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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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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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Factory Workers at Chattanooga Works

Date: 1932
Description: Factory workers and long wheeled carts filled with implement parts at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Chattanooga Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers working at tables, and long wheeled carts full of implement parts at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Factory Workers at Chattanooga Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers working at tables, and long wheeled carts full of implement parts at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Assembling Plows at Chattanooga Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers assemble plows at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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McCormick Reaper Delivery

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers are guiding a crated McCormick reaper on pulley ropes through an opening in the floor, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works. The text ...
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Factory Workers with Grain Binder Parts

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of factory workers testing(?) the binding mechanisms for grain binders at the McCormick Reaper Works. Loose hay and hay bundles are ...
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Factory Workers at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Male workers standing at stations positioned along a wall of windows inside the McCormick Reaper Works. A belt-driven power system is suspended from the ce...
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Men in Shredder Department at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of factory workers at stations in the Shredder Department at the McCormick Works.
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Men Spooling Twine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers use a balling machine at the McCormick Twine Mill to wind twine onto wooden spools.
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Doorway View at McCormick Works

Date: 02 05 1906
Description: View through two large open doors of a factory, most likely the McCormick Works. The floor is made of wood, and parts of farm machinery are stacked togethe...
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Four Workers Seated Below Parts Display

Date: 1910
Description: Factory workers sit on a wooden bench with a large wheel or gear resting on their legs below a display of implement parts, most likely at International Har...
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Factory Workers Among Hanging Implement Parts

Date: 1907
Description: Factory workers are standing among implement parts hanging from hooks suspended from a track on the ceiling at International Harvester's Osborne Works (lat...
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Man Sitting on a New Osborne Tedder

Date: 09 26 1913
Description: A man dressed in a suit and hat is sitting on a New Osborne hay tedder at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). On the rig...
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Two Men with a New Osborne Tedder

Date: 06 09 1911
Description: A man sits on a New Osbourne six-fork hay tedder with his back to the camera at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). He i...
Book or Pamphlet

Adriance and Buckeye Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Catalog cover of Adriance, Platt & Co. features an illustration of a farmer standing in a field holding a scythe and wiping his brow. In the background men...
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The Buckeye Catalog with Calendar — October & November

Date: 1895
Description: Catalog featuring calendar pages. October features a man using a hoe in a field. November features a drawing of the Buckeye Twine Mills.
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Two Men on a Horse-Drawn Reaper in Factory Yard

Date: 1900
Description: Man posing as if raking grain off bed of reaper. Replica of Reaper of 1848. Behind the men is a railroad car on railroad tracks, a fence, and buildings bey...
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Two Row Cultivator

Date: 08 21 1925
Description: A two row cultivator displayed on the pavement in front of a brick factory building. Parts and wheels are stacked along the brick factory wall. A coat and ...

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