McCormick-Deering

The Type M certainly lightened the workload around the farm, pumping water and loading grain were just two of their many uses. Farm mechanization had radically changed the farmer’s labor load, but domestic chores saw little change. With engines like the Type M, power-driven washing machines considerably lightened the workload.

Manufacturer: International Harvester Company, McCormick-Deering Division, Chicago, Illinois, US
Fuel Type: Gasoline
Bore and Stroke: 92.075 x 114.3 mm (3.625 x 4.5 in)
Power: 1.11 kW (1.5 hp)  

The IHC Type M engines were possibly the most widely sold engines on the market. Between 1917 and 1937 a total of 429,376 Type M engines were built in 1.5, 3, 6, and 10 horsepower sizes. Production of the 1.5 peaked at 23,272 units in 1919, with production ending in 1933.

Chronology:
1902 - International Harvester Company (IHC) founded after the merging of McHormick Harvesting Machine Company, Deering Harvester Company , Milwaukee, Plano and Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Companies.
1919 - Bought Parlin and Orendorff, renaming it the Canton Works
1923 - Introduced the Farmall line of tractors
1930 - 100,000th Farmall produced, solidifying their standing as one of the leaders in tractor production
1974 - 5,000,000th tractor produced
1979 - IHC employees went on strike and by the time the strike ended, considerable financial losses were suffered
1985 - Tenneco bought several divisions of IH and merged them with their J.I. Case line to create Case IH tractor line
1986 - IH truck line name changed to Navistar International