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McCormick Catalog Art

Date: 1894
Description: Color lithograph illustration on the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows an American Revolutionary War battle scene. Also...
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Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
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Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Date: 1890
Description: Foldout cards in a 10-page brochure for Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co., Ltd., manufacturers of farm implements, based in Madison, WI. The top illustration is fo...
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Consolidated Implement Company Farm Equipment Competition Flyer

Date: 1895
Description: Flyer advertising a contest wherein the Consolidated Implement Company of Utah and Idaho planned to give away a McCormick Binder, McCormick Mower, and "Ste...
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The Evolution of the Reaper, Part One

Date: 1883
Description: Three illustrations from an 1883 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog portraying the evolution of the reaper. The first drawing is captioned: "Firs...
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The Evolution of the Reaper, Part Two

Date: 1883
Description: Three illustrations from an 1883 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog portraying the evolution of the reaper. The first drawing is captioned: "Four...
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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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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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"Dealer News Prototype Progress Report - Minneapolis"

Date: 04 1948
Description: "Dealer News" article featuring three old and new International Harvester Minneapolis dealer locations. Six images total show the move from cramped, run-do...
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McCormick Wire Binder Advertisement

Date: 1878
Description: Advertisement for the McCormick Combined Reaping and Self-Binding Machines, as manufactured by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company [or possibly C.H. a...
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Canadian La Crosse Happy Farmer Advertising

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Description: An advertisement for a newspaper or magazine in French for the La Crosse Happy Farmer Models A and B tractors. The local dealer was the Renfrew Machinery C...
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La Crosse Sulky Plow

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Description: A catalog color lithograph of a La Crosse Plow Company sulky plow,
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"A Lesson in Arithmatic" Happy Farmer Tractor Advertising

Date: 1917
Description: The cover of a La Crosse Tractor advertisement from M. Maloney Company, Syracuse, N.Y.
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La Crosse Tractor Advertisement for the Model F and G Tractors

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Description: Am advertisement for the La Crosse Models F and G tractors. Color illustration depicts a man and woman watching another man driving a tractor. Includes a g...
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La Crosse Model M Introduction

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Description: A magazine advertisement introducing the La Crosse Model M tractor. Depicts a man with a pitchfork standing near a tractor. In the background are farm buil...
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Advertisement for La Crosse Model M Line Control Tractor

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Description: An advertisement for the La Crosse Model M line control tractor. Specifications are on the bottom of the page.
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Manny and Company's Circular Cover

Date: 1856
Description: Cover page of a Manny & Co. advertising circular featuring two illustrations of men using Manny's reaper and mower. The top illustration shows the reaper a...
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P&O D Series Walking Plow

Date: 1918
Description: Brochure advertising Parlin & Orendorff's "D Series" walking plow. The inside spread features an illustration of the plow along with the caption: "A Dandy...
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P&O No.5 Walking Gang

Date: 1918
Description: Advertising brochure for Parlin & Orendorff's No.5 walking gang plow. The inside spread features a color illustration of the plow and a caption reading: "H...

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