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Farm Family Posing in Yard of Home with Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 
Description: Farm family posing around a house and yard, with the patriarch sitting in the seat of a mower behind two horses.
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Farmall Tractors, Combines and Trucks

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of men sitting and working among Farmall tractors, combines (harvester-threshers) and trucks, possibly outside an International Harvester dea...
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Family and Workers in Field

Date: 1895
Description: A large family group and workers pose in field in front of farming machinery and haystacks.
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Workers and Foremen (?) Posing in Field with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of men in suits, presumably foremen or supervisors, and several men in work clothes, are in a grain field. Most of the men in suits are either sitt...
Photograph

1831 Reaper on Film Set

Date: 1929
Description: Men repair a reaper replica on the motion picture set of "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celeb...
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Constructing a Reaper on Film Set

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Maintaining International Harvester 5488 Tractor

Date: 1981
Description: Color photograph of a man working on an International Harvester 5488 tractor with maintenance doors open on farmstead. There are silos in the background.
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Maintaining International Harvester 3688 Tractor

Date: 
Description: Man with International Harvester 3688 tractor with maintenance panels open near shed roof overhang.
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Man Making Adjustments to Plow

Date: 1921
Description: Close-up of a man's arm using a wrench to make adjustments to a P&O tractor plow hitched to a tractor.
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Mowing Machine Hazards

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man is kneeling on the ground beside a mower hitched to two horses while performing repairs. An agricultural tool is lying on the ground beside him.
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Man Adjusting 10-20 Tractor

Date: 05 1926
Description: A man is adjusting the hitch of a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor with a hook while working in a field at International Harvester's experimental farm.
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Titan 10-20 Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Rear view of a Titan 10-20 tractor mid-repair. A man wearing overalls and a hat is working on the tractor. Stencils and/or decals are visible on the tracto...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools Catalog

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure with the title "Unlock the Soil with McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools." The cover includes illustrations of harrows and cul...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools Catalog

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure with the title "Make Good Work Easy with McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools." Flanking the cover photograph is a list of McCo...
Photograph

Hay Press Parts Ready for Assembly at Champion Works

Date: 08 02 1916
Description: Hay press parts set up on wood platform outdoors near factory building. A man is standing behind the backdrop in front of an open doorway. He appears to be...
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Lifting Jack with Hay Press

Date: 08 03 1916
Description: Lifting jack holding up a hay press sitting on a dropcloth near the #53 brick factory building at Champion Works.
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Powered Hay Press at Champion Works

Date: 08 11 1916
Description: Detail of powered hay press set up outdoors in front of a brick factory building. There is a lifting jack leaning against the wall on the right.
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Hay Presses and Lifting Jack

Date: 10 11 1917
Description: Hay presses and lifting jack outdoors at Champion Works.
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Hay Loader

Date: 10 06 1928
Description: Right side view of two men on a horse-drawn wagon with a hay loader on the back.
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Hay Loader

Date: 10 06 1928
Description: View across field towards two men on a horse-drawn wagon with a hay loader on the back.

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