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FIELD TESTS are "NO GOOD" For a "No Good" Machine

Date: 1893
Description: An advertisement for the McCormick No. 4 Steel Mower in the December edition of The Farmer's Advance, a publication of the McCormick Harvesting Mach...
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Treading Grain with Horses

Date: 1885
Description: Back cover of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog from 1885. The illustration shows horses with elaborate tack treading grain surrounded by men ...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Front of a card advertising the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Illustrations show "primitive" harvesting methods alongside a McCormick binder and a ...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Inside of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company advertising card. Features color illustrations demonstrating the development of harvesting technology, in...
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The McCormick Invincible

Date: 1882
Description: McCormick Harvesting Machine Company flyer describing field trial victory. The headline proclaims: "The McCormick Invincible and Ever Triumphant!"
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Flyer

Date: 1882
Description: "The Battle of the Reapers. The McCormick on the War Path!" Advertisement for McCormick Harvesting Machines reporting field trial victories.
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Flyer

Date: 1882
Description: Report of field trial victories by McCormick harvesting machines. Headline reads: "Preliminary Skirmishing All Along the Southern Line."
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McCormick Grain Binder Illustration

Date: 1887
Description: Color illustration of a "McCormick Steel Harvester and Binder" from an advertising folder. Printed by Gies and Company, Buffalo.
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McCormick Binders Drawn by Camels in Russia

Date: 1887
Description: Illustration from an 1887 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog showing a row of McCormick binders being pulled by camels. The original caption rea...
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McCormick Binders Pulled by Oxen in Italy

Date: 1887
Description: Illustration from an 1887 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog showing McCormick binders being pulled by oxen in a large field in Italy. The captio...
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McCormick Binders Harvest in Dakota

Date: 1884
Description: Illustration from a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog showing twenty McCormick binders harvesting a large field of grain in the Red River Valley...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog

Date: 1888
Description: Front cover of a catalog for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. The illustration shows a bouquet of wild flowers and plants in the foreground over ...
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McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1887
Description: Illustration of the McCormick Reaper Works (factory) from an advertising folder. Printed by Gies and Company, Buffalo.
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Flyer

Date: 1893
Description: Flyer describing field trial victories by the McCormick binder. Features a small illustration of a farmer using the horse-drawn machine followed by testim...
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McCormick Mower Flyer

Date: 1889
Description: Flyer advertising the McCormick Mower, "monarch among mowers." Contains testimonials from various parts of the country. The reverse contains similiar test...
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McCormick Calls Champion Bluff

Date: 1900
Description: Flyer describing a field trial by the McCormick Mower over the competing Champion brand mower.
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McCormick Interchangeable Twine and Wire Binder

Date: 1889
Description: Flyer advertising the McCormick interchangeable twine and wire binder. Explains that farmers can use twine, when twine is cheapest and wire, when wire is ...
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McCormick Harvesting Machines Advertisement

Date: 1896
Description: "Gee Whizz! Clear the track. McCormick trains are everywhere." Advertising poster describing the worldwide success of McCormick harvesting machines. Featu...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Flyer

Date: 1883
Description: Flyer describing McCormick harvester field trial victories. The headline reads: "The Ball Just Opened! The Dance Begun!"
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Early Harvesting Techniques

Date: 1886
Description: Page from an 1886 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog showing early harvesting technology. One drawing depicts a farmer in India harvesting grain ...

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