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Experimental Combine Harvesting Grain

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men harvesting grain with a McCormick-Deering 12 foot experimental combine (harvester-thresher) pulled by a Farmall M tractor. There is a ...
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Field Testing Experimental Cotton Picker

Date: 03 16 1927
Description: Engineering photograph of men field testing an experimental cotton picker pulled by a Farmall tractor.
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Limited Production Motor Cultivator

Date: 06 12 1917
Description: Engineering photograph of a man field testing a limited production motor cultivator. Original caption reads: "... the 1916 motor cultivator with the additi...
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Experimental Combine with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men field testing an experimental 12 foot McCormick-Deering combine (harvester-thresher) with a Farmall M tractor. Mountains are in the ba...
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Experimental McCormick-Deering Combine and Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men field testing an experimental McCormick-Deering 12 foot combine with a Farmall M tractor.
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Experimental McCormick Motor Grain Binder

Date: 1919
Description: Man operating an experimental McCormick motor-driven grain binder in a field.
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Reverse Drive Tractor with Hay Rake

Date: 1921
Description: Man operating an experimental(?) reverse drive tractor with mounted hay rake in a field.
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First Self-Propelled Combine by IH

Date: 1942
Description: Man testing the model 123-SP (self-propelled) combine (harvester-thresher) in a field. The machine was International Harvester's first self-propelled combi...
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No. 77-A Two-Row Corn Picker

Date: 12 03 1920
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental No. 77-A self-powered two-row corn picker in a field. The caption reads: "No. 77-A two-row corn picker developmen...
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Experimental Tractor

Date: 08 23 1919
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental tractor or motor cultivator with a rear crawler track near an International Harvester factory. The original capti...
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Farmer Harvesting Corn with McCormick Corn Picker

Date: 1954
Description: Color photograph of a man harvesting corn with a McCormick corn picker on International Harvester's experimental farm.
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Experimental McCormick-Deering 15-30 Tractor

Date: 10 07 1929
Description: Experimental McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor parked outside a brick building (possibly International Harvester's Tractor Works in Chicago). This photograp...
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Experimental McCormick-Deering 15-30 Tractor

Date: 10 07 1929
Description: Experimental McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor parked outside a brick building (possibly International Harvester's Tractor Works). This photograph was taken ...
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Refilling a Silo

Date: 02 22 1927
Description: Two men are refilling a silo using a silo filler at the IHC Experimental Farm.
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Experimental Tractor

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Description: A man sitting behind the wheel of an experimental tractor.
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Pneumatic Cotton Picker

Date: 09 02 1924
Description: Men are holding a white backdrop behind an experimental version of an International Harvester cotton picker. The original caption reads: "This was an early...
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Experimental Combine

Date: 1943
Description: Lee and Gray, International Harvester employees, and Fowler McCormick, looking at an experimental combine (harvester-thresher) in a field. A Farmall tracto...
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Babcock Ceremony

Date: 1928
Description: Crowd seated on the lawn of Agriculture Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a ceremony honoring S.M. Babcock, inventor of the butter test.
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S.M. Babcock and Tester

Date: 06 09 1928
Description: S.M. Babcock, on the right, and his original milk butterfat tester at an honorary ceremony.
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Horse-Drawn Binder Pulling into Driveway of Farmstead

Date: 1900
Description: A man is driving a horse-drawn binder into the driveway of a farmstead. Another horse-drawn vehicle is partially visible in the driveway. This farmstead ma...

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