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Man Operating Osborne Mower

Date: 1915
Description: Rear view of a man operating an Osborne horse-drawn mower near a tree. The man is raising the sickle-bar as he is passing the tree.
Book or Pamphlet

The Eclipse Wind Engine

Date: 
Description: Engraving of a farm with an Eclipse windmill. There is a cutaway view of the building beneath showing a man inside working at a saw. Another man is working...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from rear of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder on the Gary Owen farm. A farmhouse and windmill are in the far background.
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Soil and Crop Improvement Association

Date: 1918
Description: A man is leaning on the passenger side of an automobile marked: "Kankakee County Soil and Crop Improvement Association." Another man is sitting inside. The...
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Merton Sutter with All-Steel Thresher

Date: 1938
Description: Merton Sutter receiving a 4-H farm accounting award in front of a McCormick-Deering All-Steel Thresher. Original caption reads: "Winner of $300 merchandisi...
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Group of People with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1895
Description: A man with his back turned is posing on a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. On his left are four females, including a woman, one younger woman...
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Drills Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Front cover of the Empire Drill Company catalog. Features an image of a man driving a team of two horses (toward the viewer) while pulling an empire drill....
Photograph

Man on Mule-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man is sitting on a mule-drawn binder near the yard of a house. Two men, one standing and one sitting, and a woman standing and wearing a bonnet, are in ...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across field of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. In the far background are farm buildings and a farmhouse.
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Group of Men Posing near Man on Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field towards men posing near a man on a horse-drawn McCormick binder. Farm buildings are behind them, and in the far background are ...
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Men and Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Five men are standing in a field near a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder. Behind the group is a large barn and other outbuildings, and a farmhouse ...
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Landscape View of Man with Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View down hill towards two men standing with a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. Across the field in the background are farm buildings and a farmhou...
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Man Using McCormick-Deering Combine 125 SP in Field

Date: 
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of man using a McCormick 125 SP combine in a field. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick mower in a field. A barn and other farm buildings are in the background on a low hill.
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Man Using Farmall H Tractor with No. 62 Combine

Date: 1941
Description: Left side profile view of a man driving a Farmall H tractor pulling a No. 62 combine on the farm of L.O. Norquist.
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Stock Farm

Date: 1920
Description: A handwritten sign identifies the "Shing-Wak Stock Farm, John B. Breselle (?) Prop., Dealer in Draft Horses." It also advertises "Green Mountain Seed Potat...
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Horse-Drawn Lime Sower

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: Rear view of a man walking behind a McCormick-Deering lime sower in a field. In the distance is a farmhouse on the left, and barns on the right.

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