International Harvester Company Agricultural Extension Department Lantern Slides, circa 1899-1933

Contents List

Container Title
M94-266
Part 1 (M94-266): Original Collection, circa 1899-1933
Physical Description: 0.8 c.f. (5 microfiche boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Lantern slides of farm wagons and manure spreaders produced by International Harvester Company's Agricultural Extension Department. Included are views of the manufacturing and testing process, interiors of wagon factories, and wagon and manure spreader components. The slides are 4x3-inch, black and white, and include captions. A few slides have been tinted with one or two colors.
Box   1-5
Farm wagons manufactured by International Harvester Company
Box   1-5
Manure spreaders manufactured by International Harvester Company
Box   1-5
Details of parts
Box   1-5
Interiors of various wagon factories
Box   1-5
Views of the manufacturing and testing process
M2009-022
Part 2 (M2009-022): Additions, circa 1900-1930
Physical Description: 6.4 c.f. (16 negative boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Lantern slides used by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The slides feature agricultural scenes, gardening, schools, corn, home canning, poultry, house flies, cows, pigs, sheep, birds, historical scenes, and portraits of people. Some of the slides are hand tinted with color. The department used the slides for presentations on the healthful effects of gardens for school children, methods of home canning, scientific methods of corn production, home health, crop diversification, cultivation of alfalfa, and other topics.
Box   1-2
Agriculture, general
Box   2
Birds
Box   2-3
Canning
Box   3-4
Corn
Box   4-5
Cows and dairy
Box   6-10
Gardening
Box   10-11
Historical scenes, monuments, people and maps
Box   11
Livestock and animals
Box   11-13
Portraits
Box   13
Poultry
Box   14
Schools
Box   14-15
Trees
Box   15-16
Miscellaneous non-agricultural subjects