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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...
Book or Pamphlet

International Ensilage Cutters Catalog

Date: 1918
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International ensilage cutters, featuring an illustration of farmers using an ensilage cutter to fill a silo. At the bo...
Photograph

Cow Near Rustic Barn

Date: 1914
Description: A cow standing outside the door of a rustic barn with a thatched roof.
Photograph

IH Demonstration Farm at Larimore

Date: 08 03 1923
Description: View of an International Harvester Company demonstration farm from across a dirt road. A farmhouse is to the right, and a barn and smaller buildings are ne...
Photograph

Washing Clothes in the Yard

Date: 1915
Description: View across wooded yard towards a woman leaning over a washtub using a washboard and to wash sheets. Sheets are drying on a clothesline and a washtub of bo...
Print

International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 05 1947
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring a color illustration of a man in a uniform driving a truck, with a farm in the background. Includes t...
Photograph

Men Driving Teams of Horses in a Field

Date: 1914
Description: Two men are using teams of horses to pull a hay rake on the left, and a mower on the right. There are farm buildings and cows beyond a fence in the backgr...
Photograph

Cattle Near Farm Buildings

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards a herd of cattle in front of fences and farm buildings.
Photograph

Cattle in Pasture near Farm Buildings

Date: 
Description: View across field towards cattle in a pasture. There is a farmhouse on the left, and farm buildings in the center. A farmer stands in the field on the left...
Photograph

Farm Yard

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards farm. Cows are across the field on the left near a stone wall. Farm buildings and a farmhouse are on the other side of the wall a...
Photograph

Three Men on Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards three men working in a field with three binders. On the right a man is standing near fence with a group of cows. A group of peopl...
Photograph

Boy Riding Pony Posing near Holstein Bulls

Date: 1932
Description: Outdoor portrait of a boy posing on a pony near a group of Holstein bulls.
Photograph

Man Driving Truck Carrying Livestock

Date: 07 18 1928
Description: View of a man driving a livestock delivery truck carrying cattle onto a road. In the background is a young girl standing on the lawn in front of a house.
Photograph

Man Driving Truck Carrying Livestock

Date: 07 18 1928
Description: View of a man driving a livestock delivery truck carrying cattle from a driveway onto a road. There is a farmhouse in the background.
Photograph

Men and Women with Cow in Classroom

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Description: Elevated view of men and women in a classroom, with two cows standing at the front of the room. There is a blackboard on the wall in the background. Some o...
Photograph

Young Woman with Cows at Trough

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Description: A young woman is standing behind two rows of cows that are feeding at a trough in a farm yard. There are buildings in the far background behind a fence. Th...
Photograph

Boy and Girl with Calf

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Description: A boy and girl are in a barnyard with a black and white calf. The boy on the left is standing and holding the rope lead. The girl on the right is standing ...

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