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Farm Hands at Work Reaping Grain with Scythes

Date: 1899
Description: Farm scene of foreman watching five farm hands reaping grain with cradles as children, women and field hands help gather it into bundles.
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Farmer Harvesting Grain with Horse-Drawn Reaper

Date: 1899
Description: Rear view of farmer harvesting grain near woodline with a self-rake reaper drawn by two horses.
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Trolley Car Pulling Flat Car Carrying McCormick Binder and Mower

Date: 1899
Description: Group of people posing on a trolley car, which is pulling a flat car loaded with a McCormick grain binder and mower as part of an event culminating the "Cr...
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Farmers Harvest Grain with McCormick Binder

Date: 1899
Description: Three farmers harvest grain with McCormick horse-drawn grain binder. One farmer is sitting aboard the binder guiding horses while two men, one with scythe ...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: View from street of workers, including some African Americans, loading (and/or unloading) agricultural equipment and parts outside a general office of the ...
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Richmond McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view from across street of men posing with farm and lawn equipment along the storefront of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. Thre...
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Construction near McCormick Harvesting Co. Office in Chicago

Date: 1890
Description: Construction work in the streets outside the offices of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company located at 212 Market Street. Two horse-drawn wagons and s...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Office Building

Date: 1890
Description: McCormick Harvesting Machine Company office building from the corner of Market and Jackson streets. The building's address was 212 Market Street. Offices f...
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New Zealand McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership Building

Date: 1899
Description: Three employees on a sidewalk in front of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership building owned by Morrow, Bassett & Co. of Christchurch, New Ze...
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Australian McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership building owned by McLean Brothers and Rigg, Ltd. of Melbourne, Australia. Men are standing in the street in...
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South African McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: Four men and a dog posing along the storefront of a South African McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership owned by C. North & Son.
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Parisian Agricultural Machinery Exhibit

Date: 1899
Description: Agricultural machinery on display in an exhibition by R. Wallut & Co. of Paris, France. Signs advertise Hornsby oil engines, cream separators and "mills of...
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Swedish Exhibition of McCormick Farm Machinery

Date: 1899
Description: Employees of a McCormick dealership and family members standing in a pavilion with a display of McCormick farm machinery. A crowd is pressed up against the...
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Family on Porch

Date: 1897
Description: A man, three women and two young girls posing on the porch of a whitewashed log house. The man is wearing a suit and straw boater hat, the women are wearin...
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Farmer Driving Horse-Drawn Mower Towards Farm

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a mower pulled by two horses towards a farmstead. A farmhouse, barn, and outbuildings, one with a cupola, are in the distance.
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Farmer Harvesting Grain with Horse-Drawn McCormick Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is harvesting grain using a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses in a field. The platform of the binder holds a sheaf of grain along with u...
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Farm Workers Harvesting Grain with McCormick Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of farm workers harvesting grain in a field. One of the crew members is operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses. A man in a dark su...
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Horse-drawn Buggy Approaching Farmer on McCormick Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses in a field. A young child wearing a wide-brimmed hat is watching, and a horse-drawn bug...
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Rural Scene of Forked Road and Split-Rail Fence

Date: 1899
Description: View of fork in road, with split-rail fence in the center. There are buildings in the far background on the left.
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Farmer on Horse-Drawn Grain Binder

Date: 1899
Description: View from a distance of a farmer posing on a McCormick grain binder drawn by two horses in a wheat field. Two men in suits are posing next to a bundle of w...

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