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Engine Powered Hay Press on Farm

Date: 1905
Description: Men operating a hay press powered by an International Harvester stationary engine as a woman is looking on. They are working near a barn which has chink-lo...
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Visitors Enter Diesel Engine Exhibit Trailer

Date: 05 25 1938
Description: Visitors entering the trailer of International Harvester's touring diesel engine exhibit.
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Threshing in the 1870s

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Description: Men and women pose in the middle of threshing operations with steam engine, horse-drawn wagon and a wheelbarrow equipped with a homemade basket. A handwrit...
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International Harvester Engine in a Wagon

Date: 1921
Description: A man stands in a wagon next to an International Harvester engine while other people look on. There is a water tower in the background on the right.
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Children on Wagon

Date: 1919
Description: A young boy and girl are sitting in a wagon on a dirt road, while a man and woman are watching from the porch of a house in the background. The wagon is lo...
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Threshing with Engine and Horses

Date: 12 20 1907
Description: Men are working with horses, a threshing machine, a push binder(?) and stationary engine in a field. A group of men and women with a horse-drawn buggy are ...
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Crowd Inspecting Tractors and Engines at the "100 Years in Chicago" Celebration

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view of men and women inspecting tractors and engines on display at International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. The exhibition w...
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100,000th Crankcase at Melrose Park Works

Date: 03 1974
Description: A group of male and female workers are posing around a sign and a crankcase sitting on the factory floor. The sign reads "Melrose Park Plant / March, 1974 ...
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Group at Hinsdale Demonstration

Date: 1945
Description: Groups of men examine International equipment on display outdoors at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The equipment on display include...
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Engine Powered Silo Filler

Date: 1915
Description: Men using a stationary engine to power a silo filler. Two men are loading the silo filler while another man is standing in a horse-drawn wagon. Another man...
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Women Lifting Mogul Jr. Engine

Date: 1916
Description: A young woman outside industrial building or factory holds a Mogul Jr. 1 HP engine mounted on a skid with two wheels. A man stands nearby on the left. On t...
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Men with Large Poles Atop a Sprayer

Date: 1910
Description: Two men are standing on top of what appears to be a sprayer, probably for use in orchards (though the urban setting suggests the possibility of other appli...
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McCormick-Deering Industrial Power Display

Date: 1935
Description: Slightly elevated view of a crowd of people gathered around engines and power units displayed beneath a tent at the Indiana State Fair. An electric sign fl...
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Group Posed in front of Dealership

Date: 05 23 1925
Description: Two men and a woman posed on the steps in front of the Hogge Bros. dealership. There are large windows with displays and signs, and a sign painted on the w...

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