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Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Photograph

"McCormick Day"

Date: 1899
Description: Families and citizens with horse-drawn wagons gathered in a small town for delivery of McCormick farm machines from General Agent Daniel Klinedinst. Horses...
Photograph

"McCormick Day" in Small Rural Town

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of farmers lined up in horse-drawn wagons loaded with their new McCormick farm machines. Their wagons are adorned with "McCormick" signs and ...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering & Company Catalog

Date: 1894
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering & Company featuring a chromolithograph of Worlds Fair foreign commissioners observing Deering grain bin...
Photograph

Pig Freight Car on the Soo Line

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people standing in front of a Soo Line freight car that was used by the railroad to promote hog transportation. This photograph was donated to the...
Photograph

Alice in Dairyland and Dairy Princesses

Date: 1955
Description: The 1955 Alice in Dairyland, Barbara Brown, stands with four Alice Princesses in front of a Wisconsin Department of Agriculture/American Dairy Association ...
Print

International Harvester Advertising Proof

Date: 08 1979
Description: Advertising proof created by Foote, Cone & Belding for the International Harvester Company. Features a color photograph of men and women gathered around a ...
Photograph

Avery Tent at Tractor Exhibit

Date: 1919
Description: A large white tent marked with multiple signs reading: "Avery." Other signs advertise for the "Ross Alfalfa Hay Cutter and Syrup Mixer" and the "Ross Silo ...
Photograph

Fair Display for the Mogul 8-16 Tractor

Date: 1916
Description: Advertisements and displays for the International Harvester Mogul 8-16 tractor announcing its plowing demonstration inside the "fair grounds". A man is sit...
Photograph

Reaper Exhibit and Film Tent

Date: 1910
Description: A small crowd outside a large tent that adverstises "Reaper Motion Pictures." The tent is likely part of an International Harvester exhibit at a fair or ag...
Photograph

International 8-16 Tractor Display

Date: 1917
Description: A man drives an International 8-16 HP tractor on a city street with a sign that reads: "Kerosene Tractors with Modern Seeding Machines; Increase Food Produ...
Photograph

Cream Separator Display at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A couple looks at the McCormick-Deering display of cream separators and milking machines at the Iowa State Fair. The display text reads: "Newest Star in th...
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...
Print

McCormick Mower Advertisement

Date: 1868
Description: Page from an advertising brochure for "McCormick's Prize Mower." Includes illustrations of award medals for the Paris Exposition Universal of 1867, and a m...
Photograph

Man with "Goliath" Cheese

Date: 1940
Description: Man posed next to a truck hauling the world's biggest cheese, named "Goliath" by The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. Probably taken at the Wisconsin S...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvester Company Exhibition Catalog Cover

Date: 1900
Description: Exhibition catalog cover for Deering exhibits at the United States Agricultural Implement Annex. Text on cover: "Deering. Chicago, Paris." Includes embosse...
Magazine or Periodical

Deering's Farm Journal

Date: 06 1900
Description: Front cover with two illustrations. The top illustration is of the Deering Harvester Works in Chicago. The larger illustration on the bottom is of the Main...
Photograph

"Reliable Power"

Date: 1924
Description: View of front of young girl standing at the side of a Fordson farm machinery. A sign on the tractor reads: "Reliable Power. Over 200 Dane County farmers ar...

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