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Get Under the Big Tent
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Advertising poster for the International Harvester exhibit at the West Michigan State Fair in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The poster features photographs of auto trucks, cream separators, gasoline-kerosene engines, and the twine exhibit.
1913
International Harvester Company
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WHi 8422
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Free Tractor School
1917
Advertising poster for a Free Tractor School in Omaha, Nebraska, put on by International Harvester. The course will have instructors who are "practical men who can give you both practical and techn...
Minneapolis Simple Traction Engine
1915
Color illustration of a "Minneapolis simple traction engine on butt strap seam high traction roller." The caption beneath the headline reads: "Wood, Coal or Straw Burner. An extra charge is made fo...
Bluebell Cream Separator Advertisements
1913
Page from an "IHC Newspaper and Catalogue Electrotype Service" booklet depicting two advertisements for the Bluebell cream separator. The advertisement headlines read: "A New Bluebell Power Separat...
McCormick Auto-Mower in Paris
1900
Man sitting in a McCormick Auto-Mower at or near the Paris Exposition in France. The Auto-Mower was an experimental gasoline-powered mowing machine. This is one of two Auto-Mowers produced by the c...
Will You Co-operate Or Will You Obstruct?
1918
Poster featuring a cartoon panel showing a man with a sledgehammer standing on a terrace labeled: "American Industries." At his feet is a piece of paper titled: "Stick To Your Job, My Boy. Uncle Sa...
Letter from Rev. Robert L. Beech to Howard McClintock, December 23, 1964
December 23, 1964
Letter from Robert L. Beech to Reverend Howard McClintock regarding McClintock's church group being interested in donating supplies, magazine subscriptions, and a mimeo machine.
