Tractor Company

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Dart Truck and Tractor Company featuring four photographs of Dart trucks.
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A Second Crop of Clover

Date: 1895
Description: The front (top) and back (bottom) of an advertisement for farm land in northern Wisconsin. This card advertises the abundance of clover crop with an image ...
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Trackpull Crawler Equipment

Date: 05 1926
Description: Front cover of an advertising booklet for Trackpull crawler equipment for the Fordson tractor. The cover features a man using the Fordson tractor to pull a...
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Why You Should Have a Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Illinois Super-Drive tractor with six photographs of the machinery in use on farms. The headline reads: "Here Are Reasons Why You Sho...
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The Mail Plane

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Description: Engraved print depicting two people harvesting grain along a fence line in a field. One person holds a scythe while the other carries a bucket, possibly th...

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