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IHC Hay Presses

Date: 1914
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for IHC hay presses featuring an illustration of a landscape of a valley with farms and fields.
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French McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1912
Description: Cover of a McCormick farm implement catalog written in French. The cover bears a color lithograph illustration of a farmer harvesting grain in a field with...
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Reeves Straw Stacker Advertisement

Date: 1888
Description: Advertising brochure for the Reeves Extension Oscillating Straw Stacker, with testimonial clippings. Features a color illustration top center, showing a ma...
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The Evolution of the Reaper, Part Two

Date: 1883
Description: Three illustrations from an 1883 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog portraying the evolution of the reaper. The first drawing is captioned: "Four...
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Wheat Crop Production Chart

Date: 1887
Description: "The Yearly Wheat Crop in Principal Countries." Chart showing yearly wheat crop production by country for 1880, found inside the back cover of an 1887 McCo...
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Illustration of Cyrus McCormick's Reaper

Date: 1887
Description: Illustration of men harvesting grain with Cyrus McCormick's reaper of 1831. The illustration appeared in an advertising folder produced by the McCormick Ha...
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McCormick Harvester & Self-Binder for British Isles

Date: 1879
Description: Flyer advertising the McCormick Harvester & Self-Binder for sale through London agents Waite, Burnell, Huggins & Co. Features an illustration of the machi...
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International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 09 1952
Description: Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features a color illustration of men in an International 1/2-ton pi...
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International Harvester Advertising Proof

Date: 04 1979
Description: Advertising proof created by Foote, Cone & Belding for the International Harvester Company. Features a color photograph of a farmer harvesting cotton with ...
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International Harvester Cotton Picker Advertising Proof

Date: 05 1979
Description: Advertising proof created by Foote, Cone & Belding for the International Harvester Company. Features a color photograph of a farmer using an IH 95 cotton h...
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McCormick Family Farm

Date: 1885
Description: Engraved illustration of "Walnut Grove," the "homestead of the McCormick family" in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Cyrus Hall McCormick developed the first s...
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Manny's Reaper and Mower Advertisement

Date: 1856
Description: Engraved illustration from an advertising booklet for Manny's Patent Adjustable reaper and mower. The page features two images of men operating the reaper ...
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Manny and Company's Circular Cover

Date: 1856
Description: Cover page of a Manny & Co. advertising circular featuring two illustrations of men using Manny's reaper and mower. The top illustration shows the reaper a...
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P&O Volunteer Walking Cultivators

Date: 1918
Description: Brochure for Parlin & Orendorff's volunteer walking cultivators, advertising the "Volunteer" and "Volunteer balance frame." The brochure unfolds to reveal ...
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F-12 Tractor Advertisement

Date: 05 10 1935
Description: Advertisement showing a farmer with a Farmall F-12 tractor in a cornfield.
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McCormick Advertisement — "Take It Cool"

Date: 1897
Description: An advertisement designed with images of three hand fans decorated with scenes of farmers using McCormick farming machinery. A ribbon across the bottom car...
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McCormick-Deering Corn Binder Brochure

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering corn binders, featuring a photograph of a corn binder in the field. Caption reads: "McCormick-Deerin...
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Tractor Mowers and Sweep Rakes Brochure

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering tractor mowers and sweep rakes, featuring a photo of men mowing a field with a Farmall tractor and m...
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T-20 TracTracTor Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for T-20 TracTracTors (crawler tractors), featuring photographs of tractors plowing a field; harvesting with a combine (har...
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German American "Nitragin" Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the German-American "Nitragin" Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturer of a trademarked nitrogen "soil inoculator," with a center backg...

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