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Husking Corn

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of the Krueger family husking corn. From right to left are: Mary, Sarah, August, Florentina, and Jennie Krueger. A dog is lying on the ground...
Poster

Hoosier Corn Planter Advertising Poster

Date: 1908
Description: Advertising poster for Hoosier brand corn planters showing a color illustration of a corn planter inside a "The Shield of Quality," with three corn cobs at...
Poster

International Harvester "Prospy" Advertising Poster

Date: 1909
Description: Advertising poster showing a little man with a corn cob body, a shield in the shape of the International Harvester logo, and a spear made of a stalk of gra...
Photograph

Farmers Operating Horse-Drawn Corn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Farmers operating horse-drawn corn binders.
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Corn Drills Catalog Cover

Date: 1906
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Empire Corn Drills sold by International Harvester. Features an illustration of a man walking behind a horse-drawn corn...
Book or Pamphlet

Hoosier Corn Planters and Drills

Date: 1903
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Hoosier corn planters and drills manufactured by the American Seeding-Machine Company. The company was later purchased ...
Photograph

Corn Binder with Shocker

Date: 1902
Description: Four men stand next to a horse-drawn corn binder in a cornfield. A shock of corn is suspended in the air with a corn shocker. Two of the men have light-col...
Photograph

Mule Drawn Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Corn binder hitched to two mules in field in Algeria. In the distance are low hills. One bearded man, wearing what appears to be a full-length hooded jella...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: A Carload of Corn

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of flatbed train car holding a giant corn cob. Additional train cars and tracks visible in the background. Red text in the upper left corner r...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Bringing in the Sheaves

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a farm scene with giant produce. A man and a woman stand on top of a giant ear of corn, resting on a horse-drawn cart. Around them are mor...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1902
Description: A man operating a horse-drawn McCormick corn binder on Swift Ranch.
Photograph

Boy Operating Corn Binder

Date: 1902
Description: Three-quarter view from rear of a young boy operating a horse-drawn McCormick corn binder in a field on the Bachand farm. The boy may be Mike Bachand, or t...
Photograph

Corn Shucker

Date: 1905
Description: A farmer using a corn shucker attached to a corn binder.
Photograph

Corn Shocker in Field

Date: 1903
Description: Farmer operating a corn shocker in a field.
Photograph

McCormick Corn Picker and Wagon

Date: 1905
Description: Two farmers operating a McCormick corn picker and wagon.
Photograph

Husker-Shredder in Storage Building

Date: 1905
Description: 6-roll Little Giant husker-shredder housed in a storage building.
Photograph

Loading a Husker-Shredder

Date: 1905
Description: A group of men loading corn husks into a husker-shredder near a barn.
Photograph

Corn Binder Demonstration

Date: 1902
Description: Man demonstrating the use of a corn binder. The man may be Alexander Legge, who later became President of the International Harvester Company.
Photograph

Corn Binder in Mexico

Date: 1902
Description: Left side profile view of a Mexican farmer using a horse-drawn corn binder while two other men are looking out from the stalks of corn.
Photograph

Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1902
Description: Left side profile view of a farmer using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field.

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