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[Trade catalogs from International Harvester Co.]

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Variant company name:
In 1985 Tenneco acquired the major assets of International Harvester's Farm Equipment Division. These included plants in E. Moline, IL (combines, cotton pickers, planters), Hamilton, ON (tillage and seeding), Croix, France (cabs), Neuss, Germany (tractors) and Doncaster, UK (tractors) plus parts distribution facilities worldwide. Also included were most modern machine tools and production assets from the Farmall Works which were transferred to the J.I.Case Racine Transmission and Assembly Plants. Other assets that were sold over time by IH were Cub Cadet to MTD, Construction Equipment Division to Dresser Industries and Solar.(Gas Turbine) Division to Caterpillar. The remaining part of International Harvester is the former Truck Division, which is now, renamed Navistar and which markets commercial trucks under the International brand.  Search this
Company Name:
International Harvester Co.  Search this
Related companies:
Case IH (Racine, WI) ; J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co., Inc. (Racine, WI) ; Tenneco Inc. (Huddersfield, United Kingdom) ; American Seeding Machine Co. (Richmond, IN) ; Wm. Deering & Co (Chicago, IL) ; Deering Harvester Co. (Plano, IL) ; Frank G. Hough Co. (Libertyville, IL) ; Kemp Co. ; J. S. Kemp Mfg. Co. (Newark Valley, NY) ; Keystone Co. (Rock Fall, IL) ; McCormick Harvester Co. (Chicago, IL) ; Milwaukee Harvester Co. (Milwaukee, WI) ; D. M. Osborne Co. (Auburn, NY) ; Parlin & Orendorff Co. (Canton, OH) ; Plano Mfg. Co. (Chicago, IL) ; Solar (San Diego, CA) ; Wain-Roy Corp. (Fitchburg, MA) ; Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Co. (Springfield, OH) ; Weber Wagon Co. (Chicago, IL) ; Longenecker, Charles I. (Milwaukee) ; Navistar ; Navistar International Harvester Corp. ; Osborne Div. (Indianapolis, IN) ; International Harvester Co. of America ; International Harvester Co. of Gt. Britain Ltd. (London, United Kingdom) ; International Harvester Co. of Canada, Ltd.  Search this
Notes content:
OVERSIZE. Organized as follows: construction equipment ; Deering Harvester Co. (1880s-1890s) ; early farm equipment (before 1930) ; farm equipment (after 1930) ; engines ; farm tractors (before 1930) ; farm tractors (after 1930) ; Cub Cadet tractors ; history ; industrial tractors ; publications, e.g., "Harvester World," "International Harvester World," "IH Farm," "IH Farm Forum," "International Trail" ; trucks, motor coaches, and school buses ; "Red Power Round-Up Seventh Collector's Edition Show Book" (2002) ; 'Heavy Tractor MI (IHC TD-18) Power Train, track frame assembly and seats' (U.S. War Dept. ,1943) ; 'Ordnance Maintenance...IHC TD-18 equipment' (U.S. War Dept.,1943) ; Motor Trucks (Federal Contract TPS-47785)
Includes:
Trade catalog, manual, photographs and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
1041 pieces; 29 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date range:
1800s-1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Agricultural tools and machinery  Search this
Appliances (household)  Search this
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this
Construction and earth-moving machinery  Search this
Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this
Farm equipment and supplies (including dairy and poultry equipment)  Search this
Road building machinery and equipment  Search this
Topic:
Agricultural implements  Search this
Agricultural machinery  Search this
Automobiles  Search this
Construction equipment  Search this
Dairying  Search this
Earthmoving machinery  Search this
Engines  Search this
Farm equipment  Search this
Household appliances  Search this
Motor vehicles  Search this
Motors  Search this
Road machinery  Search this
Roads -- Design and construction  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_16602
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_16602