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Deering Farm Machinery Calendar

Date: 1928
Description: Advertising calendar for Deering tractors and farm implements featuring an oval color illustration of a European farmhouse with thatched roof, farm laborer...
Photograph

N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration

Date: 1931
Description: Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh...
Photograph

International "Red Baby" Truck Leaving Rural Farmstead

Date: 1923
Description: International "Red Baby" (model S) truck loaded with binder twine(?) and a stationary engine leaving a rural farmstead. In the background a woman holding a...
Photograph

Harold McCormick Family Portrait at Walnut Grove, Virginia

Date: 1922
Description: Harold F. McCormick family, farm laborers, and various animals on the Walnut Grove estate at Raphine, Virginia. Harold McCormick was the son of Cyrus Hall ...
Book or Pamphlet

Albion Mower, Reaper and Binder Catalog

Date: 1913
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for "Albion" mowers, reapers and binders manufactured by Harrison, McGregor & Co., Ltd., Leigh, Lancashire, England. The c...
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Advertising Catalog Cover

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Plano line of agricultural equipment. Features an illustration of a farm and field seen throu...
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...
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Jr. Grain Drills Catalog

Date: 1915
Description: Cover of advertising catalog for the Empire Jr. line of grain drills manufactured by the American Seeding-Machine Company and sold by International Harvest...
Book or Pamphlet

CB&Q Corn Planters Catalog Cover

Date: 1910
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for CB&Q Corn planters sold by International Harvester. Includes an illustration of a field with corn shocks. There is a fe...
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Jr. Grain Drills Catalog Cover

Date: 1906
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Empire Jr. Grain Drills sold by International Harvester. Includes an illustration of a farm scene with farmhouse, windm...
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

New Low Manure Spreader Catalog Cover

Date: 1912
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for the New Low Manure Spreader with the text: "easy to load." The cover includes a photograph of a man with a horse...
Book or Pamphlet

Kentucky Broadcast Fertilizer Sower Catalog Cover

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Kentucky line of broadcast fertilizer sowers. Features an illustration of a farmer "liming fa...
Photograph

Miniature Farm Display at Muscatine Imp. Co.

Date: 07 02 1929
Description: A tabletop display of a miniature farm, including a house, barn, garage, windmill, fences, plants, tractor, truck, animals, and two water pumps. A sign on ...
Photograph

Cream Separator at Farmhouse

Date: 1923
Description: A woman wearing an apron is standing on the porch of a farmhouse to look at a McCormick cream separator at the base of the stairs. Nearby a man wearing ove...
Photograph

Men with Lime Pulverizer

Date: 1920
Description: A man is feeding limestone into a "Jeffrey lime pulver" powered by an International tractor. A pile of rocks is in the foreground, and a farmhouse and anot...
Photograph

Farm Equipment in Snow

Date: 1915
Description: A plow is sitting in the snow in front of farm buildings and a woodpile. The photograph was likely taken to illustrate the hazards of improper equipment st...
Photograph

Farm Implements in Snow

Date: 1915
Description: Several farm implements, including a grain binder and mower, sitting in a barnyard covered with snow. A shed, farmhouse, and woodpile are in the background...
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1916
Description: Rear view of a man leading two horses pulling a mower across a field. In the background is a farmhouse, a barn, and several other farm buildings.
Photograph

Farmer with Corn Planter with Fertilizer Attachment

Date: 1921
Description: A man is operating a horse-drawn McCormick corn planter with a fertilizer attachment in a field. A dirt road, barn and farmhouse are in the background acro...

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