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| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Hop harvesters, mostly female, stand with hops, probably on the farm of Knudt Heimdal. Many of the harvesters have hop wreaths on their heads. Two men with... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Farm scene of foreman watching five farm hands reaping grain with cradles as children, women and field hands help gather it into bundles. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Three farmers harvest grain with McCormick horse-drawn grain binder. One farmer is sitting aboard the binder guiding horses while two men, one with scythe ... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Group of men, women and children gathered in a hops field, possibly that of Paul Saavles. The women are wearing hoods. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | The Sjur Starkson Reque home. From left to right, seated, are Martha Reque, Mari Reque Lee, Brita Reque Quale, Nels Lee and Ole Quale. Standing are Anna Ma... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Three illustrations from an 1883 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog portraying the evolution of the reaper. The first drawing is captioned: "Firs... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Front of a card advertising the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Illustrations show "primitive" harvesting methods alongside a McCormick binder and a ... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Inside of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company advertising card. Features color illustrations demonstrating the development of harvesting technology, in... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Illustration from a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog showing twenty McCormick binders harvesting a large field of grain in the Red River Valley... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A group of farm workers harvesting grain in a field. One of the crew members is operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses. A man in a dark su... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A farmer is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field, while workers are gathering sheaves of grain. The farmer is holding a raised switch. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Several men appear to be examining a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder as it sits in a field. One man in work clothes is sitting idle on the seat of the b... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A farmer is operating a McCormick horse-drawn right hand open elevator grain binder (?) in a field while another man is gathering the bound sheaves of grai... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A large group of men, mostly African American, posing in a field with three McCormick grain binders. Each binder is being operated by a man and is pulled b... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Features a drawing of men holding grain cradles in a wheat fie... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder (wire binder). The grain binder is operated by a man seated on the machine and pulled by two hor... |
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