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McCormick Auto-Mower at Paris Exposition

Date: 1900
Description: Man sitting in a McCormick Auto-Mower in front of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company building at the Paris Exposition in France. Several men, a woman...
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McCormick Auto-Mower in Paris

Date: 1900
Description: Man sitting in a McCormick Auto-Mower at or near the Paris Exposition in France. The Auto-Mower was an experimental gasoline-powered mowing machine. This i...
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McCormick "Auto-Mower"

Date: 1900
Description: McCormick "Auto-Mower" on the floor of a shop or factory. The Auto-Mower was an experimental engine powered mower that won first prize at the Paris Exposit...
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McCormick "Auto-Mower"

Date: 1900
Description: A man demonstrating the McMormick "Auto-Mower". The image appears to have been retouched by an artist. The Auto-Mower was an experimental engine powered mo...
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Deering Auto-Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Man operating an Auto-Mower in a field. The Auto-Mower was an experimental gas powered mowing machine. This version was likely produced by the Deering Harv...
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Threshing Steam Tractor

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys posing around a threshing steam tractor. Oliver Johnson is in the foreground. John Bergeson and Art(?) are on top of the stack. Henning Berges...
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Steam Tractor Pulling Wagon and New Peerless Thresher

Date: 1900
Description: A group of men are posing on and around a steam tractor hooked up to a wagon and a New Peerless thresher.
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Experimental Automower

Date: 1900
Description: Experimental "auto mower" on display, possibly in the Deering Harvester Company display at the 1900 Paris Exposition.
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Men with Deering Auto-Mower

Date: 1900
Description: A group of men outdoors are standing behind a Deering Auto-Mower holding Deering signs. The mower was an experimental gas powered mowing machine. The text ...
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Silage Cutting near Barn

Date: 1900
Description: View over fence of silage cutting operation near a barn on a small hill. Several men are working in the barnyard. A horse-drawn wagon stacked with silage i...
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Silaging Operation near Barn

Date: 1900
Description: Silage operation near barn. A Westinghouse engine is powering the ensilage cutters. Men are posing near wagons. A house in the background on the right surr...
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Farmers Loading Crop into Barn

Date: 1900
Description: Five men are using a tractor to power a belt and grain elevator while storing a harvested crop in a barn.
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McCormick Auto-Mower at Paris Exposition

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter rear view of a McCormick Auto-Mower near a building at the Paris Exposition in France. The Auto-Mower was an experimental engine-powered mowe...
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Group of Men and Boys Threshing

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men and boys threshing. They are using a tractor for a belt-driven threshing machine, and on the left two horses pull a wagon with large barrels.
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Otto Traction Engine

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of a man operating a 20-horsepower Otto traction engine. The text beneath the photograph reads: "20 HP, "Otto" Traction Engine. Cost of Operating...
Print

Otto Traction Gasoline Engine

Date: 1900
Description: Side views of the Otto traction gasoline engine with a smaller inset illustration depicting the driving mechanism. The text surrounding the tractor reads: ...
Photograph

Man with Otto Gasoline Tractor

Date: 1900
Description: Left side view of the Otto gasoline tractor with a man behind the steering wheel.
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Otto Gasoline Tractor Rear View

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter rear view of an Otto gasoline engine tractor, taken in front of a white backdrop held on one side by a man standing at right in the grass in ...
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Otto Gasoline Tractor Side View

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of right side of an Otto gasoline engine tractor in front of a white backdrop. Behind the backdrop is the side of a brick building.
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Parrett Tractor Pamphlet Back Cover

Date: 1900
Description: Back cover of a pamphlet advertising the Parrett tractor, featuring a photograph of a man using the tractor on a farm. The text reads: "The Parrett Tractor...

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