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International Harvester Catalog Cover

Date: 1905
Description: Cover of International Harvester McCormick line catalog depicting a lush, golden wheat field with a farmer riding a horse-drawn grain binder in the backgro...
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McCormick Binders in a Field

Date: 1905
Description: Four men harvesting grain in a field with two horse-drawn McCormick binders. (D.R. Robbins?)
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Binder Assembly at Deering Works

Date: 1905
Description: Men assembling binders at International Harvester's Deering Works (factory). The factory was originally built by William Deering for the Deering Harvester ...
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IHC Factory Workers Unload Bales of Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: African American workers unloading bales of cotton inside a warehouse building.
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McCormick Works Employees at Lunch

Date: 1905
Description: Factory workers eating lunch outside International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company before 19...
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Horse-Drawn Reaper near Windmill

Date: 1905
Description: Man and a boy working with a horse-drawn reaper in a field. The reaper is likely a model or replica of the McCormick reaper of 1831. A windmill is in the b...
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Man Posing in Factory Office

Date: 1905
Description: Man lounging against a full bookcase in an office area at McCormick Works in Chicago. A second man can just be seen behind the bookcase. A large dark room ...
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Mule Drawn Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Corn binder hitched to two mules in field in Algeria. In the distance are low hills. One bearded man, wearing what appears to be a full-length hooded jella...
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Combing Fibre

Date: 1905
Description: Men in a factory comb fiber (fibre), the first process preparatory to spinning. International Harvester used sisal fiber to make binder twine. The men may ...
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Champion Grain Binder

Date: 1905
Description: A farmer drives a team of four horses pulling a Champion grain binder.
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Grain Binder with American Flag

Date: 1905
Description: An American flag flies from a McCormick grain binder as it is pulled through a field by four horses.
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McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Five men pose for a photograph around a McCormick grain binder in a field.
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Grain Binders

Date: 1905
Description: Men with grain binders lined up in a field.
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Corn Shucker

Date: 1905
Description: A farmer using a corn shucker attached to a corn binder.
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McCormick Corn Picker and Wagon

Date: 1905
Description: Two farmers operating a McCormick corn picker and wagon.
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Husker-Shredder Powered by Engine

Date: 1905
Description: Farmers using a husker-shredder(?) powered by an engine. A man and two children look on from the doorway of a barn. Another man is standing on a horse-draw...
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Husker-Shredder

Date: 1905
Description: A group of men and a dog gather around a husker-shredder and wagon.
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Loading a Husker-Shredder

Date: 1905
Description: A group of men loading corn husks into a husker-shredder near a barn.
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Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1905
Description: Four men and a woman gather around a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. Two men are sitting in a horse-drawn wagon.
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Farmer Operating Reaper with Children Nearby

Date: 1905
Description: A farmer operating a horse-drawn self-rake reaper while children are following close by.

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