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Diagram of McCormick's Reaper

Date: 1867
Description: A diagram of McCormick's cultivator-reaper, which was patented in 1845. The illustration, titled "The Cultivator" depicts a man using a rake to remove the ...
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Groundskeeper Rakes Sand Trap with Cub Cadet

Date: 02 1969
Description: Groundskeeper raking a golf course sand trap with an International Cub Cadet tractor. A group of men are playing golf in the background. The photograph was...
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Radio-Controlled Farmall F-30 Tractor

Date: 1931
Description: Operator J.J. Lynch inspects the wiring on a radio-controlled McCormick-Deering Farmall F-30 tractor at a fair.
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Golf Course Maintenance

Date: 1938
Description: A man uses a rubber-tired Fairway 12 tractor with a Roseman mower attachment to care for golf course terrain. Two men are working in the background.
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McCormick-Deering Fairway 12

Date: 05 17 1934
Description: Ralph Teter, groundskeeper of the Aurora Country Club, sits on a McCormick-Deering Fairway 12 tractor.
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Indian Head Golf Club

Date: 1932
Description: A groundskeeper uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway tractor to care for the golf course at Indian Head Golf Club. A group of people are playing golf in the ba...
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Monroe Country Club

Date: 10 05 1928
Description: A groundskeeper uses a Fairway tractor to care for the rough of the Monroe Country Club golf course while a group of golfers plays in the background.
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Groundskeeper on Tractor at Golf Course

Date: 05 26 1928
Description: A groundskeeper uses a Fairway tractor to maintain the grounds of what appears to be a golf course.
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Tractor and Golfer on Golf Course

Date: 05 26 1928
Description: A man on a Fairway tractor with a mower waits while a golfer tees off at a golf course.
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Aurora Country Club

Date: 09 12 1924
Description: A groundskeeper uses a Farmall (or Fairway?) tractor with a roller to tend the golf course at Aurora Country Club.
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International Harvester Display

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Replica of Cyrus McCormick's original 1831 reaper on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. Scale mode...
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Interior of IH Building at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Tractors, agricultural machinery and trucks on display inside International Harvester's exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
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Cream Separator Display at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Cream separators on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
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Dairy Display at "A Century of Progress"'

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Cream separators, milkers and a mechanical cow on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. Caption in "T...
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Reaper Display

Date: 1946
Description: A group of onlookers gathers around a McCormick reaper replica display at the Iowa State Fair. The sign behind the reaper reads: "McCormick Reaper Built 15...
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International Harvester Display at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: International Harvester Company displays its products under a tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. The text on the sign reads: "Equipment Display Courtesy Sha...
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Motion Picture Tent at Nebraska State Fair

Date: 1930
Description: A crowd gathers in the International Harvester tent at the Nebraska State Fair for a film showing. A cream separator is in the left foreground, and next to...
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Indiana State Fair

Date: 1930
Description: Agricultural machinery set up for display in International Harvester's tent at the Indiana State Fair. An International Six-Speed Special truck is in the b...
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Model of First Reaper

Date: 11 14 1922
Description: A scale model of the first reaper made by Cyrus H. McCormick in 1831 sits on display along the side of a building.
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International Harvester Display at Missouri State Fair

Date: 1935
Description: People gather around displays of International Harvester equipment set up beneath a tent at the Missouri State Fair.

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