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The McCormick Harvester Ahead!

Date: 1875
Description: Flyer advertising the McCormick Harvester featuring a small illustration of the machine at work in the field, followed by testimonials. This model appears ...
Poster

McCormick Harvesting Machines Poster

Date: 1875
Description: Advertising poster for C.H. & L.J. McCormick featuring color illustration of men operating a horse-drawn Advance reaper, a Marsh-style harvester, and a mow...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Flyer

Date: 1893
Description: Flyer describing field trial victories by the McCormick binder. Features a small illustration of a farmer using the horse-drawn machine followed by testim...
Poster

Battle of Gettysburg Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Lithographed advertising poster showing a McCormick grain binder at the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. The poster was based on a cyclorama by French artis...
Poster

Battle of Gettysburg Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Lithographed advertising poster showing a McCormick grain binder at the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. The poster was based on a cyclorama by French artis...
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Residence of Mr. Martin Lutscher

Date: 1875
Description: Seifert's watercolor is fairly large, measuring 27" wide by 21" high, and provides a detailed depiction of a nineteenth century Wisconsin farm. The small s...
Poster

Deering Harvester Advertising Poster

Date: 1899
Description: Advertising poster featuring color illustation of three men and a dog watching a farmer harvest grain with a horse-drawn Deering Ideal grain binder. The me...
Photograph

The Sauk Prairie

Date: 1892
Description: A view of the Sauk Prairie looking south. From the left are the photographer's brother, Frank Bass; Mrs. Edward (Ada Burlingame) Bass and her daughter, Eve...
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FIELD TESTS are "NO GOOD" For a "No Good" Machine

Date: 1893
Description: An advertisement for the McCormick No. 4 Steel Mower in the December edition of The Farmer's Advance, a publication of the McCormick Harvesting Mach...
Photograph

Four Men Drinking

Date: 1897
Description: Four men guzzle beverages in a cornfield. The caption on the stereograph reads, "Well, here goes looking at you."
Photograph

Farmer Harvesting Grain with Horse-Drawn McCormick Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is harvesting grain using a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses in a field. The platform of the binder holds a sheaf of grain along with u...
Photograph

Man Operating Ox-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1899
Description: A man wearing dress clothes and holding a raised switch is driving an ox-drawn mower down a path in a field. The man is also wearing a bowler or derby hat ...
Photograph

Man on Horse-Drawn Mower in Hilly Field

Date: 1899
Description: A man sporting a beard and wide-brimmed straw (?) hat is operating a mower pulled by two horses in a field. The field is on hilly terrain. A dirt road and ...
Photograph

Farmer Harvesting Grain with Horse-Drawn Reaper

Date: 1899
Description: Rear view of farmer operating a horse-drawn self-rake reaper harvesting grain in a hilly field.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. Many of the gear mechanisms in the rear of the binder are clearly visible in the ima...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer wearing a jacket and hat is operating a horse-drawn mower in a field. The horses are pulling the mower down a path that appears to have been mowed...
Photograph

McCormick Horse-Drawn Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a McCormick binder pulled by two horses in a field of grain. The gear mechanisms can be seen at the rear of the binder.
Photograph

McCormick Horse-Drawn Grain Binder on Hillside

Date: 1899
Description: Rear view of a farmer operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses on a hillside. In the background are hills and trees.
Photograph

Farmer and Farmhand Harvesting Grain with McCormick Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a McCormick horse-drawn right hand open elevator grain binder (?) in a field while another man is gathering the bound sheaves of grai...
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Men in Field with Corn Binder

Date: 1899
Description: Men in a field with low hills in the background. Several men are on horseback. One man is riding a horse-drawn corn binder. All the men are wearing sombrer...

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