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German Farmers Baling Hay in Alpine Country

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Description: German farmers baling hay in southern Germany's Alpine country. The men are using an International D-214 tractor with mower and wagon. Original caption rea...
Photograph

Farmer Harvests Grain on Steep Hill with McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a farmer harvesting grain on a hill or ridge with a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder near Pittsburgh. In the background is a va...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvesting Machines Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Front cover of advertising catalog for the Deering line of IHC harvesting machines. Cover features a chromolithograph of a field scene with shocks of wheat...
Photograph

Horses and Central-rig

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Description: Men are in a farmyard (possibly at a sorghum mill) with horses hitched to a central-rig. A haystack, barn, wagons and farm machinery are in the background.
Photograph

Men in Field with Reaper

Date: 1873
Description: Three men with hats are standing in a field with a reaper and grain cradle. Two children (their images are blurred) are sitting in front of them. In the fi...
Painting

Residence of Mr. Martin Lutscher

Date: 1875
Description: Seifert's watercolor is fairly large, measuring 27" wide by 21" high, and provides a detailed depiction of a nineteenth century Wisconsin farm. The small s...
Photograph

Harvesting Wheat with a Cradle

Date: 1918
Description: A farmer using a cradle to harvest wheat in a field. Farm buildings are in the far background.
Photograph

Alfalfa Field "The Manx"

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Description: Photographic postcard view across harvested field towards a man holding a rake and standing next to a horse-drawn wagon, and two women in the wagon sitting...
Photograph

Thresher

Date: 1917
Description: A group of farmers feeds grain into a thresher with a horse-drawn wagon nearby.
Photograph

Harvest by Hand

Date: 1921
Description: Men cutting and gathering grain by hand. One man appears to be holding a scythe, or possibly a cradle.
Book or Pamphlet

IHC Oil Tractors

Date: 1913
Description: Page from an "IHC Newspaper and Catalogue Electrotype Service" booklet entitled "IHC Oil Tractors." Clockwise from top left, the illustration captions read...
Poster

McCormick 10-20 and 15-30 Tractors Advertising Poster

Date: 1938
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick 10-20 and 15-30 tractors. The poster features a color illustration of each of the tractors, and photographs of men using t...
Photograph

Tractor, Binder, and Reaper

Date: 1918
Description: A man pulling an Osborne grain binder with a Titan 10-20(?) tractor. In the background are farm buildings. Bundled piles of grain are in the lower right c...
Photograph

Farmer Operating Corn Binder

Date: 1914
Description: A man operates a horse-drawn corn binder in a field while others load stalks into wagons. A silo and two barns are in the background.
Photograph

Side View of McCormick Reaper

Date: 1910
Description: Side view of a McCormick reaper resting on grass near a large barn and other farm buildings. The original caption reads: "Invented 1845, patented 1847. The...
Print

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...
Book or Pamphlet

Single Mower Advertising Booklet

Date: 1862
Description: Cover of an advertising booklet for John H. Manny's Single Mower. It features an illustration of men using the mower, surrounded by informative text.
Photograph

Farm Scene

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Description: Three farmers scattered around a field strewn with piles of hay, and a man standing on a pile of hay on a wagon. There is a farmhouse and other buildings i...
Photograph

Mogul 8-16 Tractor and Corn Picker

Date: 1916
Description: Men with Mogul 8-16 tractor, corn picker(?) and wagon in a cornfield.
Photograph

Mogul 8-16 Tractor and Corn Picker

Date: 1915
Description: Men with a Mogul 8-16 tractor, corn picker and horse-drawn wagon in a cornfield.

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