It is no secret John Deere is the Quad-Cities' biggest employer. A secret, however, is all the things the company has made over the years in addition to tractors and farm equipment.
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Historic off-limits places: John Deere Corporate Archives
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Original advertising for a John Deere-Van Brunt Grain Drill dated 1919 in the John Deere Corporate Archives.
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Original advertising for a John Deere No. 40 Tractor Plow dated 1920 in the John Deere Corporate Archives.
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The John Deere Corporate Archives contain 180,000 items listed in their catalog.
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A World War II era poster urges farmers to turn in their scrap metal.
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One of the original John Deere Trade Marks in the John Deere Corporate Archives.
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The ornate latch on one of the doors to the boardroom from the former John Deere building in downtown Moline.
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Items ranging from hats to toys are kept in the John Deere Corporate Archives.
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Items once thought to be toys are instead historical design samples, now stored in the John Deere Corporate Archives.
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Oriental tapestries are part of the thousands of pieces of art work included in the John Deere Corporate Archives. Much of the company's collection of art work is on display in its buildings world-wide.
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Thousands of 16 mm films are part of the John Deere Corporate Archives.
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A 1942 John Deere Model "101" in the John Deere corporate archives.
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Hand-painted decorations on a safe used in a John Deere dealership that now sits in one of two warehouses used for storing historical items relevant to the company.
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The emblem on the Deere bicycle dated from 1894. The bicycle features wooden wheels and a horse hair stuffed seat and is part of the collection at the John Deere Corporate Archives.
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A Deere bicycle dated from 1894 featuring wooden wheels and a horse hair stuffed seat at the John Deere Corporate Archives in East Moline, Illinois.
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Volumes of the Patent gazette of the United States Patent Office from the 1860's at the John Deere Corporate Archives in East Moline.
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Neil Dahlstrom talks about the number of items stored in the mobile shelves at the John Deere Corporate Archives. "If you lined just the boxes end to end it would measure the length of 400 football felid's." He said.
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Deere & Co. Manager, Corporate Archives & History Neil Dahlstrom points to volumes of the Patent gazette of the United States Patent Office from the 1860's at the John Deere Corporate Archives in East Moline.
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Hand carved wooden pediments that once adorned the doors to the boardroom in the former John Deere building that now reside in the John Deere Corporate Archives.
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Hand carved wooden pediments that once adorned the doors to the boardroom in the former John Deere building in downtown Moline are now stored at Deere's corporate archives.
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Ornate wooden doors from the boardroom at the former downtown Moline John Deere building. Board members saw the ornate side of the doors from inside the boardroom. From outside the boardroom, employees saw a plain door.
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John Deere Collections Manager Nathan Augustine talks about the variety of items house in its archives.
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Not all versions of John Deere toys are kept in the corporate archives, the collection is considered representative of what was produced,
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A 1942 John Deere Model "101" at the John Deere corporate archives.
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A John Deere Model #1 Corn Sheller in the corporate archives.
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Various pieces of equipment deemed historically important to the company are housed in the John Deere Corporate Archives warehouses in East Moline.
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A Hydrogen Fuel Cell Gator that was only used for demonstrations is housed in the John Deere Corporate Archives.
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Deere & Co. Manager, Corporate Archives & History Neil Dahlstrom talks about a safe used in a John Deere dealership. It's now part of the collection at its corporate archives.
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A sign dated from 1932 donated by a Deere dealership in Kilmarnock, Kentucky.
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The first Model 110 Lawn & Garden Tractor (1963), lower left and the NASCAR Pontiac Grand Prix, John Deere sponsored #23 driven by Chad Little, are stored at the John Deere Corporate Archives.
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The NASCAR Pontiac Grand Prix that Deere & Co. sponsored (driven by Chad Little) is among the thousands of pieces of Deere history contained in the company's Corporate Archives in East Moline.
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A Deere bicycle dated from 1894 featuring wooden wheels and a horse hair stuffed seat at the John Deere Corporate Archives in East Moline, Illinois.
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Volumes of the Patent gazette of the United States Patent Office from the 1860's at the John Deere Corporate Archives in East Moline.
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Neil Dahlstrom talks about the number of items stored in the mobile shelves at the John Deere Corporate Archives. "If you lined just the boxes end to end it would measure the length of 400 football felid's." He said.
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The oldest plow in the John Deere Corporate Archives.
