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Battle of Mission Ridge Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Lithographed advertising poster for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company showing the Civil War battle of Mission Ridge. Features an inset with a small ...
Poster

"Battle of Atlanta" Advertising Poster

Date: 1888
Description: Lithographed advertising poster showing the Civil War Battle of Atlanta. Produced for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, the poster features insets ...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Haying Operation

Date: 1900
Description: Men, women, horse-drawn mowers and buggies in a field. A horse-powered hay stacker is in the background with two men on a large haystack.
Photograph

Men and Boy with Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: A boy wearing a large floppy hat is sitting on a sickle-bar mower hitched to a team of horses. An older man, with a beard and a straw hat, and two younger ...
Book or Pamphlet

Sources of Fiber for Binder and Baler Twine

Date: 
Description: A map showing the sources of fiber for the manufacture of binder and baler twine, as seen in the booklet: "The Story of Twine in Agriculture".
Photograph

Champion Harvester and Binder

Date: 1900
Description: 1900 Champion grain binder with a "For Sale" sign on it sitting in front of a barn. The sign on the machine reads: "1900 Champion Har. and Binder; No Good ...
Photograph

Advance Reaper

Date: 1900
Description: A. Lindemann of Cascade, Iowa, with a horse-drawn McCormick Advance reaper and mower.
Photograph

Binder Model

Date: 1901
Description: Scale model of a push binder with horses and farmer.
Poster

French Advertising Poster

Date: 1900
Description: French lithographed advertising poster for McCormick mowers. Includes color illustration and the text "R. Wallut and C., Paris," "Machines Mac-Cormick," an...
Poster

French Advertising Poster

Date: 1900
Description: French lithographed advertising poster featuring a color illustration of two horses pulling a man on a mower. Text on the poster includes "R. Wallut and C....
Print

McCormick End of the Century Catalog Cover, French Edition

Date: 1900
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration of the French edition of a McCormick catalog, showing a man driving a McCormick reaper through a parade at the 1900 Wor...
Print

FIELD TESTS are "NO GOOD" For a "No Good" Machine

Date: 1893
Description: An advertisement for the McCormick No. 4 Steel Mower in the December edition of The Farmer's Advance, a publication of the McCormick Harvesting Mach...
Book or Pamphlet

"From the Sublime to the Ridiculous" Field Tests

Date: 1894
Description: Cartoon on the last page of a McCormick catalog. The cartoon depicts the World's Fair field-trials in Wayne, Illinois, at which the McCormick mower prevail...
Photograph

Rural Scene with Field, Homes, and Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Several farmhouses and farm buildings are located near each other in a rural setting. A field with corn(?) and lettuce(?) is in the foreground. A man is op...
Photograph

Farm Workers Harvesting Grain with McCormick Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1899
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...
Photograph

Farmer on Horse-Drawn Grain Binder

Date: 1899
Description: View from a distance of a farmer posing on a McCormick grain binder drawn by two horses in a wheat field. Two men in suits are posing next to a bundle of w...
Photograph

Man Mowing Grounds of Estate

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of a male grounds keeper operating a horse-drawn mower on the grounds of an estate. A pond with lily pads and a gazebo are in the foreground,...
Photograph

Farmer on Horse-Drawn McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. Several bundles of grain can be seen in the distance.
Photograph

Adults and Children Watching Farmer Operating McCormick Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. A group of people, including two adults and four children, are looking on. The femal...
Photograph

Rear View of McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1899
Description: Rear view of a McCormick horse-drawn grain binder operated by a farmer in a field.

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