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McCormick Binders Harvest in Dakota
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Illustration from a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog showing twenty McCormick binders harvesting a large field of grain in the Red River Valley. Many workers are stacking the sheaves of grain bound by the binders. The caption reads: "Harvest scene in Dakota."
1884
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
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WHi 36376
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